Women who only look full-time.

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To be getting fed up with my Pilates and yoga teachers who quit class for weeks on end during school holidays? They are not part time the rest of the year, I get in to a pattern of going every week at the same time and then find, usually at about Easter, that they don't cover school holidays and I have to find elsewhere to go. I know it's their choice etc and I don't mean a couple of weeks holiday, I mean up to 7 weeks.

What I mean is that when I'm paying good money out of my pension to presumably highly trained, professional, people doing a job, I'm then disappointed to find that actually instead of being able to rely on that service throughout the year (including reasonable holidays) it turns out to be a part time job with no cover organized for their, understandably long holidays.
I'm not sure what class has to do with this Squid?

If the instructors have kids and cant get the childcare to cover then its just tough really, you'll have to find another class, there's plenty of them about

littlemslazybones, I'd love to try yoga but the teachers are all on holiday!

Did you not check exactly what was on offer, and what the length of the classes were, before you started?
Or each time have you been told that the classes would run for 52 weeks of the year, and then they changed the agreement?

How does a woman 'look full time'??

Do you mean that some yoga teachers are working term-time only working patterns? And you consider that misleading? That they are somehow masquerading as FT?

Have I got that right?

I think you assumed rather than checked.
Now you are grumpy about it.

OP, will you please explain your title? I don't understand it and nor do several others.

Can't think of another service industry where I'd need to check months in advance, that the provider doesn't intend to have ten or twelve weeks off a year - obvs wrong to assume a continuing weekly class.
Evidently grumpy and unreasonable.

Should I have said 'AIBU to buy a weekly service people who appear to be employed in an on going job where I might reasonably expect them to continue providing this service throughout the year but then turn out to be, in effect, part time because they only work term time'?

"Does this class run during the school holidays?"

Not hard to ask, is it?

Should have said 'from people'!

True Mrs Cakes and I'm just realizing, essential.

OP doesn't seem willing to address the issue of the thread title.

Looking full time is always unreasonable. Working part time is fine though.

Still don't see what full time / part time has to do with anything. I would assume that a yoga teacher is probably self-employed and likely part time anyway because it doesn't involve standard hours. I don't see what the problem is. Is not like you're paying for classes which aren't happening, is it?
Teachers don't work school holidays and plenty of them are full time. More full time than most of us.

I think squid was pointing out that this is a rather first world problem.

Where I said this bit Pumpkin.
"Should I have said 'AIBU to buy a weekly service people who appear to be employed in an on going job where I might reasonably expect them to continue providing this service throughout the year but then turn out to be, in effect, part time because they only work term time'?"

Absolutely agree with previous posters - this is standard practice during school holidays because so many people will be on holiday during that time, that running the class is not financially viable.

It is not unreasonable for the class teacher to want a holiday either!

Do you go to a gym? They tend to be more year round.

I'm a bit worried now that odd people are thinking that I 'only look full time'

And FWIW (probably diddly-squat) - I expected the thread to be about women who refused to take or apply for part-time jobs (only looking full-time). I was going to say it was probably because they needed full-time wages.

But I was wrong, it's a pilates thread .

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Your new explanation of the title makes no sense either. Maybe you could try an English writing course while the yoga teacher is off?

FidelineandFumblin I'm concerned too. I wonder if I look full-time? I would go and ask my DH but he'd just say "What does that mean?" and I haven't a clue.

Actually, Duckie - the university campus near here are offering short summer courses for adult learners. English, maths, computer skils etc. .

Santas

Pardon Duckierub?

What I mean is that when I'm paying good money out of my pension to presumably highly trained, professional, people doing a job, I'm then disappointed

Erm, wtf has your pension got to do with this - do you over analyse everything like this.

Do you really think the instructor should not get a break? See, this is why I am glad I stopped teaching my own classes, clients like you would depress me.

Several full time yoga/pilates teachers of my acquaintance teach abroad at other times of year.
Maybe your company is not enthralling enough to keep them with you 52 weeks a year.