Though I loved my previous babysitter A: She was WAY too expensive (I know that sounds awful because she’s taking care of the most important people, blah, blah, you don’t know how much she charges!) and B: She works 2 jobs and is rarely available unless planned weeks, or even months, in advance. So in order to save my pathetic excuse for adult time I decided it was time to find a new sitter. A process that should be easy and simple right… WRONG!
After sifting through numerous ridiculous responses to my ad for a sitter; there was the 60 something year old lady that never had children and now wished she had, so makes up for it by babysitting = instant flashes of “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead”. The 16 year old girl that has a little brother (that’s a year younger than her) so knows all about kids and can definitely handle 3 boys, and is available 1 of the 3 nights I need to work? And the woman who doesn’t speak any English so she had her husband respond to my ad, as well as ask if he could stay to translate to the kids for her until they went to bed… Seriously?
So now here I am with a week full of interviews with the ones who managed to come across as “normal” via email and I am NOT looking forward to it. The awkward silence and simply bizarre act of sitting down with a complete stranger and trusting their word they are good enough to care for your children. Not to mention the interview process itself, what do you ask them? “Hi are you an awful human being that is going to lock my child in a closet if he misbehaves?” And on the chance the person sitting on your couch, sipping on some random drink because it seemed rude to say no, says “Yes, yes I will lock your child up, I may starve him also.” Then what, now you have a psycho in your home, so just no loud sounds or sudden movements, do not disturb the crazy person.
Realistically these interviews never turn out that bad I suppose, at least I have yet to have that deranged person on the other end of the interview, then it makes me think what are they thinking?
I have 3 boys, my house is a zoo… they probably think I’m crazy to even try to ask someone to watch these kids, they are not bad, but any mom of THREE boys can understand! Then again, it could be a good thing, help them understand why I need a sitter and some “me” time (which actually consists of me working, but hey I’ll take what I can get, drunks can be fun to watch!)
So in essence the week ahead will be spent worrying that either they are not crazy or making them believe we are not crazy. And hopefully, in turn, finding some un-crazy person who thinks I’m somewhat sane, in which to entrust the most precious things in the world to me and hope that they will treat them as the most precious things in the world to them, for some extra spending money. All in all, it does not sound fun, wish me luck, I’ll need it!
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