The job from you know where...

My mother in law got me a job babysitting 5 kids for the last 6 weeks of summer. I was optimistic about it and was happy to have a job to have some extra money before I started student teaching and wouldn't be able to work again. Then I started babysitting the kids...

• The kids need SUPER NANNY. I am not even kidding. They were super disrespectful to me, rude to each other, and left a mess everywhere they went (which they weren't willing to clean up. They thought I was there to clean up all their messes).
• The house was never clean. I babysat one week and they didn't have any dishwasher detergent and I came back 2 weeks later and they STILL had no dishwasher detergent or dish soap. Which means...their dishes hadn't been washed in 2 weeks.
• I found MICE when I went to get a pot out of the cabinet...still alive and wiggling around on a mouse trap. I had one of the boys take it to the trash and he proceeded to chase me around the house with it.
• AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE ME WANT TO QUIT...they still haven't paid me! They told me I would be paid on the 1st & 3rd Fridays and the 3rd Friday in July and 1st Friday in August have already passed and I still don't have money. Needless to say I was fed up, so I told the parents that I was sorry, but I couldn't watch their kids anymore. The dad flipped out on me saying I broke an agreement with them to give them a weeks notice (which I will admit that I did), but i'm sorry...if you break an agreement to pay me then I think I can break the agreement to give a weeks notice.

The biggest thing I have learned from this experience.... I will NEVER do private babysitting again. NEVER.