To expect the kids to be picked up after?

[RavioliOnToast]

My dfil has had both DDs 4(in school until 3pm) and 19mo today and Wednesday. Wednesday he took them to McDonald's for tea, when I came home (approx 2 hours after they'd eaten) to McDonald's bags all over the kitchen, empty happy meal boxes, half used pots of ketchup all over the kitchen table and food on the floor. Today, again (approx 2 hours after they'd eaten) I came back to food on plates and all over the floor, trailed through the passage into the living room, empty food boxes all over the kitchen. Now I don't even expect him to do the dishes but aibu in thinking he should have put the wrappers/discarded food into the bin and swept up after them? Youngest DD had emptied older DDs school bag all over the floor so there was uniform and homework all over and he'd just left it? Am I bang out of order being a bit pussed off?

But then I've never really had anyone babysit for me so I don't expect people to do stuff for me for nothing.

That is really sad.

Op i completely understand. I often come home late afternoon to find the kitchen shelves covered in crumbs and breakfast plates sitting at the side not even rinsed. I have to be honest it does grate on me knowing the house has been in that state all day even though I am extremely grateful for the childcare (I do pay a small fee). I just cannot imagine ever leaving crumbs behind in anyone's house.

(My mum sometimes gives them breakfast and then drops them to school and is free the rest of the day).

This is definitely an only on MN thread... I'm in my late 60s, and on the occasional day that I look after my DGC, their parents come home to a meal cooking, child/ren fed, taken out for a walk and played with (weather permitting), dishes washed and put away and toys tided... Which is more than ever happened when I was a STHM

Doing it for a day now and again is very different to the daily grind...!
Pictish - I couldn't agree more with you and other PPs

Leaving food and rubbish hanging about is just grim. He was simply lazy.

Looking after his grandchildren isn't the supreme sacrifice some posters seem to make it out to be, I imagine he manages to fund a bin in his own house.