Awkward Interview

[Lyss]

Wowza!!! ....I have no words for that family! Just escort them out and shut the door!! ::::::

And to not understand why you didn't think you were the right fit?! Yikes! Someone's living in their own special world! Crazy!

[cheerfuldom]

its funny but it also makes me sick. they are far more worried about appearance than quality child care.

[BumbleBee]

Cheer nailed it - more concerned about appearance.

Yes, it really did happen. They actually live in ritzville south of here & were looking for dc here bc they work in the local school system.

The first home dc they were at was a ritzy dc on the ritzy lake where all the dr's, lawyers, big business peeps live. She closed down & all her kids went to a new home dc on the other side of the ritzy lake. That home dc is closing down now.

The town I live in is not all about appearance/money (or rather, appearing to have $$$.)

Both of the home dc's they were at were over ratio at all times due to needing $$$ to pay their $2000 mortgages every month. (Before anyone goes "I have a $2000 a month mortgage and I'm not like that!' Relax, it's not directed at you and I really don't care what you pay. Here, a $2000 a month mortgage is massive. Average home price here for 3 bdrm 2 bath is around $100,000.) Hence the "disappear" comment.

Anyways-yeah.....Definately not someone I want to work with.

[blandino]

Cheer nailed it - more concerned about appearance.

Yes, it really did happen. They actually live in ritzville south of here & were looking for dc here bc they work in the local school system.

The first home dc they were at was a ritzy dc on the ritzy lake where all the dr's, lawyers, big business peeps live. She closed down & all her kids went to a new home dc on the other side of the ritzy lake. That home dc is closing down now.

The town I live in is not all about appearance/money (or rather, appearing to have $$$.)

Both of the home dc's they were at were over ratio at all times due to needing $$$ to pay their $2000 mortgages every month. (Before anyone goes "I have a $2000 a month mortgage and I'm not like that!' Relax, it's not directed at you and I really don't care what you pay. Here, a $2000 a month mortgage is massive. Average home price here for 3 bdrm 2 bath is around $100,000.) Hence the "disappear" comment.

Anyways-yeah.....Definately not someone I want to work with.

The part that killed me the most was asking about the child writing his name, so that the teachers won't think the parents didn't work with him. Which appears to be exactly the truth ! Yet, they can recognize they should be doing it and instead of fixing it and working with him - they are asking you to do it. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

[e.j.]

The part that killed me the most was asking about the child writing his name, so that the teachers won't think the parents didn't work with him. Which appears to be exactly the truth ! Yet, they can recognize they should be doing it and instead of fixing it and working with him - they are asking you to do it. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

...which was bad enough but to then find out that they work for the school system....?! Wow! Please tell us they aren't actually teachers themselves and that they work in some other capacity for the school.

[rmc20021]

WOW!!!!!!!

I'm quite sure this family did not miss the mobile home as they drove up to your house. If they were concerned about having their kids in a mobile home, then they should have just kept driving.

I'm very passive, but I believe had somebody come at me with those types of demands the interview would not have lasted very long before I kicked them out of my mobile home, laughing all the way....

I certainly hope they teach better than they parent.

[Brooksie]

What the!?! Is this a joke? Were you being set up? That's is just ridiculous. ::

[jokalima]

Interview that had me going

1. Potential dcf comes by for an interview. Both teachers in the local school system. It was awkward from the get go.

Pdcf quotes:

"Well if you take our 2 we can get you another 2 kids from another family. But if you don't, well, you're out 4 kids."

"I can make our oldest disappear when the state comes by......they'll have no idea that you have to many kids!"

"You need to have our oldest writing his name before kindergarten - we don't want the school to think we don't work with him."

"Are you going to upgrade to a better house soon? We really don't want to tell people they go to dc in a mobile home."

"Oh you take the kids out on walks? Do you wear...*looks at my outfit which was jeans and a t-shirt-what I wear every day* THAT? Maybe you could put something nicer on...and a little make up."

When I told them I didn't think I was the right fit for their family they actually asked "why?"

What? How rude! How can someone even dare to tell you what to wear? I would be so offended that I would have asked them to leave my house.

[Laurel]

Interview that had me going

1. Potential dcf comes by for an interview. Both teachers in the local school system. It was awkward from the get go.

Pdcf quotes:

"Well if you take our 2 we can get you another 2 kids from another family. But if you don't, well, you're out 4 kids."

"I can make our oldest disappear when the state comes by......they'll have no idea that you have to many kids!"

"You need to have our oldest writing his name before kindergarten - we don't want the school to think we don't work with him."

"Are you going to upgrade to a better house soon? We really don't want to tell people they go to dc in a mobile home."

"Oh you take the kids out on walks? Do you wear...*looks at my outfit which was jeans and a t-shirt-what I wear every day* THAT? Maybe you could put something nicer on...and a little make up."

When I told them I didn't think I was the right fit for their family they actually asked "why?"

Wow!

When they asked why they weren't a good fit, what did you say?

I think I would have said "because we don't share the same values. Thanks for coming by."

Laurel

[MissAnn]

Maybe this is a new spin on Undercover Boss.......Undercover Daycare Shopper?

[itlw8]

I would have said ALL my children write their name before kindergarten. I can give you some ways to practice at home though.

I could not have been mean I hope I could have said no to their face and not emailed them later.

[Starburst]

I had a straight face until the last line ::

[melilley]

OMFG! and I don't ever say that. Did this really happen? I don't even know what to say....... WTH is wrong with people??? makeup, really? Who do they think they are?

I thought the same thing!

[bubbiesmama807]

Interview that had me going

1. Potential dcf comes by for an interview. Both teachers in the local school system. It was awkward from the get go.

Pdcf quotes:

"Well if you take our 2 we can get you another 2 kids from another family. But if you don't, well, you're out 4 kids."

"I can make our oldest disappear when the state comes by......they'll have no idea that you have to many kids!"

"You need to have our oldest writing his name before kindergarten - we don't want the school to think we don't work with him."

"Are you going to upgrade to a better house soon? We really don't want to tell people they go to dc in a mobile home."

"Oh you take the kids out on walks? Do you wear...*looks at my outfit which was jeans and a t-shirt-what I wear every day* THAT? Maybe you could put something nicer on...and a little make up."

When I told them I didn't think I was the right fit for their family they actually asked "why?"

Wow..those parents sound messed up. And they actually had enough of a "set" to ask "why"? Some people..*shakes head*

If it were me in that position, once they started criticizing my home and my appearance, I would've ended the interview and asked them to please leave.