In my continued search for a babysitter, I registered to participate in Mommy Mixer. I have known about this service for about 1.5 years, but refused to participate in the past. The dude was too young to have an inexperienced college freshman taking care of him. However, desperate times call for desperate measures so I broke down and decided to expand my sitter search.
So, the premise of this mixer is that moms needing babysitters meet college girls looking for babysitting/nanny gigs at local hip and trendy businesses willing to host the event. College girls fill out an application on the website for FREE and moms register by paying $100 and signing a waiver stating they understand the girls have not had background checks, etc. conducted on them by Mommy Mixer. It's kinda like speed dating for babysitters.
Mommy Mixer gets rave reviews, and my neighbor knows the owner of this business. In theory it is a fantastic idea, and there is certainly a need for this type of service. And Mommy Mixer is expanding to many, many cities across the U.S. However....
Yesterday was my day to go, so I got dressed, put on makeup, did my hair and walked out the door leaving Mr. Landlord and the dude together for father-son bonding. I was looking forward to seeing what it was all about and hoping beyond all hope that I would find a person that meets my standards for a babysitter. I'm still hoping...
Upon arrival I signed in and picked up my babysitter notebook containing the resumes of all the girls that were supposed to be in attendance, as well as resumes of girls "who couldn't be [there] but would love to find a wonderful family to babysit for." In all, there were about 35 resumes in the notebook. It was looking promising...
Then all the moms started filing in...one after another. But I kept looking for the potential sitters. Hmmm....they have to be around here somewhere. There are supposed to be about 25 girls here. Then the hostess with the mostess announces that, for some unknown reason, several girls couldn't make it to the event so we would just get started...
There were 7 girls and 30 mothers there. You do the math. The event organizer made about $3000 for 1.5 hours, and the mothers were out $100 and only got to interview 7 girls. I want my money back...
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Hi there - we came across your blog and wanted to let you know that if you are unhappy with your MommyMixer experience - you should absolutely let us know. We are here to make moms' lives easier so we never want to cause disappointment.
The mixer you attended was unusuallly low in sitter attendance (you are correct) - we received over 12 emails that evening telling us they were under the weather. As a mom, I am sure you can appreciate this. We typically have 15-25 sitters at every mixer. AND, the mixer you attended actually only had 15 moms in attendence and if all 7 of those sitters babysit for 2 or more of those families - the moms in attendance are all covered. Anyway, you can do three things -- you can request your money back (we are always happy to do this) or come to another mixer and try again or send us a note with your needs and we will send it out to our sitter list of over 1500 austin area candidates.
MommyMixer has served over 1000 families in finding quality help. We have a very loyal group of MommyMixer fanatics and this is why each and every mixer is sold out in advance of the mixer. We go above and beyond to help each and every mom find the help she needs. Send us a note and let us know how we can help you.
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