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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did something similar a year or so ago for my employers.  I was driving the kids home from an activity, it was storming, I drove through a deep puddle, and when I went to turn on to their street, my serpentine belt slipped off and my van was disabled.  The dad got home from work a few minutes later and spent a couple hours fixing my van.  If not for that, I would have called a tow truck, taken it to a mechanic, etc.  So his help saved me a bunch of money.  
So I offered them six free hours of Saturday night babysitting.  Which they happily accepted.  
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Let me get this straight?! You tore up your personal vehicle transporting their kids in bad weather in their neighborhood and the dad fixed it for you (which he should have anyway or paid the deductible) and you offered to sit for them for free for 6 hours and they GREEDILY accepted? Disgusting[/quote]

I charge them for driving their kids around, and always have.  I charge my normal sitter rate, plus 40 cents a mile.  And yes, I am aware that 40 cents a mile is under the government rate of 54 cents a mile.  You can tell me I am disgusting again if you want to, but I am happy with the arrangement.  
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You're pretty daft if you thought you were the one I was calling disgusting. And not only that but .40 per mile is way below the irs rate, not to mention that is for NORMAL wear and tear on your vehicle and gas reimbursement not for a serious issue like you described above. I get paid .575 per mile but my families have always let me know that if something happened while with the kids that they'd pay for it. .40 per mile isn't doing much of anything. [/quote]

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