Ad response bizzar.

It may seem weird, but I've had this happen to me too. Got a call on a friday that they needed childcare to begin on the Monday. I agreed to meet with them on the Sunday as I was curious and they ended up being one of my favourite families :) Ended up that the rush for daycare was because the Mom was offered to go back from mat leave early to a higher paying/position job and they hadn't done the daycare search yet as she technically wasn't supposed to go back until 2 months from then. Maybe the family who contacted you is in a similar situation. Just trying to add positive and hope they are not some crazy family who has been kicked out of other daycares lol :)

Oh ya potential red flag for sure ... depending on where you live in Ontario there are 'centres' that are closing with little to no notice for parents which might account for 'urgent' need of care specially if clients do not have vacation or personal days to take to find new care :(

That said regardless I would not be willing to 'skip' any portion of my interview process - chat with me on the phone and answer MY questions to see if we are a MATCH and than we MEET to ensure we are indeed a MATCH and than if I want to INVITE you into my program we go from there - you do not automatically 'get in' just cause I have an opening and well sorry but that mentality is a HUGE red flag for me because everytime I have come across it in my 'career' they are the clients that assume they are 'in charge' of everything and do not get this is YOUR business, YOUR rules and the only thing they are in charge of is deciding if they ACCEPT the services you are OFFERING them or NOT .... you do not get to go into a lawyers office and dictate that he is taking you on as a client specially without hearing your 'case', that you are only willing to pay him X and you expect him to work Y hours on your case ... those are all things that are HIS BUSINESS ... you tell him what you need and he lets you know if he can or is willing to provide it ;)

I would meet with them. No harm, no foul. As others have said, they might just be in a bad spot. Maybe you were recommended? Maybe they've heard of you? Anything is possible. I'd hold off being suspicious until after you meet them.

Went with my gut feeling on this one and passed.

I refuse to ignore this inner voice anymore as I have ignored it in the past only to get bitten in the A-double-assets!

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Originally Posted by Skysue

Went with my gut feeling on this one and passed.

I refuse to ignore this inner voice anymore as I have ignored it in the past only to get bitten in the A-double-assets!

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I agree ... we did not get to 'hear' the conversation but the tone / words you relayed in your post made it not about the 'urgency' being a red flag for me ... cause I have interviewed people who needed care to start on a Monday due to emergency pulling of a child from a program that was not working for them .... for me the 'assumption' that you would hold the spot for some person you have never met and the presumptions that your spot would definitely go to him like you had no 'say' in the matter - that would be a NO GO for me over here!

I received an email just now from a gentleman who was getting immediate full custody of his 11 month old son (sheesh!) and would need childcare ASAP. I cn't because I don't have an infant space available right now. There are plenty of reasons why someone might need immediate care, just be leary and ask lots of questions! Good luck!