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I have a DCM who is not DCM of the year by any means. Her children come to me at 9:30pm sleep here overnight while she is at work, and the following day I drop one at school and the other stays until 2:30PM. Yes, it is a ton of hours. I do get paid for 2 shifts per day per child and I do this 6 days a week.
Maybe 6 weeks ago, DCM text me one evening and asked if I could pick her kids up because her car wouldn't start that night. I did so with no problem. They are only 7 blocks directly up the street. Before you know it, she wants this every day because she hasn't replaced the car yet. I did so for 2 weeks both ways and then started charging a fee. I did it with a fee for probably 2 weeks and then she started texting me maybe 10 minutes before I was to drop off and telling me that she was going to eat and would let me know when she was home or as I was pulling up, she was also pulling up driving her BFs car.
This leads up to 2 weeks ago. I told her I would no longer be giving rides. I had her resign paperwork stating my late fee and left it on her. She has since racked up $300 in late fees. The fees are getting paid. This includes last Saturday when she text me half hour after pick up to tell me she was sick in the bathroom but would be on her way. She text me again 2 hours later just opting to pay extra fees to leave them with me and that day I did offer to just bring them to her.
I charge $5 for every 15 minutes she is late rounded up so at 2:31pm she owes me $5 and so forth.
I realize she is just being lazy. Walking 7 blocks isn't far and she has been off work since 6:30AM so she has plenty of time to make it but today she came in at 3:52pm again and asked if I could give the younger one a ride home. She told me that by the time her bf brings the car she has to pick the older one up at school so she will keep being this late.
I told her I needed to check my schedule for tomorrow because I have learned to never immediately answer. After thinking about it, I realized how stupid I was for even considering it and I need help with a nice way to tell her that she should get herself together and start walking over at 2pm like any normal person would do. It is really just a mere annoyance to me since I have other DCKs up until 4:15-4:30pm anyway so the only person she is hurting is herself.
Maybe 6 weeks ago, DCM text me one evening and asked if I could pick her kids up because her car wouldn't start that night. I did so with no problem. They are only 7 blocks directly up the street. Before you know it, she wants this every day because she hasn't replaced the car yet. I did so for 2 weeks both ways and then started charging a fee. I did it with a fee for probably 2 weeks and then she started texting me maybe 10 minutes before I was to drop off and telling me that she was going to eat and would let me know when she was home or as I was pulling up, she was also pulling up driving her BFs car.
This leads up to 2 weeks ago. I told her I would no longer be giving rides. I had her resign paperwork stating my late fee and left it on her. She has since racked up $300 in late fees. The fees are getting paid. This includes last Saturday when she text me half hour after pick up to tell me she was sick in the bathroom but would be on her way. She text me again 2 hours later just opting to pay extra fees to leave them with me and that day I did offer to just bring them to her.
I charge $5 for every 15 minutes she is late rounded up so at 2:31pm she owes me $5 and so forth.
I realize she is just being lazy. Walking 7 blocks isn't far and she has been off work since 6:30AM so she has plenty of time to make it but today she came in at 3:52pm again and asked if I could give the younger one a ride home. She told me that by the time her bf brings the car she has to pick the older one up at school so she will keep being this late.
I told her I needed to check my schedule for tomorrow because I have learned to never immediately answer. After thinking about it, I realized how stupid I was for even considering it and I need help with a nice way to tell her that she should get herself together and start walking over at 2pm like any normal person would do. It is really just a mere annoyance to me since I have other DCKs up until 4:15-4:30pm anyway so the only person she is hurting is herself.
When I typed it out, I realized how dumb it would make me to agree to give her kids a ride. And now that I reread it, maybe I don't need to be nice because her kids are the ones suffering.
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