‘Get bent lady’: Choosing beggar offers $3.09/hour for babysitters to watch her toddler, gets zilch in return

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 20, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

Childcare is expensive. Anyone with a kiddo or who has contemplated having children knows that there's only one cheap/free option when it comes to childcare–begging your parents to watch the little sprout. If the grandparents are happy to spend some quality time with their grand-baby, you may be in luck, but if you're looking for a professional babysitter with CPR certifications and licensing to boot, you've gotta expect the price tag to be a little higher. 

The choosing beggar mom in our next story got shut down immediately when she offered to pay a potential babysitter minimum wage that would make a 1980's gas station employee blush. Although she insists that her new babysitter is CPR-certified, this entitled mom only offered $3.09/hour (that's $85 a WEEK), to protect and watch her bouncing toddler every day. Yikes, good luck with that one, lady. 

Scroll for the entire story of how one woman gets put in her place after posting asinine 'job offers' online. Time to go ask Granny for a favor.

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    r/Choosing Beggars ⚫ SeaweedPristine1594 Please watch my one month old for $3.09 an hour plus unpaid overtime O. Must be cpr/bls certified.
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    Anonymous member 19m. Hey! I am looking for a part time babysitter to come in my home starting July 22nd and watch my baby girl who will be one month old then! the position will be part time: Monday thru Friday roughly 6:50am-12:30pm. Located in few minutes from downtown! pay will be $85 every Friday. just a
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    my babysitter I've had set since January unfortunately will not work out so once again i am looking for a honest, dependable, and trustworthy babysitter. We prefer you to be cpr/bls certified with newborn babies. (Being flexible would be a huge plus due to the possibility of having to work late a few days here and there!)
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    We'd love to have and would prefer somebody that would be able to watch the baby until it is able to attend my place of work at 2 years old. I know it's so last minute but like I said, the amazing babysitter we had planned on using unfortunately will not work out! Please help this STRESSED MAMA and send all the best people my way >> and it's a NO thank you to preschools/daycares!! Like Comment Send
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    . MLanterman • 12h ago "no thank you to preschools and daycares!" -- your budget says differently. In fact the most affordable option to you right now is letting your kids get raised by raccoons.
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    lucyjayne 12h ago And she wants this non existent person to work for her for two years straight. 3 for $85/week. Even if someone took this job, they'd dip after a week or two. No daycare...HA.
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    Salt-Lavishness-7560 • 11h ago I especially love the part where the person being paid wages and working unpaid overtime must be CPR trained on infants.
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    My whole family just got recertified. It's not cheap. And what are the odds mommy ISNT trained?
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    Vasilisa1996 · 12h ago Of course, only the BEST care- takers at the unbeatable rate of $3.09/hr!! Who in their right mind can turn down this lucrative offer??
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    Tex_lex_ • 12h ago You can't even get a cat sitter for this cost, and they want someone to watch a one- month-old??
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    No_Neighborhood_8... • 11h ago I at first thought it was $85 a day and was like ok about $14 an hour. Sucky pay but she might be able to find someone.
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    Oh no it's $85 a week! She's out of her mind. I guess I should pay better attention to the title that referred to $3.09 an hour.This woman is delusional.
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    nippleduster7 • 12h ago Some people are so delusional. I wouldn't trust someone to watch my child for that little of pay. They're either young & wildly inexperienced with a newborn or they're watching your child for all the wrong reasons.
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    • Ancient-Stop-6190 11h ago $85 a week wouldn't even pay for daycare. This woman is a special level of delusional. Can I just say that as a parent it never fails to amaze me how many people have kids with no real planning when it comes to childcare
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    petulafaerie_III • 11h ago Whenever they ask for specific certifications, I always wonder if they themselves have them.
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    wildwackyride • 12h ago What can you expect from someone who calls their baby "it"? It's so sad how many irresponsible cheap morons are out there trying to off their children.
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    SICKOFITALL2379 • 11h ago It's really not that funny but I'm having laughing at how OP refers to their baby as "it" toward the end.
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    920fosterhouse • 10h ago I pay $85 a day for my two dogs when I need someone to watch them...
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    ReasonableDivid... . 10h ago I made more than that babysitting in the 70s! Get bent, lady.
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    Please watch my one month old for $3.09 an hour plus unpaid overtime
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