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AIBU?

to think my babysitter is a greedy pig?

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HeartsAreEveryWhere · 21/01/2013 16:53

So I went out with DH on Saturday night and my friends 15 year old babysat for us.

Came back about 1am and thanked her and DH drove her home. Decided to make a cup of tea how rock n' roll and noticed that she had eaten half of a victoria sponge cake, a whole block of cheddar had gone and she had drunk half a litre of diet coke.

I did say help yourself to food. But surely this is taking the piss?

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LifeofPo · 21/01/2013 16:55

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WakeyCakey · 21/01/2013 16:56

At least if she was eating all this food she was too busy to root around in your stuff which is my huge fear of babysitters hehe Smile

Also take it as a compliment that your cake was amazing Smile

Always looking on the bright side

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holidaysarenice · 21/01/2013 16:57

What did you pay her for saturday night?

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DawnOfTheDee · 21/01/2013 16:57

Maybe she had her boyfriend round...?

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NotInGuatemalaNowDrRopata · 21/01/2013 16:59

all the above, plus, you kept a 15 year old up until 1am?

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HeartsAreEveryWhere · 21/01/2013 17:00

Oh I'm joking about the greedy pig comment and I mean it light heartedly. I am be a greedy pig too - but with my own food.

She arrived at 8 and we came back at 1 so we gave her £40.

£7 an hour before midnight and then £10 afterwards and then we just rounded it up.

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HeartsAreEveryWhere · 21/01/2013 17:01

*I can be ..

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HeartsAreEveryWhere · 21/01/2013 17:02

I don't think 1am is too late as it wasn't a school night and both her and her mum were fine with it and my husband drove her home too.

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HeartsAreEveryWhere · 21/01/2013 17:03

Also take it as a compliment that your cake was amazing

Haha thanks, I do try. Smile

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LadyMargolotta · 21/01/2013 17:03

Have you checked the fridge for the cheese? If I whole block has gone, I wonder if it's hidden.

If it was one of those small victoria sponges, then it's fairly easy to eat half of it.

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Cortana · 21/01/2013 17:03

YABU. Half a litre of diet coke, a whole 500mls, over the course of an evening?

Ok so half a cake is more than a portion, but I bet it was rather dull babysitting alone until 1am. I've overindulged when bored, easy done.

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LauriesFairyonthetreeeatsCake · 21/01/2013 17:03

By a whole block of cheddar do you mean one of those really small ones and not the half kilo size?

Half a Victoria sponge isn't much - according to Call the Midwife last night it's mostly air.

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Moominsarehippos · 21/01/2013 17:03

I could quite easily eat half a cake and a whole block of cheese and I am a greedy pig!

I would have made her a sandwich or something as maybe she didn't want to root around in the kitchen.

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GobTheGoblin · 21/01/2013 17:04

YABU teenagers eat a lot of food. That will have just been a light snack for her. Grin

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JustFabulous · 21/01/2013 17:04

That does seem like a lot for one person to eat in an evening.

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JustFabulous · 21/01/2013 17:04

Maybe she had a midnight feast with the children?

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valiumredhead · 21/01/2013 17:05

Don't say help yourself and then complain about it.

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LynetteScavo · 21/01/2013 17:05

Maybe she was bored and cold. Did you leave the heating on?

I could easily eat half a vicoroia sponge and drink half a litre of coke, but are you sure she ate a block of cheddar?

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valiumredhead · 21/01/2013 17:06

Leave her a tray out next time with food she is 'allowed.' and makes it easier for you to see exactly what she has eaten Wink

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middleagedspread · 21/01/2013 17:07

My 15 yr old would think nothing of eating that in a course of an evening. I'd say it was normal for teens, always hungry & probably a bit bored/ tired too.

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HeartsAreEveryWhere · 21/01/2013 17:08

I made her a spaghetti dish before she arrived, and there was also a bag of malteasers for her (she does like spaghetti and the malteasers were not a tiny bag btw)

And nope the cheese had definitely gone, I saw the wrapper in the bin.

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TheProvincialLady · 21/01/2013 17:10

If I had babysat for you when I was 15 and eaten that, you would have got off lightly. I would probably have eaten a couple of sandwiches, some packets of crisps and any biscuits you had.

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