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Old 05-02-2002, 11:25 AM
AchtungBaby80 AchtungBaby80 is offline
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Unhappy Soooooo irritated!

You all seem like nice objective folks, so I'd like to know if you think I'm overreacting about this. I babysit for one of my cousins who is very, shall we say, difficult. (She's not even 4 yet.) But the family pays extremely well--and I mean, a hell of a lot more than a babysitter would normally make. Here's the catch, though--they never let me know they need me until the very last minute.

Now, this is normally OK when I've nothing going on. But many times I have had to...er...compromise, like missing class. For example, I had a night class this semester that I should have failed because I missed it so much, but the teacher liked me so I got a nice grade (which I feel bad about because I don't think I earned it, but that's another story). But as those of you who are still in school know very well, college students are poor, and I always ended up caving in because I was desperate for the cash.

So yesterday I get a phone call from my sister (the family hardly ever gets in touch with my directly--they always go through my sister, who's closer to them; I feel like she's my pimp or something) saying that they needed me this weekend. Well, I had planned to go out of town to see my boyfriend because finals would be over and I was looking forward to having fun and relaxing before my summer class starts next week. My parents think I should stay here and make the money. I already made plans, though, and don't want to cancel or push them back. But I could always use the dosh. So what do I do?

It's too much to ask that they give me more notice next time. Like I said, the pay usually is enough to compensate for most of the inconveniences. And once, when I mentioned my frustration at their last-minute notice, my sister looked at me like I had three heads and said that since the family was so busy, there was no way they'd know ahead of time when they needed me. (They usually inform me the day before or, more often, the day of.) This makes me want to get a job flipping burgers...hell, at least the paychecks would be regular and I'd know when I was supposed to work!

I am overreacting, y'all?
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