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Ooh pretty sly dcm. Yeh, I'd be having a talk with her and charge her extra for today. If she was outside waiting 'for a long time' she could have texted you to see if it was okay to drop off, offering to pay extra for that. Then to sneak in??
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My guess is she was waiting on another parent to drop off. I sent back to her that I would like to talk at pick up.
I'm an in home. The entrance is tucked away in a cut off section of the house and then has a small opening into the main area. I was bent down helping dcg right inside of the main area and the mom was blocking the door. Since the door was open all mom had to do was put him inside the door way and leave. Our front screen door broke and just have a storm door until spring, so she didn't have to open a door.Comment
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You've got 2 huge issues here. Drive-by drop-offs and extra hour of care. I'd be royally pi$$ed, especially at the drop and run. I've had 2 dcps do that to me in the past and told both of them they needed to bring that child to ME and talk to ME before leaving. The thing I couldn't understand was these were great dcps!!! Caring, loving, the whole nine yards. I just don't think they were thinking.:confused:
Granted they weren't doing the sneaky dance like yours was.
How did pick up go?Comment
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Oh wow.. that's all I've got for you. Just wow.Comment
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She sent dad to pick up and he didn't know that it had happened. He signed it and I'm going to have her sign it in the morning and talk to her. Hopefully she drops off...Comment
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If you normally charge 15 dollars,I would charge her 20.dollars. She would get a warning that it was unacceptable .What if he had gone back out?You didn't even know he was there.I would also send a note to all saying that They paid for x amount of time and they needed to discuss early drop offs and time changes.She would not pay the same as the scheduled parent.It would cost more.Comment
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In OP's case, I would change to $1/minute early or late. And let her know that she MUST speak to me before leaving her child.
I never thought of $1 per minute EARLY, too! That's great! I already charge $1 per minute late, but only $5 for pre-arranged occasional early drop-off, and it is so not worth it. I know my DCFs have other options, I am just the most convenient so they ask for it. I think if I charged $1 per minute, they would probably use another option or decide they only need 10 minutes opposed to a full half-hour. Thanks!!Comment
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Years ago I remember not saying anything. Until one morning everyone decided to drop off early. Not only was I overwhelmed, but I was out of ratio as well.
Nowadays, I have a prewritten note that I email whenever I notice drop-off/pick-up times becoming an issue. I send out notes like this regularly in the hopes of avoiding issues.
I would be happy to share the verbiage with you. Just send me a PM with your email address.Comment
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Oh there is no way I would tolerate that. Likely, I would have told her to return immediately to pick him up. You can charge her after the fact but to what end? She's still managed to sneak him in early and get away with it.
She would have had to pick him up again, and would have it made very very clear that if she tried anything close again, care would be terminated on the spot.Comment
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I think it would have been HYSTERICAL to text her after her regular drop off time and say "Hey Jane, just wondering if you were dropping off Joe today since you're always on time and I haven't heard from you."
Nice taste of what COULD have happened had you 1. not seen the child and 2. he walked right back out the door, and lets face it, that was a very REAL possibility.Comment
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