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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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Mother here. If you told her your hourly rate was $12 and she asked you to come for one hour, and then paid you $12 - then it seems like she wasn't intentionally being a cheapskate - she was paying you what you asked.

If you want to establish a minimum that's fine - but you have to be clear and direct about your rate. You can't fault someone for not paying you more - just for kicks - than the rate you quoted.

I won't take a stance on whether $12/hr is sufficient or insulting - I'm just saying that it sounds like you got what you asked for in terms of rate. Was she supposed to read your mind?

It's not about mind reading, it's about common decency.

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That's ridiculous. The mother paid the rate that was quoted.

We have tons of sitters available in our neighborhood (Montgomery County) in a range of 10-15 for teenagers and 13-20 for adults. $12 is not an offensive rate - it's what the OP quoted. The mother is not at fault.

Yes, OP bears some responsibility, most of it in fact. That doesn't change the fact that any decent person with a brain knows that there is a minimum you should pay someone for their time. Paying a grown adult $12 for coming out to your house and watching your kids for an hour (a job most sitters would turn down) is cheap. I would give the high schooler down the street a 20 for that. This woman is either stupid, cheap, or both.[/quote]

No, the woman is not stupid or cheap, and OP's so called "problem" is entirely of her making and her whining (yes, OP, you are definitely whining) about common decency doesn't change that.

They needed her for an hour. They paid her rate. She doesn't have a minimum. OP is not very smart if she is going to be insulted about being paid for the time she worked.[/quote]

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