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  • Ariana
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • Jun 2011
    • 8969

    #16
    Originally posted by DaveA
    Every once in a while self control gets the better of me. I really was laughing too hard to be snarky. The level of cluelessness exhibited was frankly too stunning to mock.

    Now if she responds & it's equally ridiculous all bets are off.
    I honestly think this person is too stupid to even get sarcasm!!!

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    • DaveA
      Daycare.com Member and Bladesmith
      • Jul 2014
      • 4245

      #17
      I posted this on Facebook and someone came up with a theory that kind of makes sense. They wondered if Mom really doesn't want to find care. Like if she wants to stay home and not go back to work and this is her way of making sure that happens- "No really Dear- I can't find anyone to watch the baby!"

      Either way- she never replied. happyface

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      • e.j.
        Daycare.com Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 3738

        #18
        That does make sense or it could be she's just that ballsy. I used to live in a cul-de-sac area where 3 of us had home day cares. My next door neighbor showed me the handbook she got back from one of her clients. It was all marked up in red where the dcm had penned in changes to the policies and crossed out entire sections where the dcm apparently didn't agree with a policy at all. I was stunned when I saw it and asked why she took that parent on. She said she had just opened her day care at the time and was desperate for clients. She also thought maybe her policies were maybe too strict. The dcm was another mom in the cul-de-sac and while she could be very nice, she could also be pretty intimidating. I was asked to be a backup for the first provider but I was "full" at the time.

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        • Mom2Two
          Daycare.com Member
          • Jan 2015
          • 1855

          #19
          Originally posted by Ac114
          NO.WORDS.

          Literally, I have no words for this. Please tell me you were at least a little sarcastic in your response?! Hahaha

          :confused:::
          NO KIDDING!!!!! The whole thing is somewhere between hysterically funny and downright scary. ::

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          • Mom2Two
            Daycare.com Member
            • Jan 2015
            • 1855

            #20
            Originally posted by DaveA
            No because I knew if I was a little sarcastic I would be a LOT sarcastic. Just told her I wouldn’t be scheduling an interview as they weren’t a good fit based on a basic misunderstanding of professional/ client relationship. Funny!


            I did give the advice that any program willing to make concessions/ changes like that (especially before even meeting) would be a program they probably wouldn’t like.
            Truth.

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            • Snowmom
              Daycare.com Member
              • Jan 2015
              • 1689

              #21
              Originally posted by DaveA
              I posted this on Facebook and someone came up with a theory that kind of makes sense. They wondered if Mom really doesn't want to find care. Like if she wants to stay home and not go back to work and this is her way of making sure that happens- "No really Dear- I can't find anyone to watch the baby!"
              It's possible.

              Although, I've run into so many egotistical families with the mentality: YOU work for ME in this business, that I think they're really just that entitled.

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              • Unregistered

                #22
                She made my day!!!
                :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

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                • littlefriends
                  New Daycare.com Member
                  • Jul 2018
                  • 304

                  #23
                  Haha!!!! No. Just no. ::

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                  • DaveA
                    Daycare.com Member and Bladesmith
                    • Jul 2014
                    • 4245

                    #24
                    Necroposting

                    Guess who was on Facebook yesterday looking for a daycare that "actually wants to work"?

                    Since this went down I know 4 daycares that she enrolled her kid in. The longest one made it just over 3 months, and that provider has the patience of a saint.

                    People were suggesting providers, and her response to every one was negative. Someone suggested me- did you know I'm arrogant and don't know anything about childcare?:::: It did not go well for her in the comments. Current and former DCPs of the providers she trashed were starting to tell her the problem wasn't the providers. The post was not there this morning- my guess is either her or the group admin deleted it. Shame- it was quite entertaining. ::

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                    • Josiegirl
                      Daycare.com Member
                      • Jun 2013
                      • 10834

                      #25
                      Lol I would've suggested 1. a nanny(although I'm sure she would've gone through them like cheap shoes too) or 2. she could stay home *gasp* and care for her child herself.

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                      • PB&J
                        Daycare.com Member
                        • Oct 2017
                        • 141

                        #26
                        Originally posted by DaveA
                        Necroposting

                        Guess who was on Facebook yesterday looking for a daycare that "actually wants to work"?

                        Since this went down I know 4 daycares that she enrolled her kid in. The longest one made it just over 3 months, and that provider has the patience of a saint.

                        People were suggesting providers, and her response to every one was negative. Someone suggested me- did you know I'm arrogant and don't know anything about childcare?:::: It did not go well for her in the comments. Current and former DCPs of the providers she trashed were starting to tell her the problem wasn't the providers. The post was not there this morning- my guess is either her or the group admin deleted it. Shame- it was quite entertaining. ::
                        I am BEGGING you to please keep us updated on this! Pretty please with sugar on top.

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                        • Alwaysgreener
                          Home Child Care Provider
                          • Oct 2013
                          • 2519

                          #27
                          In the future one could respond with:

                          Thank you for all your hard work but I already have an editor. This policy book is already been fully edited and sent to the publisher. Any future edits will be done by me and my editor. Again thank you for your time and good luck on your search for child care.

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                          • MarleneAK
                            Daycare owner and mom
                            • May 2020
                            • 1

                            #28
                            You did great

                            I think after a few years in daycare most of us have seen parents do it all. We always, very politely tell them to shove it. ::

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                            • AmyKidsCo
                              Daycare.com Member
                              • Mar 2013
                              • 3786

                              #29
                              Too, too funny!

                              You could've bounced it back to her and agreed to each of the changes - for a hefty fee. Like, an extra $100 each check to change the payday.

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