First of all brightsparks, congrats on all the interviews and I hope you fill your space with a great family. I've met all kinds of people and really weed them out carefully during the prescreening now too. I'm not afraid to tell people that I work long, hard days and that interviews are a necessary part of my business but that I value my evening free time after finishing all the work I have to do after all the children leave. In other words I demand respect from the beginning.

I only answer my phone when I want to do so because I have call display but I would rather have somebody call me at 10pm on a weekday evening instead of at 8am on a Saturday. We're all different, some are night people some are morning people. But I ran into SHOPPERS one year when I interviewed way too many people for a space and learned a lesson the hard way as usual to let people know what is convenient for me and emails are the most convenient method of communication for me.