Clashing professional commitments - WWYD?

[CatWranglersAnonymous]

Hi everyone.

AIBU to ask you how I could get around this please?

I work as a tutor, and currently have a weekly commitment where I tutor a client at their home on a weekday evening.

However, this tuition clashes with a one-off professional meeting to be held in a couple of weeks (an interview for a trustee role) that was arranged before I started tutoring this client.

I've contacted the person in charge of the meeting to ask if it could be rearranged at all. They were very kind and understanding about the situation. They mentioned that unfortunately it probably won't be possible to rearrange the meeting, as their organisation is so busy.

AIBU to contact the tutee's family to ask to arrange our tuition just as a one-off?

WWYD?

Thanks in advance :)

Anyone? :)

I would see if you can change your tutouring appointment. People are human and will either cancel that week or rearrange.

Change your tutoring appointment. The other can't be changed.

Why didn't you just tell the tutee that you already had another commitment on that particular day when you started with them? Much easier than retrospectively trying to change things.

Just change the tutoring. It's a one off.

I see a therapist and occasionally stuff comes up on the nights when o see her. We just rearrange. It's normal and fine

Definitely. It's not as though you make a habit of rearranging their sessions.

If it helps, a friend of mine is also a tutor. Last time I visited she rearranged her Sunday morning session to the afternoon. I was quit taken aback, but she 'd told the parents how far away I live and that we can only meet up once a year and they were absolutely fine with her plan. So if meeting up with an old uni friend is an ok reason to ask, an interview definitely is!

Thanks everyone for your replies :) I've just messaged the student to ask about rearranging the lesson.

iveburnt I only asked the student about it now because I had originally tried to rearrange the interview, as it's a one-off commitment. However, as I only heard back today from the interviewer with a definite answer, i felt that today was the first occasion I could really go to the student to ask about rearranging.