# babysitting ad ..is it unreasonable? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876 "2018-12-10T04:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/1 "2018-12-10T04:11:59Z")
heres the story ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/2 "2018-12-10T04:13:31Z")
TL;DR ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/3 "2018-12-10T04:16:25Z")
I’m torn. I can see both sides. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/4 "2018-12-10T04:20:56Z")
heres the real link that didn’t paste [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/mothers-lengthy-list-of-requirements-for-a-babysitter-goes-viral/ar-BBQtQzW?li=BBnbcA0) is she nuts or reasonable? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/5 "2018-12-10T04:22:09Z")
Hmmmm? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/6 "2018-12-10T04:24:02Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > heres the real link that didn’t paste [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/mothers-lengthy-list-of-requirements-for-a-babysitter-goes-viral/ar-BBQtQzW?li=BBnbcA0) > > is she nuts or reasonable? I hope that’s fake. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/7 "2018-12-10T04:26:37Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I hope that’s fake. well some of it didn’t seem too bad but other parts are nuts… ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/8 "2018-12-10T04:26:45Z")
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet… ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/9 "2018-12-10T04:31:06Z")
Or in the Daily Fail ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/10 "2018-12-10T04:34:33Z")
lol: > [@](#): > > 14.) Ideally, [you] will be a Trump fan. In exchange I will be offering $10 under the table cash. It’s like making $15/hr normal but with out paying tax. So much to unload in that one little statement. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/11 "2018-12-10T07:00:20Z")
It smells like a joke, but who knows these days. Someone willing to advertise that they are breaking the law by paying off the books, but insisting on a BG check, no tats, and paying for snacks out of pocket? FWIW I have had multiple nannies and ALL of them bought my daughter snacks out of pocket, and when I knew about it I always reimbursed them over the amount spent as a thank you. (Not including times when we asked the nanny to order in/take her out, when we reimbursed the cost of meal + tip for both my daughter and nanny.) That plus the other insane requirements…either a joke or a person who maybe ought to have her children distributed to better parents. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/12 "2018-12-10T08:18:07Z")
Sounds to me like some disgruntled babysitter getting their own back on someone. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/13 "2018-12-10T10:16:05Z")
One could only hope that the mother was as discriminating in her choice of Leader of the Free World. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/14 "2018-12-10T10:21:16Z")
I don’t believe this is serious. It looks more like a spoof ad, a satirical post by a babysitter fed up with unreasonable requirements, and making fun of them. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/15 "2018-12-10T10:42:08Z")
I wonder what her rules are for her kids. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/16 "2018-12-10T12:43:17Z")
Must be a Trump fan definitely makes the authenticity suspect. As well as the blatant tax cheat reference. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/17 "2018-12-10T12:59:20Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Must be a Trump fan definitely makes the authenticity suspect. As well as the blatant tax cheat reference. Also, expecting to pay someone with a bachelor’s degree $10. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/18 "2018-12-10T16:21:36Z")
Regardless of the other conditions, the $10 per hour is going to not get her many candidates. The going rate for babysitting is about 50% or more higher than she’s asking. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/19 "2018-12-10T16:52:40Z")
What kind of parent would expect a babysitter to pay for snacks without being reimbursed? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876/20 "2018-12-10T18:09:49Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Regardless of the other conditions, the $10 per hour is going to not get her many candidates. The going rate for babysitting is about 50% or more higher than she’s asking. And note that’s for 3 kids. I expect that this is a gag, although there are certainly people this foolish in the world. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitting-ad-is-it-unreasonable/825876.md?page=2)