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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the second time in three weeks, this DB has shortchanged me on my part-time pay!  I only work for this family one day a week and the first time I was shortchanged by eight dollars and yesterday it was by four dollars.  These are not simply math errors - he is either paying me literally by the minute or purposely shortchanging me thinking I won't notice.  All times prior to these last three weeks the MB paid me (I've had this gig for four months).

Yesterday was the clincher.  They initially booked me to work 8 to 4.  Then, on Thursday, told me they only needed me from 9 to 4.  Fine.  I was at their home at nine and they arrived home with the child at 9:15 - and he paid me from 9:15 to 4:00!!!

Congrats, cheapskate - you just lost the best sitter you are ever going to find to save four dollars.  I will NEVER work for this family again.  I emailed the parents when I got home last night (when I counted my pay) and told them I will not be available to work for them again.  No other explanation - they do not deserve one.  [/quote]

OP, before you quit, give them one more chance, tell them that they omitted $4 out of the amount they gave you, and that you have bills to pay so every single penny counts. Also add that when they book you, you expect to be paid for the whole time because you blocked that precious time out of your life to work for them while you could have been doing something else. 
Here is the reason I am saying this. My MB short changed me so many times I could not even count, but it was a between $10- $1, but it didn't bother me much, but when it gets to $15, which is 1 hour  I always tell her. One morning I get there and she is crying, hugged me and apologized so many times, that she just realized she paid me the wrong amount multiple times, she pays me by check so she realized it by going through her my schedule and checkbook (she paid me 105 the evening while she was supposed to pay me 135, and I brought back the check anyway that day to let her know), so we went over all the  3 months I have been there and added all that the forgot to pay (that we could both remember) plus some extra. She is terrible with math, so now we calculate what she owes me together. So OP, talk to them, they might understand and change from there, and always count the move as soon as you get it in front of them and let them know right away when a certain amount is missing. But if they are doing it on purpose and refuse to pay then, just tell them " hasta la vista baby!!!!".... And find a better family. [/quote]

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