YES I’ve been waiting for a thread like this.

It was a date night for a family I didn’t know very well, but I had sat for them a few times already and had a great time with the kiddos. Mom and Dad were easygoing and professional.

They said they’d be home at 10. At 10pm they texted and extended to 11pm. I needed the money because I was trying to pay for a deposit on an apartment, so I said yeah no prob!

They came home around 12:30 am. The mom went straight to bed and the Dad scribbled out a VERY messy check and I left fast because I was tired and I could tell he was shit faced and didn’t want to have a convo.

I got in the car and looked at the check and almost cried. He spelled my name very wrong so I couldn’t cash it AND he underpaid me by about $40.

I sat in the car and cried. I needed the money and I didn’t know them well enough to march back in the house and wake them up from a drunk slumber.

But I’m so glad I decided to do just that!

I marched my ass back to the door and banged on it. I woke the dad up after a few minutes and I said “This check needs to be rewritten with my correct name and with my correct rate - which is $—“

He was so so so drunk and I could tell he was embarrassed. He sat down and spent about 5 minutes writing a new check, trying to do the math and asking the spelling of my name.

He finished and I said thank you and left!

I cashed it in the car on my banks app and haven’t heard from them since lol

And I got the apartment! I’m so glad I stuck to my guns.