That daycare mom had paid me after she realised I wouldn't back down. So I let her stay on. Things were going pretty well. Until she called me yesterday and said that they wouldn't be back until after labor day because she can't afford my rates. But after labor day she still won't be able to afford my rates because she wants to pay even less than what it would cost for the two of them. So if I let her stay and come back after labor day I am just looking at more of this same bullshit.
No way. I told her that she wasn't coming back after labor day. That's it. I am done.
I think she thinks I am going to back down, but I am not. I told her that I love children, but not so much that I wanted to watch hers for free. She said then that she thought maybe I shouldn't do childcare. WTF? How does that make any sense. She is a nurse, so by her criteria, shouldn't she want to be with patients constantly?? Egotistical bitch this woman is.
It is a shame really, I love her kids.
I swear she believes that because she adopted them, she deserves special treatment in life. She doesn't. She is supposed to be the one giving out the special treatment to the kids, she isn't supposed to be the one getting it...
And I realised something else. Every time I have opened my house to weekend parents I have gotten nothing but grief. One mom complained when I took 2 days off for the entire MONTH. When Emerald got sick, she brought her children anyhow, with no regard for my kid being in the hospital, and me going through dealing with it. The last mom I had here, owes me 3 K in childcare payments. I had to send her to collections. Never should have gotten that out of control, but I felt sorry for her when the state kept turning her down. Now this broad. Why she feels it necessary to take food out of my kid's mouths while hers goes and does all sorts of fun "camps" all summer I will never know. Paying me less than $2/hour is unacceptable. I pay teenagers more than that to watch my kids.
I decided that I am going to make a go at photography. I still have my 2 daycare kids, I will take a couple more if they are week kids. For now, I can do on location shoots, and limited studio stuff, as I only have so many back drops and props.
Going to write a business plan to get it all going.
3 comments:
Awesome! I'm proud of you for telling her no and standing up for yourself. :)
GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S MY GIRL!!!!!!! YAY!!
Good for you, she was taking advantage of you. People like that suck. Who expects to have someone watch their kids for that much an hour? Nuts.
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