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First of all, I say ghetto all the time. lol I am not either of the PP who have discussed this yet though.

I can't imagine hiring a sitter, not clarifying that it would be an hour gig and would pay $12, and then actually hand the sitter a ten and two ones. That's like sitting down at a cafe with waiter service, ordering a $3 coffee and tipping 20% (60 cents). The waitress did just as much work as she would have if you would have ordered a more expensive drink, she chatted with you and walked to your table multiple times, give a buck at least!![/quote]

If you say ghetto all the time, you need to grow up.

You also need to work on your reading comprehension. OP said in her first post that she was hired for an hour. She knew the terms. She also said her rate was $12/hr. These are the facts. This is nothing like waiter service. Waiters don't set the prices and they also provide a service above the actual item ordered at the cafe. Babysitters set their own rates and provide only the service they offer. They should, obviously, set a rate that is worth it to them. But if they fail at that, they have no business whining on a message board.

Grow up, OP.[/quote]

I see now that OP did say it was a 1 hour thing in the first post. Op later says "She asked me to come and I did. No time constraints. Then she only needed me for an hour."

OP, which is it?? If it was a planned one hour job then getting $12 makes complete sense in my opinion. You have nothing to complain about. If MB calls and asks "can you come babysit my kids tomorrow from noon til 1?" you need to either accept and realize you'll get your hourly rate ($12) for this job or tell MB that you have a minimum of 3 hours in order to cover travel etc.

But, say you babysit them often and it's always a whole evening (~4 hours) then you get there, they leave, and then come back an hour later. That would have pissed me off and I would have probably mentioned it, or at the very least mention my minimum next time.  [/quote]

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