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<p>Ah, choosy beggars! One of the most frustrating types of people. At a certain point, it&#39;s not about being cheap...it&#39;s about violating labor rights, or trying to squeeze someone vulnerable - like a college student - for free work. Keep reading, y&#39;all - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChoosingBeggars/comments/e2xbag/come_be_our_slave_and_pay_us_60pw_for_the_honour/">this one&#39;s</a> a doozy.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="271" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-1-5de0d15010bc8700-jkF6FD.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>At least you&#39;re only tasked with caring for one kid. He&#39;s six, so that could be challenging, but...I&#39;m trying to go into this unbiased.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="257" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-2-5de0d151f1bca700-hvlAak.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Eight months&#39; worth of employment? So far, so uneventful.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="273" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-500-KXeb2N.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>I...thought they&#39;d list an hourly rate of payment, but it looks like...you&#39;re expected to give *them* $60/week? In exchange for working anywhere from six to twenty hours? At least it&#39;s free during the holidays - the year&#39;s most charitable time!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="227" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-4-5de0d154c54c9700-SdYosc.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Kids *can* wake up at 2 AM and require caretaking, but that&#39;s still an absurdly early hour. If you expect anyone to be functional and working pre-dawn, you need to offer them appropriate compensation - in the form of MONEY.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="197" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-5-5de0d15622ad4700-wbz8z5.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Based on these ridiculous requirements, they&#39;re lucky the address is obscured.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="197" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-6-5de0d1575a502700-ZwJenq.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Omg, hot water! What a blessing. A downright GIFT as far as this &#39;arrangement&#39; is concerned.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="276" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-7-5de0d158c4d7c700-vHUYIx.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>No meals, peasant! You must also buy groceries and cook for yourself. Harrumph.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="194" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-8-5de0d15a32b4b700-71PnqJ.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>You&#39;d basically be an indentured servant - and one who&#39;s forbidden a social life. Hope you enjoy passive-aggressively enforced curfews and never entertaining friends!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="366" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-9-5de0d15b9b300700-Dm0ImD.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>No visitors! No sex, obviously, because that would be enjoyable!!!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="308" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-1-10-5de0d15d5bd28700-4BpoDO.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Ah, the cherry topping this sh*t sundae: while you&#39;re not being paid - yet paying rent for one small room - you&#39;ll be surveilled by multiple cameras. What&#39;s not to love? Does this not sound like the ultimate employment opportunity?! Here&#39;s the room in question, btw:</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="BoredPanda" data-attribution-url="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/" height="464" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars-2-1-5de0d15ee1659700-LJCZKV.jpg" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/babysitter-ad-slave-conditions-low-pay-choosing-beggars/">BoredPanda</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Needless to say, Reddit was *not* impressed. Of all the choosy beggars cases, this is one of the most shameless. I feel bad enough for the six-year-old being raised by these monsters, I&#39;m almost willing to volunteer. <em>Almost</em>.</p><blockquote> <p>Don&#39;t worry I&#39;d love to pay for the pleasure of raising your child for you. The being on Big Brother aspect is really just what sold me on this position in the first place. Oh and the 2am - 4am starting time is just what I need to compliment my busy university/college schedule!</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Yikes. I don&#39;t want to meet these people, imagine paying to live with them.</p> </blockquote><p>-eyeballemoji</p><blockquote> <p>I can picture these two entitled pricks making this post, I&#39;m sure they thought they were giving a student the deal of a lifetime. bet they were so excited thinking of the flood of requests and how they were going to filter the nominees. Hope they got their ass handed to them</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>-surfdad67</p><blockquote> <p>$60 per week is a funny way of saying:</p> <p>Pay us $240 a month to raise our child</p> </blockquote><p>-MilwaukeeMan420</p><blockquote> <p>Hmm yes, I&rsquo;ll be a parent to your child and pay YOU for the privilege! That&rsquo;s an amazing idea! Thanks!</p> </blockquote><p>-BreccaGref</p><blockquote> <p>Imagine actually committing to this from December &#39;til August while studying and trying to maintain a social life, not to mention working an <em>actual job</em>, since you need to somehow pay this family for the work you&#39;re doing..... It makes me so uncomfortable that they posted this as a serious offer....</p> </blockquote><p>-ZyferX</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

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Ah, choosy beggars! One of the most frustrating types of people. At a certain point, it&#39;s not about being cheap...it&#39;s about violating labor rights, or trying to squeeze someone vulnerable - like a college student - for free work. Keep reading, y&#39;all - this one&#39;s a doozy.  BoredPandaAt least you&#39;re only tasked with caring for one kid. He&#39;s six, so that could be challenging, but...I&#39;m trying to go into this unbiased.  BoredPandaEight months&#39; worth of employment? So far, so uneventful.  BoredPandaI...thought they&#39;d list an hourly rate of payment, but it looks like...you&#39;re expected to give *them* $60/week? In exchange for working anywhere from six to twenty hours? At least it&#39;s free during the holidays - the year&#39;s most charitable time!  BoredPandaKids *can* wake up at 2 AM and require caretaking, but that&#39;s still an absurdly early hour. If you expect anyone to be functional and working pre-dawn, you need to offer them appropriate compensation - in the form of MONEY.  BoredPandaBased on these ridiculous requirements, they&#39;re lucky the address is obscured.  BoredPandaOmg, hot water! What a blessing. A downright GIFT as far as this &#39;arrangement&#39; is concerned.  BoredPandaNo meals, peasant! You must also buy groceries and cook for yourself. Harrumph.  BoredPandaYou&#39;d basically be an indentured servant - and one who&#39;s forbidden a social life. Hope you enjoy passive-aggressively enforced curfews and never entertaining friends!  BoredPandaNo visitors! No sex, obviously, because that would be enjoyable!!!  BoredPandaAh, the cherry topping this sh*t sundae: while you&#39;re not being paid - yet paying rent for one small room - you&#39;ll be surveilled by multiple cameras. What&#39;s not to love? Does this not sound like the ultimate employment opportunity?! Here&#39;s the room in question, btw:  BoredPandaNeedless to say, Reddit was *not* impressed. Of all the choosy beggars cases, this is one of the most shameless. I feel bad enough for the six-year-old being raised by these monsters, I&#39;m almost willing to volunteer. Almost. Don&#39;t worry I&#39;d love to pay for the pleasure of raising your child for you. The being on Big Brother aspect is really just what sold me on this position in the first place. Oh and the 2am - 4am starting time is just what I need to compliment my busy university/college schedule!  Yikes. I don&#39;t want to meet these people, imagine paying to live with them. -eyeballemoji I can picture these two entitled pricks making this post, I&#39;m sure they thought they were giving a student the deal of a lifetime. bet they were so excited thinking of the flood of requests and how they were going to filter the nominees. Hope they got their ass handed to them -surfdad67 $60 per week is a funny way of saying: Pay us $240 a month to raise our child -MilwaukeeMan420 Hmm yes, I&rsquo;ll be a parent to your child and pay YOU for the privilege! That&rsquo;s an amazing idea! Thanks! -BreccaGref Imagine actually committing to this from December &#39;til August while studying and trying to maintain a social life, not to mention working an actual job, since you need to somehow pay this family for the work you&#39;re doing..... It makes me so uncomfortable that they posted this as a serious offer.... -ZyferX

Ah, choosy beggars! One of the most frustrating types of people. At a certain point, it&#39;s not about being cheap...it&#39;s about violating labor rights, or trying to squeeze someone vulnerable - like a college student - for free work....