To think a nursery requesting a garuantor is a piss take

[Cocona]

A couple of months ago I was going through the sign up forms for my child's nursery and they requested details for a garuantor. I left it blank because the fees are paid in advance and I don't have anyone that I could put as a garuantor. Not because I am financially unstable but because I just don't have anyone like that in my life. I think I naively thought it was probably only required in certain circa rather than across the board.

Now I didn't end up going with that nursery for other reasons but I've recently gotten an email from them asking for details of a garuantor for their records.

Obviously this has little bearing on my life now because my child isn't going to that nursery anyways, I sent them a brief email confirming this again. But regardless, is it not a bit of a piss take to ask for a garuantor for nursery fees? The nursery that my child actually goes to now hasn't requested one. In fact I haven't needed a garuantor for anything else in my life so far.

Weird. When DD was at nursery we had one month notice period and had to provide 2 weeks fees as deposits, if we left with all fees paid (also in advance) we got the deposit back.

I thought that was the norm.

That is absolutely bonkers. What if - like a lot of adults - you don't have someone who is willing to put themselves on the line for that amount of money?

It does seem odd but perhaps they have had serious problems with missed payments. Even though it's pay in advance, it's likely that in the past they would have let kids in through the door if the payment had not been received etc.