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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. The mother knows my hourly. Typically I would babysit for substantial amounts of time so the minimum rule didn't come up. She asked me to come and I did. No time constraints. Then she only needed me for an hour. [/quote]

OP, it's a bummer that this happened to you but for future reference...

Always have a minimum. Mine is 3 hours which equals $60. I live in a rural area and usually drive 20-30 minutes when I take babysitting jobs so it's really not worth my time if I were to get paid less than $60 (3 hours worth). I work for one family that often come home from "date night" before 3 hours. I have no idea why they can't find things to do for 3 hours (they only go out once per month) but that's their business I guess. Point is, they pay me $60.

This same family is funny in that if they go over 3 hours they pay to the minute which I've always found weird. One time DB was paying me and needed like $1.20 in change. I didn't have it on me but mentioned that I might have bridge toll change in my car. He actually had me walk to my car to get the $1.25 (probably took at least five minutes which I could have been nitpicky about and asked him to pay me for. I couldn't do it with a straight face though). Another time he over paid me by about $3. I noticed when I got home but figured it was a tip. Next time I sat for them he mentioned it and took it out of that day's bill which was very large since I worked a whole day. I don't mind at all I just find it kinda funny and weird. [/quote]

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