Birthday Idea for a Mom

[apples and bananas]

I'm not over thinking it.

Please tell me in what other service industry that it would be ok to ask for a favour?

Daycare is a business. Plain and simple. It has nothing to do with courteously and generosity. Do you think my server at the Olive Garden would run out and get me a bottle of Dom Perignon to be courteous and generous? No, that isn't their job.
Do you think that Walmart will special order me the flavour of coffee I want to buy? No, it isn't their job.

Why is daycare any different?

This is where we differ in opinion. That server should do his/her best to satisfy your request. I come from the service and tourist industry. I worked for a company that worked towards "wowing" customers. We went above and beyond every chance we could, and celebrated that.

You go to disney world and you are wowed left right and centre. Their job IS to satisfy the customer in any way they can.

That's how I look at my job. I go above and beyond to satsify my clients.