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[quote=Anonymous]Are the parents telling you the overpayment is a tip?  If not, my guess is that they don't have change handy and are overpaying you with the expectation that they will make an adjustment next time you sit.  That's not a tip.

I agree this is a bad precedent, especially if you don't sit for them on a regular schedule, but it isn't realistic to think that parents are always going to have exact change if the amount of time you are there varies.  You might try saying "I've noticed that sometimes you overpay me and sometimes you underpay me, and I guess it all works out in the end, but I'm concerned that we don't have a good way to keep track of our running balance.  Maybe in the future if you don't have exact change, you could pay me what you have in cash that night and then either write a check for the difference or mail it the next day."

They will get the message that you aren't comfortable with the informal way they are paying you, and they may be more likely to have exact change in the future.[/quote]

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