this is such a privileged position and you think you should’ve just been able to pay cash and potentially screw someone over?
I went through all the trouble because I thought it was the right thing to do and I wanted to do right by the babysitter. It’s why I ended up paying an accountant a larger lump of money than I would have liked to in order to get it all sorted out.
Im complaining how difficult it is to do the right thing.
I did not read anything in your post that suggested you resented the babysitter or having to pay money to do it properly.
I read the exact opposite, that more people would if the process were not so burdensom of people who obviously have a child and so presumably not a ton of time for paperwork.
After all, you did it properly... what's to get angry about other than the topic of the original article, that tax paperwork is overboard?
You're only benefitting the babysitter by paying them cash, big win for them. And benefitting yourself to avoid all that payroll hassle that nobody understands. Win-win.