What Is The Worst Interview Anyone Has Had

[Mister Sir Husband]

Years ago, when I was pregnant (big 'ole belly, obviously pregnant) with my younger daughter, I had an interview with a young school age boy. The mom and I sat on the sofa, the dad stood by the tv, and the boy interacted with the other daycare kids. I couldn't say 3 words to the mother without having to look at the boy and say ' oh no hun, you can't take his toy from him, that's his toy, you can get a toy from the toy box" or " Oh my! We don't hit here. You can't hit her. " etc. This little boy was the meanest thing in the world! And his parents never said a word to him. Then he walked over to me, looked at me for a good few seconds, and then straight out PUNCHED ME in the stomach!!! I told him "OUCH! That hurt! You don't hit me! I have a baby in my belly and you just hit the baby when you hit me!" Then I sat there for a good minute or more not saying a word, WAITING for the parents to apologize to me for their kid hitting me and waiting for them to reprimand their kid for hitting a pregnant woman. But they just sat there, didn't say a word! So I finally looked at the father, and said, "I'm going to need you to get your son and get out of my house!" Then I looked at the mother and told her that I could not believe that her son had been hitting all the kids, taking toys from everyone, and then actually hit me and neither of them (the parents) had said a word to him! I told her to get out of my house, do not ever call me again I will never watch your child, and I do not know anyone who ever would! They all left and I never heard from any of them again.

As I'm reading this I was asking myself.. "why dont you just throw them out"? 😱 Then you did. Made me smile... 😌

[KidGrind]

I guess without crazy people we would have no entertainment

Actual crazy people are not entertainment. They can be terrors.

Now illogical, spoiled, inconsiderate, champagne tastes on beer budget is entertainment central.

[Kimskiddos]

Once I had an interview where a DCM asked typical questions and it seemed like everything went well so I gave her my parent packet, handbook and contract to look over. She called and scheduled another appointment to return everything and handed me a contract and handbook with red pen scrawled all over and crossed out entire sections/lines and wrote her own "policies" in the margins . I laughed.

:: Yes, I had one that did this too! I laughed and told her she didn't get to change my contract. Then told her I'd get her a new/unedited contract to sign. She ended up being a pretty good dcm.

[Hunni Bee]

Years ago, when I was pregnant (big 'ole belly, obviously pregnant) with my younger daughter, I had an interview with a young school age boy. The mom and I sat on the sofa, the dad stood by the tv, and the boy interacted with the other daycare kids. I couldn't say 3 words to the mother without having to look at the boy and say ' oh no hun, you can't take his toy from him, that's his toy, you can get a toy from the toy box" or " Oh my! We don't hit here. You can't hit her. " etc. This little boy was the meanest thing in the world! And his parents never said a word to him. Then he walked over to me, looked at me for a good few seconds, and then straight out PUNCHED ME in the stomach!!! I told him "OUCH! That hurt! You don't hit me! I have a baby in my belly and you just hit the baby when you hit me!" Then I sat there for a good minute or more not saying a word, WAITING for the parents to apologize to me for their kid hitting me and waiting for them to reprimand their kid for hitting a pregnant woman. But they just sat there, didn't say a word! So I finally looked at the father, and said, "I'm going to need you to get your son and get out of my house!" Then I looked at the mother and told her that I could not believe that her son had been hitting all the kids, taking toys from everyone, and then actually hit me and neither of them (the parents) had said a word to him! I told her to get out of my house, do not ever call me again I will never watch your child, and I do not know anyone who ever would! They all left and I never heard from any of them again.

Omg!!! I kinda glossed over the first few sentences and as i was reading I figured this child must have been 2, maybe a young 3. When I reread and saw that he was SCHOOL AGE my eyes literally bugged out. Sounds like a young man with a bright future Did the parents ever say anything?

[momofboys]

Omg!!! I kinda glossed over the first few sentences and as i was reading I figured this child must have been 2, maybe a young 3. When I reread and saw that he was SCHOOL AGE my eyes literally bugged out. Sounds like a young man with a bright future Did the parents ever say anything?

I missed where the boy was SA also. Wow! I know you asked them to leave b/c of his behavior but did the parents ever apologize or act embarrassed?

