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  • MotherNature
    Matilda Jane Addict
    • Feb 2013
    • 1120
    #1

    How to Word This?

    I want to take a personal day at the end of the month. My cousin & her family are coming into town for the weekend from Pittsburgh & I want to show her around our Children's Museum. It's rated the biggest & best in the world. How should I word this in an email? My printer is down, so I need to email it..

    Dear parents, I will be taking a personal day on Friday, March X & will be closed that day. Payment for the following week will still be due at its regular time. Thank you for your understanding...
    --me

    That sounds really brusque to me, mentioning the financial part. Idoubt my parents will forget that. They're good about it. Should I even mention that? Also, I don't need to apologize for taking a day off w/ a couple week's notice. How to make that sound better? First time I've taken a non-sickness related personal day since I opened a yr and a half ago. Thanks!
    Tags: day off, paid days off, personal days
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    • Michael
      Founder & Owner-Daycare.com
      • Aug 2007
      • 7951
      #2
      Pushing this back up. Some more threads on personal days: https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.p...=personal+days
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        • Cradle2crayons
          Daycare.com Member
          • Apr 2013
          • 3642
          #3
          Originally posted by MotherNature
          I want to take a personal day at the end of the month. My cousin & her family are coming into town for the weekend from Pittsburgh & I want to show her around our Children's Museum. It's rated the biggest & best in the world. How should I word this in an email? My printer is down, so I need to email it..

          Dear parents, I will be taking a personal day on Friday, March X & will be closed that day. Payment for the following week will still be due at its regular time. Thank you for your understanding...
          --me

          That sounds really brusque to me, mentioning the financial part. Idoubt my parents will forget that. They're good about it. Should I even mention that? Also, I don't need to apologize for taking a day off w/ a couple week's notice. How to make that sound better? First time I've taken a non-sickness related personal day since I opened a yr and a half ago. Thanks!
          Dear parents,
          On Friday, March X, I will be taking a personal day. I will be closed the entire day and will re-open the following Monday, March X. "

          If your parents are supposed to pay on that Friday, I would actually say "payment for the following week will be due by close of business on Thursday, March X"

          I wouldn't want parents showing up at my house on my personal day to pay, especially if I'm not going to be there.

          No apologies are needed but maybe a "thank you for understanding" could be thrown in there for good measure.
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            • coolconfidentme
              Daycare.com Member
              • Oct 2012
              • 1541
              #4
              Originally posted by Cradle2crayons
              Dear parents,
              On Friday, March X, I will be taking a personal day. I will be closed the entire day and will re-open the following Monday, March X. "

              If your parents are supposed to pay on that Friday, I would actually say "payment for the following week will be due by close of business on Thursday, March X"

              I wouldn't want parents showing up at my house on my personal day to pay, especially if I'm not going to be there.

              No apologies are needed but maybe a "thank you for understanding" could be thrown in there for good measure.

              ps...., I love our Children's Museum too! Remember when they had the dinosaur's head looking though the window?
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                • MotherNature
                  Matilda Jane Addict
                  • Feb 2013
                  • 1120
                  #5
                  They still do... The baby dinosaur is half inside the window. Or was that before? I've only lived in Indy since 08...
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                    • MotherNature
                      Matilda Jane Addict
                      • Feb 2013
                      • 1120
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Cradle2crayons
                      Dear parents,
                      On Friday, March X, I will be taking a personal day. I will be closed the entire day and will re-open the following Monday, March X. "

                      If your parents are supposed to pay on that Friday, I would actually say "payment for the following week will be due by close of business on Thursday, March X"

                      I wouldn't want parents showing up at my house on my personal day to pay, especially if I'm not going to be there.

                      No apologies are needed but maybe a "thank you for understanding" could be thrown in there for good measure.
                      Thank you, used that & sent it this AM.
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