I Ate Two Slices Of Pizza When Babysitting - The Parents Were Furious

By Annie N. in Social Issues On 23rd December 2023
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Babysitting can either be a terrible job or a pretty chill gig depending on how great the kids or more specifically their parents are. This babysitter ended up with some of the more horrible ones and asked whether she handled it badly. 

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She said that she babysat as a side hustle and wanted to share an anecdote that she was uneasy about. 

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While babysitting one night, the parents had ordered pizza for the children and left cash for her to pay with. There was a large pizza and some breadsticks.

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Based on past experience she assumed that she would be welcome to have a reasonable amount of food for herself with the family if it was ordered or if she was expected to serve it. 

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When the parents finally got home and she made a comment about the food, things got a little awkward. 

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The mom asked her why she had the food. OP revealed that she only had two slices and a breadstick.

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The parents thought she should not have helped herself to the food and that they did not expect to feed her.

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She said that she was confused by this turn of events. She said the children had been fed and she did not think she overstepped.

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She wondered if anyone else had experienced something similar.

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One commenter reassured OP that she had done nothing wrong and asked if the parents were expecting leftovers.

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OP added that there were in fact leftovers so that wasn't the issue.

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Commenters urged her to remove them from her client list and not work for them again.

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