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Yeah the whole thread is great. I love that when I have a bad day I can just come on here and someone will lift my spirits, give me great advice or just make me smile. Even if we don't actually do some these "solutions" as you say Michael, I think that this is a great place to share our ideas of what we wish we could do. I absolutely love this forum.
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Well, I got payment. We found it at the front door a few minutes ago. I am so hurt by this parent and how much she hates me.
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Go back to their house, knock on the door and tell them you changed your mind. Then walk over, and toss those pennies ALL over the front lawn. Just imagine trying to cut that freaking grass!! It will be like a shrapnel fire!!:
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No seriously....write them a letter and simply say, "Thanks for your payment". It's passive aggressive and if they don't "get your goat" they will be even more pissed off! PLUS, YOU look like the professional!
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Well.. that was creative. You certainly won't forget that client! Don't be hurt, she's a dweeb and more immature than her child. (And do look for one of those wheat pennies - wouldn't that be a kicker?) Karma! hehe!Well, I got payment. We found it at the front door a few minutes ago. I am so hurt by this parent and how much she hates me.
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it would be reeeeally hard not to say anything to her. i'd be so tempted to send her an email, but - knowing that's exactly what she wants/expects would be enough to keep me from doing it.
she's probably checking her inbox 10 times a day just to see how bad she ticked you off. i wouldn't give her the satisfaction.Comment
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I'm so sorry what a rude former client. I'm torn between which suggestion that I like. Having just ended 8 years in banking as a teller I saw this quite frequently. Its a common I'm mad at u practice. Banks would even get it. One would go to there own bank and get boxes of pennies ( a box is 50$) or thousands in ones and pay their lines of credit or morgages or other loans and come to our bank and make a payment or a pay off as though they had the higher hand. Most often though it was a college kid who was upset with a roomate and they would pay rent in that way.Comment
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I had to peek back in and see what was making this thread so long! I can't believe that she did that...wait. I can. People can be real idiots and I agree. Go to the bank, have it counted and then return anything over $30. Send her a receipt. Be done. Be the bigger person.Comment
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You could send her a statement telling her that she shorted you by 3 cents and you still demand to be paid in full :: HAHA just kidding
I agree...be the bigger person and don't give her any satisfaction! Now take a deep breath and say...it's over
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you were very sweet and nice.....too nice! I agree with short and sweet however very hard to do! I know first hand... I keep trying and that is all tha matters.Comment
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You could send her a receipt for each penny!!Comment
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Oh my gosh!!! This as turned into the funniest thing ever; and I don't mean to laugh, but seriouly, I can't believe some one did that!!
A receipt thanking her for prompt payment is in order, with a little note saying: thank you so much for the coin rolling segment, each child got to roll pennies, and keep the roll for a special treat, it was a great money learning segment.Comment
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I haven't been on for a few days, but got an e-mail from Michael saying the hot topic was termination gone wrong, so I checked it out. Oh, this is great! I, too, needed a good laugh. I'm sorry you had to mess with this dcm, I don't think you did anything wrong (although responding to her e-mail wouldn't do any good. When someone is mad and say things that are just not true, responding to them doesn't change their mind and make them think, "oh she's right. I was wrong. I need to apologize to provider". But I'm sure you know that). and I know I myself would have probably done the same thing and tried to "defend" myself, knowing I didn't do anything wrong.
When I first saw that bag of pennies, I thought you were kidding, but when I realized you were serious, I burst out laughing (earning a few strange looks). I had to share this post with my family!
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I've been thinking more about this. Now I'm thinking that you probably did do the right thing in responding, because you were very tactful about it (as someone else mentioned) and sweet. It's good that you explained yourself for the whole paper trail purposes and also because you stood up for yourself very well. We can't let people walk all over us. If we don't stand up for ourselves, people won't respect us as much, and will continue to walk on us. She mentioned that it was cowardly to e-mail her instead of calling, but actually, I think it was cowardly on HER part not to call you to get it all straightend out, if she thought a phone conversation necessary. And it was cowardly to leave the money on your front step instead of facing you. With the pennies, she only hurt herself with that. She had to make the extra trip to the bank to exchange bills into pennies instead of simply writing a check. You would have had to go into the bank anyway to deposit the check, so it's no extra steps for you to just deposit pennies instead. Except for having to count it.... Do you have any children who are old enough to help count? It'd be good practice for them, even if you had to double check them later. Or a lesson of less, more, and the same. Show them $30 in bills, then show them the bag of pennies and explain that it's the same amount. Or just do like someone else mentioned and go to a coin sorter and bring some children with you to watch it.I haven't been on for a few days, but got an e-mail from Michael saying the hot topic was termination gone wrong, so I checked it out. Oh, this is great! I, too, needed a good laugh. I'm sorry you had to mess with this dcm, I don't think you did anything wrong (although responding to her e-mail wouldn't do any good. When someone is mad and say things that are just not true, responding to them doesn't change their mind and make them think, "oh she's right. I was wrong. I need to apologize to provider". But I'm sure you know that). and I know I myself would have probably done the same thing and tried to "defend" myself, knowing I didn't do anything wrong.
When I first saw that bag of pennies, I thought you were kidding, but when I realized you were serious, I burst out laughing (earning a few strange looks). I had to share this post with my family!Comment
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Bwahahahahahaaaaaa!
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