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watching a teachers rabbit, f/17
My science teacher has a classroom bunny which I agreed to take care of for him. He said he would be gone the entire summer and to just bring him back when school begins. I went on summer vacation on the 16th of June and we don't go back until the 9th of August.
I'm afraid that I'm watching this bunny free of charge. I could understand maybe watching it for a week as a favor, but the ENTIRE summer? I have to clean its cage every week because he gets his bedding everywhere and sometimes I can't sleep at night because he scratches the bottom of his cage and its so loud. And no, I didn't take this job not knowing what I was getting into. I have 6 cats and 2 dogs and know how hard it is to take care of animals. So it would be understandable for me to want him to pay me something right? Even if he was my teacher, he can't just expect me to do all this work as a 'favor'? Even $75 would be fine with me. At a normal animal boarding place, it would cost him around $10-$15 per day just for his bunny.
My question is what should I do if he doesn't pay me when I get back to school/am I wrong in wanting money for this?
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i think that this is something you should have talked about with him before you took the bunny.. because more than likely he probably thought you were doing it out of the goodness of your heart, who knows he might give you something you never know but more than likely probably not if he never said anything. no your not wrong for wanting money i would to, you just should have said something before you took it
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You are not wrong for *wanting* money, but you might be shit out of luck, because it would be very wrong to change the agreement after it's already begun.
The agreeent when you left last week did NOT include any money. Without asking, you have no idea what he 'expects', all you know is that you agreed to this arrangment without asking for payment, so he's not obligated to pay you anything.
When he gets back, you could certainly ask for money if you think it's worth possibly upsetting your teacher OR you can not ask, and see what happens. If he doesn't offer to pay you anything, I think it would be best to chalk this one up as a learning experience. In the future you'll be more careful about doing favors like this without knowing what you were getting into, and saying upfront you'd like to be paid.
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