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Tan1959 · 22/02/2006 22:19
Well how about 45 minutes early and I'm in the shower! No phone call just an apology for being early - no emergency either.
Another one, often 30 mins late because she decided to have a bath before picking up and generally thinks that late arrival in morning constitutes late pick up Grrrrrrr......
Ok rant over
ThePrisoner · 22/02/2006 22:24
45 minutes!!!! I am well impressed with that one!! The earliest I've ever had was children arriving at 7.15am instead of 7.45am. Stunned dh opened door (yes, I was in the shower) to find child standing there, and dad had left them near end of road to walk down (knowing full well, perhaps, that I wouldn't be able to give him an ear-bashing).
I don't have a problem with children arriving early or being collected late, as long as I get a phone call to check if it's OK.
lunavix · 23/02/2006 10:12
I have two parents who are frequently late. It really really bugs me! Trouble is I never enforced the rule with one, who've I've had around a year now, as she was the parent of my only mindees and I didn't want to upset her. However its now just a nuisance...
Another one never rings when theyre late, but then when here the lo faffs around for about 20 minutes. DH wants us to have him coat on and shoes on for the time the parents are due.. funny thing is parent complained of another CM who did that! I wonder why!
kizzypie · 23/02/2006 14:04
Ive had a parent who was even later, about 5 hrs!!!!
on my last day before maternity leave mindees grandad was 2 hrs late, I had started phoning the parent about an hour bfore to check nothing had happened. He was apparently stuck in traffic but "she didnt think id mind so didnt bother returning my calls", It supposedly took him 3 hours to drive 15 miles and not even at rush hour. I wasnt even slightly polite when he gave me this excuse I pretty much threw them all out the door and slammed it behind them.
A couple of years ago I was daft enought to agree to work a saturday for no extra money ( yes i used to have mug written on my forehead) anyway parent said a couple of hours when dropped off at 9 am and returned at 4.30pm and looked surprised that i was angry with her. 7 and a half hours isnt a couple of hours! Anyway I dont have any of these children now. And before i finished up all the parents I have except 1 signed new up to date contracts with charges for being late (£5 per 15 minutes if they dont let me know they are running late). Other parent pays per hours used due to nature of parents jobs (one drives a lorry and gets stuck in traffic a lot and other is a doctor in a hospital so sometimes has to deal with emergencies. The parents who were late also used to call me the babysitter all the time.ggrrrrr.
But im offjust now so i dont have any of these problems anymore, just need this baby to be born, its due tomorrow and i feel like an elephant.
ThePrisoner · 23/02/2006 17:53
I ended up with a whole batch of children being collected several hours late when we had an unexpected and very sudden snowstorm, and the whole county came to a complete standstill. We'd all been out playing in the snow and, when parents finally turned up, all their clothes were hanging around the house drying, and they were all wearing my dh's shirts!
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