Steve Barker wrote:
Karen wrote:
Greetings

This is a sensible group on Usenet, so I thought I'd ask here.

My daughter is paying her way through college by babysitting. She has
4 different families she baby-sits for regularly. She took on an
assignment for a new family through a referral. She normally doesn't
take any new assignments on, because the families she sits for, treat
her very well.

The family has 2 children, and the parents are both doctors. They also
have a pet dog. Within 1 hour, my daughter noticed the dog had one of
her less than a week old sneakers in it's mouth, ripped to shreds.

She paid for these with her money, they ran her $75. The parents
refuse to pay for her sneakers, saying she should be responsible for
her sneakers. She left her shoes at the door, because they have a very
nice new home.

I say the people should have warned her about the dog being a chewer,
and should take responsibility for their pet.

Needless to say, she learned a lesson the hard way.

What do you say?



I'd say the next time i baby sit, the dog 'accidentally' drinks some
antifreeze and dark chocolate. Not my responsibility to watch what the
dog eats.

I doubt very seriously that the wonderful young woman as described by
her mother would do such a horrible thing. I would simply get a radio
controlled electric shock training collar to put on the dog when the
parents are gone. She could watch the children and train the dog at
the same time. *snicker*

TDD