<human>: Backstory: I've been babysitting  my most superior boss' two kids one night every week for over a year.  They're usually pretty great with no problems, my boss (the mom) pays me at the beginning of the month for the full month ahead of time. The last few months she's been paying me late (without notice), and I finally approached her about it this month. So I've been feeling a little frustrated, but try to be grateful.

Today: I'm babysitting an extra shift for her tonight. No problem, I need the money for my wedding. The husband asks me if I'll take the kids to a pay-per-ounce ice creamery, paying for one with a rewards card and the other with a gift card. Wish I would have known because I brought no money with me.  We get there,  kids make ice cream,  we go to pay. Cashier rings up cards in reverse order,  now I can't use the rewards card.  Left in a panic with no money, I text my fiance to bring my debit card.  I apologize to Cashier, saying the parents didn't give me enough money to cover and say money is coming. A strange offers to pay. I tell her I have no way to pay her back,  please don't.  She insisted.  I cried.

I feel bad about saying the parents didn't give me enough money in front of the kids. But they left me BARELY enough to pay (and honestly, even if the card worked, it was still too expensive and I still would have had to pay out of pocket). I was mortified.

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<bot>: Parents of kids I'm babysitting barely gave me enough money to pay for cream, when one form of payment didn't work, a stranger had to pay because I'm poor.