Venting Thread

[nanglgrl]

Every year I say I am going to add Wednesday to my Th and Fri Thanksgiving Closing....Forgot again! You all please remind me next year

Me too!!! My heart is so not in it today. I have only 3 kids but so much to do before family arrives.

[Annalee]

Every year I say I am going to add Wednesday to my Th and Fri Thanksgiving Closing....Forgot again! You all please remind me next year

[Controlled Chaos]

So much poop.

[MsLisa]

I keep getting quiet a few calls daily inquiring about my old in-home daycare (which never really took off, so I found work elsewhere, thus closing) and its really making me question what I want to do at this point.

YMCA PROS:
- Close to home (8 min away)
- I bring my daughter to work & she's part of the program for free.
- I love the kids like they are my own. I have an insane bond with some of them.
- Free to do whatever I want, how I want.
- I get most no-school holidays off.
- My schedule leaves me open to be home during the day to get stuff around the house done, spend time with the dog and pursue personal hobbies.

CONS: :dislike:
- Waking up and have to be at work ungodly early everyday (6:30am).
- Getting paid a measly $8/hr.
- All of management is a complete mess, extremely unprofessional and the cause of 99% of the overall problems. Inconsistent, childish and often unavailable.
- Horrible employee morale, due to above. High turnover rate. "Why bother?" is the motto.
- No funding, so any & all materials, snacks or new toys comes out of my money. Often left having to beg for donations.
- Odd schedule. (6:30-9am then 3-6pm) makes days off balanced. Exhausted from being up early, try to get things done in that small window, so by evening I’m crashing, leaving me miserable at family time.
- Management won't hire more help. Haven't had a day off in forever cause no one is there to cover.
- Incredibly frustrating disorganization. Consistently asked to do other jobs but are rarely helped in own program.

I have my resume on my desktop and have seen at least 3 local places hiring assistants or aides, but I chicken out. I want to work somewhere professional and organized. It would be nice to be paid a decent amount and not have to worry about buying supplies or putting up with 20's something pointless dramas, bad management and negligent parents. Too bad I completely removed all traces of my own daycare here or I would try again. The grass sure looks greener on the other side lately.....
So yeah...../vent

[Blackcat31]

Yesterday DCG wasn't here and it was so nice.

She's back today and already the drama has started.

She's only here until June but I'm tempted to try to replace

Funny how one small little human can impact the entire group/atmosphere that way.... :confused:

I have one of those too... I always thing "its not so bad" and then they are absent, and I am always surprised at the difference in the others.....and my attitude as well.

[Play Care]

Yesterday DCG wasn't here and it was so nice.

She's back today and already the drama has started.

She's only here until June but I'm tempted to try to replace *now*

[Controlled Chaos]

:hug:

[Blackcat31]

I just had to clean poop off my ceiling...yes, my ceiling. DCB is on day three of undies here, and had a really, really messy accident. Apparently in the process of taking off his pants, some flung up there. I feel like bleaching my whole house right now.

Oh my!



(((hugs))) because you apparently need it BIG TIME!!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Pepperth]

I just had to clean poop off my ceiling...yes, my ceiling. DCB is on day three of undies here, and had a really, really messy accident. Apparently in the process of taking off his pants, some flung up there. I feel like bleaching my whole house right now.

[Puddleduck]

DCM is ALWAYS complaining about not seeing enough of dcb...And yet, dcm has every second Friday off (working the Saturday instead) and still chooses to send him to me. So instead of having two days with her son, she chooses just to have one. Love having him here, but really can't stand dcm's hypocrisy.

[Play Care]

STOP COUGHING IN MY FACE!!!!

(From kids who are old enough to know better and have been taught and shown how to use their elbow or hands repeatedly. I expect it from the littles and have appropriate deflecting tactics :: they don't work as well with the older kids)

[Hunni Bee]

Rude DCM:

PLEASE stop sweeping into our room in the middle of things making a huge ruckus every morning. I did say that DCG is missing out on a lot because she doesn't show up til 10 am and its true. I don't know why it's that hard for you to get her out of the house by 9 am but that's not my problem.

It IS, however, my problem that you opened the door, saw 18 other kids seated quietly on the carpet facing me and then proceeded to yell at DCG for something that was totally your fault, loudly interrupt me to ask common-sense questions, slam things around at her cubby, rehash the fact that your husband AGAIN took DCG's glasses home and make me take time to tell you so AGAIN, yell goodbye loudly to DCG and then slam the door.

I'm going to start the loudest, most obnoxious song I can with the kids every morning when I see your buggy eyes at the doorway. :dislike:

[Febby]

Does the center not have stated cleared "subs" just in case of such situations? Heaven forbid you had an accident on the way to work, then what would they do... and I do understand; I worked an 18 hr day a few months back when I was only suppose to work 10. It ****s

Yes, but we had three people no call/no show on Friday so we're already down and there were two other people who called in elsewhere in the center. The biggest issue though, is that there are a lot of behavior issues in my room (it's gotten a lot better and is still improving), and quite a lot of the staff are not able to keep the class under control. There are backups (other than having me work 10 1/2 hours) for that room, but I'd rather have the overtime. I have an expensive hobby to pay for. Although they did have to use the backup opener for a while I could get there. I live 45 minutes away if traffic is good.

[LysesKids]

The teacher who opens my room called in sick, so I got called in early. Then, the teacher who closes my room called in sick, so I got to stay late to close. And it was Monday. I just want to go to bed, but I think I should probably eat dinner first. Or something.

Does the center not have stated cleared "subs" just in case of such situations? Heaven forbid you had an accident on the way to work, then what would they do... and I do understand; I worked an 18 hr day a few months back when I was only suppose to work 10. It ****s

[Febby]

The teacher who opens my room called in sick, so I got called in early. Then, the teacher who closes my room called in sick, so I got to stay late to close. And it was Monday. I just want to go to bed, but I think I should probably eat dinner first. Or something.