A woman has shared the shocking texts she received from her friend after babysitting her child for free.
The woman said she travelled a long way to babysit her friend’s child after being asked at the last minute, and did not expect any pay.
“Today, I woke up at 5.45 in the morning, and did a 45-minute trip to and from my friend’s house to babysit her toddler for eight hours for free after she asked me yesterday to do it for her as a favour,” she said.
“She offered to pay me fifty bucks, I didn’t say anything about the money, since I didn’t mind if I wasn’t compensated.”
She said the house looked as though it had not been cleaned in a while and decided to give her friend a hand.
“While I was there, I took the time to vacuum and clean the floors because the apartment was really dirty and the floors looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in months,” she said.
Shortly after leaving her friend’s house, the woman was left shocked after receiving an audio message from her friend that contained a long list of complaints.
“Later that day, the first thing she sent me was an audio complaining that some minor things had been misplaced. Mind you, no items were organised or tidy in the first place,” she said.
“She also implied I used up one too many yoghurts to feed her kid since some seemed to be missing from the fridge.
“I gave the child two throughout the day, which I thought was reasonable, along with the other food I gave her.
“She also complained that with how many items were displaced, the house was worse than before.
“I don’t understand how that’s even possible since I’m a very tidy and neat person, and another person came in to babysit the child right after me.
“I got upset and pointed out that instead of being grateful that I took time off from my vacation to care for her kid, the first thing she texted when I left was how she couldn’t pay me after all and sent me an audio full of minor complaints.”
She texted another friend about the incident and realised the mutual friend had also received a similar message after she babysat the child.
“I texted our mutual friend, who was supposed to go care for the child tomorrow, about what she sent me, and she won’t be helping her out anymore since she had also been bothered about details and spammed with audios after free babysitting at an earlier date,” she added.
“She quit our friend group’s chat after I told others what happened. She’s mad at me for getting others involved. I’m not going to talk to her again.”
Commenters were outraged, suggesting the author was not dealing with a true friend.
“Your ‘friend’ has an odd way of pronouncing thank you,” one person commented.
“When people show you who they are, believe them. So sorry this happened,” another person commented.
“This says everything about her and nothing about you.”
“I’m sorry you had a ‘friend’ who treated you like that. I can’t believe how entitled some people get,” wrote a third.
Other commenters argued that her friend was “embarrassed” by her unclean house.
“She’s embarrassed you cleaned her floors, but can’t say that. She’d rather be mad at you than embarrassed,” wrote one commenter.
“You went out of your way to help someone for free, even cleaning their home on top of babysitting, and the first thing they did was criticise you,” wrote another.
“That’s not someone who appreciates your kindness; it’s someone who expects it.”