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We put in our 2 weeks notice to our licensed in-home daycare lady. We were very unhappy with her for a number of reasons - parking our kids in front of movies all day, telling us she wouldn't take them outside to play unless it was above 60 degrees outside (and they had plenty of weather gear there for any time of weather), inventing sudden "holidays" she needed to be off with pay, taking time off to get botox, having us pay about 15 days of her vacation but giving us no unpaid days off, greeting us with a stop watch each morning and evening (we were not to be a minute past our scheduled time there), being absolutely cruel to one of my children and always saying that our other child was her favorite - in front of both of them, etc.
We live in a small town and I hate to burn bridges, so I called to tell her we were putting in our notice due to more convenient hours at another center. I wrote her a nice formal 2 weeks' notice letter as well. On the evening before the kids' last day there, she texted me to say she was sick and would be closed the following day. I KNEW she wasn't sick because she sent my kids home with small parting gifts the day before their last day (KNOWING she was going to call off), and she didn't appear to be sick at all. I texted the other parents to see if she also told them she was sick. They all responded hours later with vague responses not confirming that she had. I texted our provider and told her she needs to pay us for the day she took off (I didn't ask for the unpaid day of work as well, but should have). She said, "Well *I* missed a day of work too, not to mention getting calls and texts from parents that you sent messages to!" Well....obviously....if parents were calling her after I texted them to see if she called out sick on them too....then obviously....she was going to stay open for them - just not for us. She was busted and she just busted herself in a text message.
I want the money back that we missed from not being able to work that day, plus the money we paid her for the kids. I also want to report her. Does anyone know how to go about doing this? Thanks in advance.
We live in a small town and I hate to burn bridges, so I called to tell her we were putting in our notice due to more convenient hours at another center. I wrote her a nice formal 2 weeks' notice letter as well. On the evening before the kids' last day there, she texted me to say she was sick and would be closed the following day. I KNEW she wasn't sick because she sent my kids home with small parting gifts the day before their last day (KNOWING she was going to call off), and she didn't appear to be sick at all. I texted the other parents to see if she also told them she was sick. They all responded hours later with vague responses not confirming that she had. I texted our provider and told her she needs to pay us for the day she took off (I didn't ask for the unpaid day of work as well, but should have). She said, "Well *I* missed a day of work too, not to mention getting calls and texts from parents that you sent messages to!" Well....obviously....if parents were calling her after I texted them to see if she called out sick on them too....then obviously....she was going to stay open for them - just not for us. She was busted and she just busted herself in a text message.
I want the money back that we missed from not being able to work that day, plus the money we paid her for the kids. I also want to report her. Does anyone know how to go about doing this? Thanks in advance.
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