Which alternative asset manager only pays his babysitter $12/hour? Clearly times are tough for the once mega-successful financier but if he thinks the vast array of snacks and opportunity to see the infamous ice smoother up close and personal make up for such an insulting rate, he is sorely mistaken.
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Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:19PM
stevie cohen?
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:20PM
seven hundred and forty-fifth!
BOO YAA!
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:20PM
@1- and we have a winner.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:20PM
where does he live? iowa
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:21PM
who gives a fuck
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:23PM
@4- greenwich.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:24PM
dumbasses. "ice smoother" = zamboni machine = steve cohen = cheapskate.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:28PM
@5- people who hate steve cohen. which lately is an ever growing list.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:32PM
what is a technian?
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:32PM
Guess that's what makes him good at what he does. If i'm not mistaken, being a shrewd, penny-pinching prick is an asset in his line of work.
In your personal life, it just makes you an asshole.
Posted by Seaman Bodine , Oct 31, 2008 2:32PM
somebody fucked him?
Posted by Anal_yst , Oct 31, 2008 2:49PM
@ 10
Thats true, until it isn't. Flexibility is where its at (insert perverted/off colour joke here)
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:51PM
$12/hr babysitting isn't that bad. More than a teenager is making working at the local fast food joint or grocery store and probably a hell of a lot more comfortable and tax free.
Posted by Bess Levin , Oct 31, 2008 2:54PM
@13- are you kidding? I made 20/hr when I was a babysitter and that was like 6 years ago.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 2:55PM
@13
"Tax Free"..?!? There's no way on earth he's not deducting / claiming it.
Posted by KLW , Oct 31, 2008 2:58PM
@ #13--$12/hr may be good money in the Midwest, the going rate here in New York is more like $15. If that's what you're paying your babysitter, she probably hates you.
Related: the only reason to babysit for obnoxiously rich people is because they can afford to pay you more than average. Crazy rich people and their fucked-up kids are the absolute worst.
Posted by HighYield , Oct 31, 2008 3:00PM
I only pay my sitter (in Southport, CT) $12 an hour and you know why?
Two reasons:
1. Because I can
2. Because she asked for $13
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 3:03PM
Yea but what about the $1000 she makes for giving him some good night head.
Posted by NAS Keflavik boi , Oct 31, 2008 3:06PM
@ 13, yeah, but that kid's dad was prolly in full "American Beauty" mode...
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 3:06PM
@17- and that's why she hates you and calls you a cheapskate to her friends.
stiff people who do stuff like paint your house, people. not the ones you leave in charge of your children.
Posted by NAS Keflavik boi , Oct 31, 2008 3:07PM
@ 14, yeah, but that kid's dad was prolly in full "American Beauty" mode...
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 3:08PM
I don't pay my babysitter; she pays me with blow jobs
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 3:19PM
@14 BL, that poor baby would have never looked at the world in the same way after you were done with him/her.
That said, I'm not complaining about your snarkiness and withering sarcasm on DB.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 3:33PM
why just not get a nanny?
Posted by Anal_yst , Oct 31, 2008 3:34PM
@ KLW, etc
Also, if you stiff your babysitter (no pun intended, although its there regardless) chances are when you're not home she ain't the only one enjoying your home and all the fun stuff you've got in it...
Posted by Bess Levin , Oct 31, 2008 3:39PM
@23- I wasn't saying I was an outstanding babysitter (and in fact I was probably pretty bad). I was pointing out that 12/hr, in 2009, is cheap.
Posted by KLW , Oct 31, 2008 3:44PM
@ Anal_yst
My god, the naked photos and sex diaries and poorly hidden pornography I could tell you about. But I would never be irresponsible in a family's home or do anything to endanger the moral fiber of your children. Blackmail only endangers the adults.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 5:41PM
Where is David Mooney going following Newfinance?
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 5:56PM
No disrespect here Levin, but $12 is a decent rate for the state of the economy we are in. Now, the real issue here is that Steve Cohen has SEVEN children. Taking care of all seven of them for $12/hour may be pushing it. Yet it's still better than blowing johns in Guadalajara.
Posted by guest , Oct 31, 2008 7:41PM
doesn't he have like 8 kids to boot?
Posted by Cincinnatus C , Nov 03, 2008 5:21AM
Bess, I'll pay you $25 an hour to babysit me.