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[quote=Anonymous]I have been babysitting a now ten year old off + on since she was 4.5 years old.
Since then, we have gotten close & she still asks her Mom when I am coming again.
For babysitting her, I have always made $15/Hour.

Well a few years ago, she asked me to help her organize some stuff at her home like files, linen cabinets & large, plastic storage bins.
Prior to starting I told her I would charge her $15/Hour to help her out and she agreed and had always paid me that amount for my assistance.

Yesterday she asked me to come over & organize and I agreed to come.
She has a double kitchen sink which had both sides filled to the max w/dirty dishes.
Some had gross, hard food stuck on them + many of them smelled too.
I told her I didn’t have a dishwasher growing up and haven’t had one since living on my own so I really have limited experience in loading one.
She told me it was simple....Large items on top, small on the bottom.
She did warn me to not put anything too close to the motor or I would damage the dishwasher = expen$ive repair.

Well she left for 1 + 1/2 hours to run to Home Depot.
She not only asked me to load the dishwasher, she assigned me another duty while she was gone.
Long story short:
She had a large, plastic storage box that a lot of cleaning products inside.
She told me to take out the cleaning supplies & rinse out the plastic bin.
Then make sure to put everything back.

Note: The bottom of the bin had dried, caked on laundry detergent that had spilled years ago and hosing did nothing so I found an old sponge and scrubbed the bin which took awhile due to the toughness of the mess.
Then she wanted me to put the cleaning supplies back in.

*Specific Insructions:
Make sure the plastic bin is 100% dry so no mold formation.
Then clean off the dried on, spilled laundry soap on EVERY SINGLE cleaning item & make sure these are all perfectly dry too.
Wash out any empty spray bottles + make sure they are also 100% dried to avoid mold!

So....
She returns home & I still am working on stuff.
I am taking it she was hoping I was done!
It was a lot of manuel labor as I also helped her carry heavy plastic binds downstairs to the basement/storage area.

When she is writing out my check she pauses and asks me if we can do $12/Hour.
Me, taken off guard do not protest and accept the check as is and leave.

Boy oh boy am I mad!! 
Was she in the right to lower my pay since she likely didn’t think I got enough done or should she have paid me our agreed amount and just not hire me again??!

This has beaten me down a lot.[/quote]

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