Okay so here is my Saturday morning vent. I think it's better to get it out of my system now and then I can have a good weekend with my family.

This past week I have had 3 interviews. I changed my procedure by having an initial telephone interview with each of them in the hopes of weeding out the wishy washy parents and addressing any deal breaker/red flag questions on both sides before anyone wasted further time with face to face interviews.

I told them all I would be back in touch on Friday to let them know if I was able to take them as there were multiple families interviewing for the same spot. I said if in the meantime they didn't want the spot then if they could notify me earlier then that would be appreciated.

One of the interviews was last night so they don't really apply to this. Both telephone interviews went really well, no red flags and upon meeting the same thing. They both said how reassured they were prior to meeting me because of the telephone interview. This made me happy and made the flow of the interview noticibly easier.

Yesterday I called both of them and neither answered so fine, whatever people are busy, although if I was expecting a call I would make sure I was in. Anyhow, I get in late last night about 12 and am tidying up the aftermath of an evening in my house that consisted of my husband, two kids and the remenants of chips and cookies I just casually flicked through my caller ID and notice that I had two missed calls. One was from Thursday night and one was from last night. Both were from one of these families and both were made at just before 10pm! Do people not have any courtesy any more??? That is far to late to be calling people just because you missed my phone call which I made at 1:50 in the afternoon. I have a strict policy and it is noted on my website and in all my adverts for all telephone enquiries to be during business hours and after hours, weekends and stat holidays via email only. Silly woman

2nd family I interview called, this morning, at 8:55. Give me a freakin' break!!! God forbid I have a life outside of work. She then left a voicemail cause I wasn't picking it up, saying how she loved me but couldn't bear the thought of leaving her 12 month old full time so was taking an additional 6 months off. ((Sigh)) fair enough but for goodness sakes lady, couldn't you have figured this out prior to going through all of this. To add to it, this is the woman who at the end of our interview said she wanted to sign up there and then. I know through experience that every parent needs to go home and sleep on it in case after some time to process reveals any doubts in their minds. It's for this exact reason.

OMG some people need to stop being so self absorbed and think about how their thoughtlessness effects others. What you gonna do though hey.....