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Does it always seem like once you get rid of or correct a "problem parent", another one steps up to fill the void?
It's like the parents have a meeting every Sunday night and say "Gee, so-and-so isn't here anymore so one of us has to be crabby/late/bring a sick child/not listen/generally act like a spoiled child."
In my case, I was stupid enough to grandfather in a dcm when I changed to contracted hours and started closing at 5pm instead of 6pm. I wimped out and have been letting her pick up at 5:15-5:20pm for no additional charge (normally $5 per 15 minutes for "overtime"). So dcg is here over 10 hours a day from open to past closing. I told dcm that I will do this as long as it works for me. She was upset about that because she said she could never pick up earlier or drop off later because she and dcd have schedules that will never change. Of course they both dictate their schedules but she just likes the schedule she has because she can have more days off for working longer hours...
I know that if you give "special" treatment they will eventually see it as normal or required treatment...and that certainly seems to be the case. Dcm let it slip that dcd had the day off Friday and instead of picking dcg up at 5pm or earlier, or even dropping dcg off later, he wanted dcm to drop off and pick up at the "normal" time...taking advantage of those free 15-20 minutes. I got so angry with myself. I know better. I just had hoped as a long standing client (for me anyway since I'm still new), she wouldn't take advantage of me. Well duh I've obviously been mistaken.
So now I must fix this. She already is upset she has to find daycare for 2 weeks (unpaid for me) when I have my baby (in 2 months or less).
She also is upset I don't do free sick days anymore. She has never used one until today....she called at the scheduled drop off time to say she was coming later today because dcg vomited last night. I said sorry to hear that, see her tomorrow. Dcm got upset and said dcg wasn't sick, just ate something icky and I replied, well we don't know that since it hasn't been more than a few hours. So yeah...my morning is free but I'm not happy about it...
I guess this is more of a vent than anything...I keep trying to do nice things thinking that person will appreciate it and not take advantage of me...and so far I've been wrong every single time. Ugh!
It's like the parents have a meeting every Sunday night and say "Gee, so-and-so isn't here anymore so one of us has to be crabby/late/bring a sick child/not listen/generally act like a spoiled child."
In my case, I was stupid enough to grandfather in a dcm when I changed to contracted hours and started closing at 5pm instead of 6pm. I wimped out and have been letting her pick up at 5:15-5:20pm for no additional charge (normally $5 per 15 minutes for "overtime"). So dcg is here over 10 hours a day from open to past closing. I told dcm that I will do this as long as it works for me. She was upset about that because she said she could never pick up earlier or drop off later because she and dcd have schedules that will never change. Of course they both dictate their schedules but she just likes the schedule she has because she can have more days off for working longer hours...
I know that if you give "special" treatment they will eventually see it as normal or required treatment...and that certainly seems to be the case. Dcm let it slip that dcd had the day off Friday and instead of picking dcg up at 5pm or earlier, or even dropping dcg off later, he wanted dcm to drop off and pick up at the "normal" time...taking advantage of those free 15-20 minutes. I got so angry with myself. I know better. I just had hoped as a long standing client (for me anyway since I'm still new), she wouldn't take advantage of me. Well duh I've obviously been mistaken.
So now I must fix this. She already is upset she has to find daycare for 2 weeks (unpaid for me) when I have my baby (in 2 months or less).
She also is upset I don't do free sick days anymore. She has never used one until today....she called at the scheduled drop off time to say she was coming later today because dcg vomited last night. I said sorry to hear that, see her tomorrow. Dcm got upset and said dcg wasn't sick, just ate something icky and I replied, well we don't know that since it hasn't been more than a few hours. So yeah...my morning is free but I'm not happy about it...
I guess this is more of a vent than anything...I keep trying to do nice things thinking that person will appreciate it and not take advantage of me...and so far I've been wrong every single time. Ugh!
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