CM Club:Is it passive/agressive to not answer a work call at 8:50?

[KatyMac]

Or just lazy?

?

Well I don't want to talk about work now

But is that unfair?

No,

No one should answer the phone when they don't want to.

No it's friday night unless answering it would make you feel better then why would you?

it could be urgent.

Urgent?

No message, no text, no email

Not sure how a childminder would deal with urgent at 9pm on a Friday?

I thought you meant in the morning and assumed you started at nine, so I thought you were being slightly unreasonable. This is Friday night and YANBU at all! Although I have to say nosiness curiosity would get the better of me!

I thought you meant in the morning and assumed you started at nine, so I thought you were being slightly unreasonable. This is Friday night and YANBU at all! Although I have to say nosiness curiosity would get the better of me!

Someone could be ill and they are trying to tell you??????

& what could I do?
Phone 999 for them?

I don't know. Neither do you though. Maybe they are trying to notify you of an infectious disese? Or ruin your weekend?

Well they didn't leave a message - so I won't can't worry about it

Katy could be out / in bed.
Unless she thinks it might be worth her while to take the call I think she should leave it. If it was urgent they would ahve left an answerphone message

Agree with stealth. Each time curiosity gets the better of me i regret it though.

If something had happened to a child cared by you, might they try and get in touch to let you know? If it was something bad, they might not want to leave a message.

Or it may be the lady who thought she didn't need childcare for Monday, phoning to let you know that she needs to go into work afterall?

just to clarify, anything you don't do is passive and lazy

Cool

I'm Passive

I'm also lazy

& perhaps slightly drunk

I am having fun

I guess I should have answered & explained I don't take work calls on Friday evenings

no you shouldnt dont worry, you worry too much.

My friend's self employed, she used to give her clients her mobile phone number until one phoned her. At 3am! She doesn't give it out any more.

My Dad had a person apply for a job at 11.35 on a Sunday night

The chap didn't get the job

Doh! I think that some people just loose sense of time.

I saw someone tonight for childminding at 7.30pm and was here for over an hour and she signed contracts, paid deposit and month in advance. My vacancy was only advertised for less than 24 hours.

That would be different

Congratulations

I don't now what mine was but I got a voicemail later & it was heavy breathing

..from parent????

i frequently get texts9or ratherSUED too till i spoke to them( from a particular parents/s changing days/hours usually between 9.30 and 12am!!! the night before ..to change for the following day..after discussion with them, i now turn my phone off/do not answer messages at this time reg work(unless serious), its unreasonable, we're not a 24 hr service, makes me sad that some people think we're there waiting for them 24/7