Octavia
Ideal_Rock
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At my first job when I was in high school, my boss asked if I'd be okay with watching his 4-year old on occasion, if the nanny had to leave early or had a doctor's appointment or something. I wanted the job, so I said it would be fine. Well...guess who quit a couple weeks later? I only WISH it had been me! Worst summer of my life! But of course, I couldn't say anything because it was a job. If it had been a friend (thankfully not, at that age, but projecting forward to now) you'd better believe I'd call them out on it. I'd try to be tactful, of course, but it's not okay for a person to monopolize that much of your time for their own benefit, regardless of the reason. To me, it's not the substance of the request that's the problem -- it would be the same idea if it was a co-worker to whom you'd offered to give a ride home occasionally, and they gradually morphed it into picking them up and dropping them off every day, without so much as an offer of gas money. After awhile, the line between being nice and being taken advantage of has clearly been crossed.
Good luck extricating yourself, sctsbride!
Good luck extricating yourself, sctsbride!