A post about an "extremely selfish" babysitter who left a child in another home after a pay dispute has gone viral on Reddit, where it received 12,500 upvotes at the time of writing.
In a post shared on Reddit's Am I The A****** (AITA) subforum under the username Positive-Ad384, the 21-year-old babysitter said she agreed to babysit for a family member at a lower fee than her usual rate.
The poster said: "The child was 4, and with that age I usually charge $15 an hour, $200 a day. For this particular family member I agreed to do it for $150 a day."
But two hours into the job, the relative told the babysitter that she could only pay her $50-$80.
"This is how I make money for a living, and I gave her multiple warnings and we agreed on a price beforehand," the poster said.
The babysitter then dropped the child off at the home of another relative. The poster said: "Within a few minutes I got a text saying how unprofessional I was, and how dare I do that, that she's family and I was being extremely selfish."
Was the babysitter's actions justified? Certified life coach Nicole Moore told Newsweek that the family member offering lower pay is "100 percent in the wrong." But dropping the child off elsewhere "should have been the absolute last resort."
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