What are the strangest questions you've been asked during an interview?

[monkeymama]

one mom wanted to know if the stairs to my basement would be removed as they didnt want to introduce stairs to their child yet. he was 3 ?!?! i moved the interview along pretty quickly and hurried them out the door lol. Another mom wanted me to send her my menus a month in advance wo she could make notes on them. Um, no thankyou. I dont mind sharing my menus but I dont need the critique

[gcj]

OMG! These are freakin' hillarious! I have none! I can't think of one single weird question I've ever been asked. Well, maybe one. I had a real b$@ch of a mom in the beginning. I was too new to know to give short contracts at first and I couldn't break it. But, then I switched over to be subsidezed (in Quebec), so my original contract became void and I offered a new one of 1 month to have time to find other care. She asked me right out if it's because of how she treated me and spoke to me. So, not only was she rude, but she was fully aware of it!
So, I said, actually, yes. Along with other issues.

[kidlove]

too funny! these are great!

[fruitloop]

I had 1 dad ask me if I serve meals that were from the previous night family supper. I said yes, if it's a stew or soup or something like that. He then asked if I scrape our family plates BACK INTO THE POT to be served to the daycare the next day. Um ya...all the time...barf!

[Momof4]

I think the strangest questions I had was from one mom who didn't want me to let her child have any plastic toys or sleep in a plastic bed of any type or a plastic booster chair and sent me an email with an attachment on all the ways to clean with vinegar. Um, no thanks!

[busydaycarelady]

I once had a mom and dad come together for an interview and during the interview mom kind of took over with questions and chatting and dad began to play with our dog and then proceeded to look around my house - opening cupboards, drawers, fridge. I asked him to please stop, then he asked if he could look inside my bedroom "just incase you're some sort of weirdo that has swords hanging above the bed or something". Um, no! I basically said have a nice day, we are done here and he then asked for a lint roller to remove the dog hair he had gotten on himself after picking up and hugging our terrier. I told him I didn't have one and he freaked out because a)WHO in the world doesn't have a lint roller?!!!! and b)I didn't realize terrier's shed. Otherwise I wouldn't have picked him up........

I also had a woman who asked me if I had ever shaken a child and injured them(Of course not!) and then asked me if I had a written 'action plan' on what protocol I would follow in the event of a crying child that was inconsolable. She also parked 4 houses away from mine(rather than in front of my house) and walked over.......not sure why.

[mimi]

She also parked 4 houses away from mine(rather than in front of my house) and walked over.......not sure why.So you wouldn't see her coming and she could "surprise" you! One of my parents did the same thing except she forgot the eliment of surprise was not there as she always arrived at the same time each day. I find people who are sneaky themselves resort to these tactics.

[Skysue]

I had a Mom get upset that my DD was watching a Max and Ruby dvd. She was 2 at the time and it was part of our night time routine, as the interview was at 7pm. She told me they don't watch T.V, I said we don't watch much but DD has a show in the morning and one before bed.

She then asked if her 18 month old could have a glass of water, I told her sorry that my husband was on his way home with the water cooler jugs and we were out. I asked if she would like milk or apple juice as a substitute, she gave me an extremely dirty look and said tap water is just fine. Seriously she looked at me like I had the plague, our towns tap water tastes awful and is loaded with bleach.

She never called me for daycare, lol. I already new she wasn't impressed with my T.V watching, juice/milk drinking attitude. Seriously though I water down juice for my kids and 80% of the time we drink water but I wasn't even going to bother answering any of that to her.

I also had an interview with a couple that didn't believe in telling there 1 year "no" they believed in just letting her explore. They told me if she wants to climb on top of the kitchen table then she can, they will make sure she does safely. They also wanted her to only have positive experiences, the Dad also showed me to only use 1/2 a wipe is all that's necessary to wipe her with. NEXT was all I could say.

[mom-in-alberta]

Oooh, funny thread...
I wish I had something to add, but I don't! LoL... I suppose I am glad for that, though.

[sunnydays]

Remove the stairs???????? Yeah, because an 8 foot drop-off to the hard basement floor is ever so much better than "gasp" the dreaded stairs I am having so much fun reading these...wish I had something nearly as funny as these to add!

one mom wanted to know if the stairs to my basement would be removed as they didnt want to introduce stairs to their child yet. he was 3 ?!?! i moved the interview along pretty quickly and hurried them out the door lol. Another mom wanted me to send her my menus a month in advance wo she could make notes on them. Um, no thankyou. I dont mind sharing my menus but I dont need the critique