[nannyde]

Years ago, when I was pregnant (big 'ole belly, obviously pregnant) with my younger daughter, I had an interview with a young school age boy. The mom and I sat on the sofa, the dad stood by the tv, and the boy interacted with the other daycare kids. I couldn't say 3 words to the mother without having to look at the boy and say ' oh no hun, you can't take his toy from him, that's his toy, you can get a toy from the toy box" or " Oh my! We don't hit here. You can't hit her. " etc. This little boy was the meanest thing in the world! And his parents never said a word to him. Then he walked over to me, looked at me for a good few seconds, and then straight out PUNCHED ME in the stomach!!! I told him "OUCH! That hurt! You don't hit me! I have a baby in my belly and you just hit the baby when you hit me!" Then I sat there for a good minute or more not saying a word, WAITING for the parents to apologize to me for their kid hitting me and waiting for them to reprimand their kid for hitting a pregnant woman. But they just sat there, didn't say a word! So I finally looked at the father, and said, "I'm going to need you to get your son and get out of my house!" Then I looked at the mother and told her that I could not believe that her son had been hitting all the kids, taking toys from everyone, and then actually hit me and neither of them (the parents) had said a word to him! I told her to get out of my house, do not ever call me again I will never watch your child, and I do not know anyone who ever would! They all left and I never heard from any of them again.

Holy buckets!

That's unreal.

Omg

[Unregistered]

I had an interview with a couple down the street for their then 2 year old son. After weeks of rescheduling we finally met up. Very nice husband and wife couple with a cute kid. So anyways during the interview I notice the dad giving me looks! I ignore it an continue talking.. then I notice he starts flexing his arms like he's stretching . so once he finally makes eye contact long enough he makes his pecks jump! I felt sooooo awkward! So after the interview the mom said we'll think about it and give you a call. And the husband says OH NO I want him to come here! He'll start in two weeks. they leave and i call one of my daycare friends to laugh about it. And she says (jokingly) oh i would have charged them more once i saw that the husband was " thirsty". In the end they started and are still enrolled the kid is now 6 and comes after school. We became great friends, but my husband and I laugh about it sometimes. Mostly because we think they're swingers LOL!!

p.s. ( the husbnd has never made any advances since )

[permanentvacation]

Hunni Bee,

Nope, the parents never said a word about his behavior. After I told them to leave, they just got up and left. Never apologized, never asked if anyone was alright (including me, the pregnant lady he hit!) never reprimanded the child, nothing.

[SunshineMama]

I had a lady who wanted me to watch her 3 kids from 6-6. She wanted a discount, but needed me to help her out and be flexible be she can't pay sometimes. And her kids like to destroy property and her 5 year old would smear his poop on the bathroom walls when he gets mad.

Um.yeah. no...

True story. I told her ASAP it wasn't going to work. I appreciated the full disclosure, but couldn't get her out of my house fast enough.

[Meeko]

I once had a DCM come for interview that had just had her first child. She asked all kinds of weird questions and seemed very concerned with whether or not I knew how to make formula....

I told her I had been a daycare provider for over 20 years at the time and was the mother of four.

She ignored my comment and told me she wanted to watch me make a bottle of formula to "show her" I could do it I showed her the door instead!

Then, to my amazement, she called about three days later and told me "My husband and I have decided to employ you".
Not "Do you have any openings left", or "we would like to have our baby come to your daycare".

I told her that I was self-employed and that I filled the spot. She actually seemed shocked that I wasn't gratefully grovelling and thanking her for "employing" me!!! She asked why I was turning her down. So I told her she condescending and rude during the interview. She couldn't see it.

I found out later that she signed up at a local center. They showed her the door in about a week because of her high and mighty behavior!

[Unregistered]

Logging out for this one

I had an interview recently with a young mom. She lived really close by, and walked over in this tiny tank top ( she was a larger person). Anyway, as she said hello and introduced herself, I noticed her shirt was so low in the front that her actual nipple was hanging out! I guess she didn't think about making a professional impression! Dcg was very cute, but didn't listen. Dcm had to pry her off of my safety gate, as she was trying to climb over it and up the stairs. The. Dcm was biting her nails the entire interview and told me she didn't want to take dcg outside to see the play space because she would "run off". The kicker, she told me her daughter was asked to leave another daycare after one day for being "horrible" - supposedly the providers words! The interview ended awkwardly and I never heard back...too bad