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Daycare mom comes in this evening at pick up and says "It's ok if you say no....but is there any way I can pay on Friday?" I said "I really need it now. I have bills that need to be paid too. If you absolutely can't get it to me today Friday will be ok but remember I have been enforcing the late fees because of so many parent's paying late." Another parent walks in at this time and she says "I will text you about it later tonight". I had to have the next parent sign an incident report and couldn't pay much attention to this particular mom that couldn't pay on time. Tuition was due Friday for this week but as long as they pay Monday by close I do not charge a late fee. After 5:30 it is $10 per day.
I text her after I close and say "sorry for the interruption but it is hard for me to talk while other parents are picking up. Once again, if you need to pay Friday that will be ok if you can pay for this week and next week but remember those late fees are being enforced so you would have $40 in late fees by then."
She says it's ok. She understood. She had a weekend out with the girls this past weekend and only spent $60! She was proud that she hadn't spent that much. Then she says she had to fix the plumbing when she got home. Says she felt like a jerk to ask but figured she'd been here over a year and doesn't ask this much...says this is only the 3rd time she's had to ask she thinks. She will see what she can do to get it to me before Friday.
I know she is aggravated at me because of the late fee. But I have bills too. And I'm single and have one income coming in. SHe has a husband that probably makes pretty good at his job. I just don't understand the nerve of some people.
Sorry that your weekend with the girls was more important than paying your daycare fees! That $60 would have covered half of her daycare fees right there. I really do like this woman (all my parents are pretty good) but come on....there's a very big lack of consideration for others in this world today. I don't understand it.
I text her after I close and say "sorry for the interruption but it is hard for me to talk while other parents are picking up. Once again, if you need to pay Friday that will be ok if you can pay for this week and next week but remember those late fees are being enforced so you would have $40 in late fees by then."
She says it's ok. She understood. She had a weekend out with the girls this past weekend and only spent $60! She was proud that she hadn't spent that much. Then she says she had to fix the plumbing when she got home. Says she felt like a jerk to ask but figured she'd been here over a year and doesn't ask this much...says this is only the 3rd time she's had to ask she thinks. She will see what she can do to get it to me before Friday.
I know she is aggravated at me because of the late fee. But I have bills too. And I'm single and have one income coming in. SHe has a husband that probably makes pretty good at his job. I just don't understand the nerve of some people.
Sorry that your weekend with the girls was more important than paying your daycare fees! That $60 would have covered half of her daycare fees right there. I really do like this woman (all my parents are pretty good) but come on....there's a very big lack of consideration for others in this world today. I don't understand it.
I have witnessed Parents (my siblings
) use it on Grandparents alot, now it is our turn?? 
No pay; No stay. I bend over backwards for my clients.....but they MUST NOT mess with my income or family time. They all know this and joke about it regularly....
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