babysitting stories from hell

I was reading on a few blogs about horror babysitting tales, and let me tell you... I have a few of my own! Among all the wonderful families I've cared for over the nearly 7 years I have babysat/nannied there have been a few odd experiences. So, the worst ones:

•I was a sophomore in high school. The subdivision I lived in had tons of kids, and really nice, sweet, laid back families. Except one. Always, always the dad would pick me up. Kind of awkward. Kind of weird. However, that did not deter me from making my $5.00/hr so I could buy hair product. The bad part was the mom's dietary restrictions on the kids... it went on and on, and was actually unnecessary, and not very safe for growing kids.  She would eliminate entire food groups, and not for allergic reasons. So, after an entire school year of dealing with that I decided to tell her I couldn't work for her anymore. It was not good, she screamed (yes, screamed) at me on the phone about it. Yikes. Did I mentioned she also was mad when I eat some of their peanuts one time? Whew!

•The bronxville alcoholic mom: so sad. I would get over there and already three empty wine glasses would be in the sink. At three in the afternoon. I took care of this family several times a week, and hardly did I ever see this mom eat, but she always had a wine glass in her hand! One time she was driving me home, backing out in the driveway, and was so tipsy she hit a tree (at a very slow speed, but hit it none the less). From then on her husband drove me home. If your reading this Jay, I hope you're laughing.

•Another crazy bronxville mom: this woman had me come over on Saturdays to just help her out a bit, one of her sons was Autistic, but very high functioning. After working for them for a week she asked me to move into their guest room. Kind of strange, since she knew I wasn't looking for a place and had a dorm anyway. She also put her entire family on a crazy diet and used a horrible excuse to do so, "my friends have always said I'm thin, and now I guess I'll be getting skinnier!" She and her husband also had some pretty weird exchanges in front of me. He was not happy about living in Bronxville, as she had insisted on moving there because she was a SLC grad. They would have the most curt conversations, and it made me feel very awkward.

I am happy those days are done! The daycare does have its share of crazy families, though...

Comments

[teresa]

My goodness- you sure have had some very interesting experiences- The worst I ever had it was when I babysat a family of 5 ages 3-11 for a week {overnight}at the time I was 12-{yes 12, crazy huh!} A wicked strom came through and a tree branch broke into the front room window! But no crazy parent stories- you definitely have that hands down!

[Lisa Brown]

I am right there with you with crazy babysitting experiences. One of the ones that made me so angry, was when the woman tried to pay me $75 for over a week of watching their children while they were in Mexico, after I had taken off work from my other two jobs to do it. They were so wealthy, that it made it even made it more insane, and I didn't let her get away with it.

[shan]

yikes, how awkward! And I can't believe that lady *screamed* at you on the phone! She sounds a little possessive/obsessive (whichever one you choose). So after that did she give you dirty looks everytime she saw you in the neighborhood?

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