I think I have a story that takes the cake! I interviewed them and they sent me an e-mail the following day saying they'd like to go with me. I said, great! And e-mailed them the paperwork to sign. I didn't hear back. I sent a follow up e-mail saying just wanted to make sure I had the right address, etc. Got a reply back from the hubby saying, oh it's my fault, I forgot to forward it to my wife. She'll get back to you really soon. I didn't hear back. And that was fine because I had signed another family by then. So I e-mailed them saying I'm no longer able to provide care for your daughter cos that spot is gone.

A couple months pass and I get an e-mail from them saying something along the lines of: so sorry we didn't get back to you. Your e-mails had gone to the junk mail folder and by the time we saw them, you had already filled up your spot. If you ever have a part time spot open for 3 days a week, we would be glad to have our daughter with you."

Hmmm. Ok, I thought I'd give them the benefit of the doubt although I wasn't really buying it. But I did have a part time spot open and I had already interviewed with them so I said, why not? I replied back saying actually, I do have a part time spot open. This is the e-mail I got back:

Hi there,
unfprtunately, We have someone now but we preferred you. I think at this point, we will keep her with the current daycare person since we just started this week so don't let us hold you up. We will give this lady a try and hopefully things go well.
I guess we didn't time this properly. We will try this lady for a month and hourly you still have spots open then"

Seriously. I don't know why I bothered replying in the first place.