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Overreacting? Newbie in need of perspective!
Technically I am not a daycare provider yet because I haven't even landed a client yet, but I have already had a negative experience. Short version: this woman at my girls' school needs care for her 7 month old in September, when her maternity leave ends. It would be 2 days a week, starting at 6 am. And she'd also need before & after school care for her 4 year old daughter. I told her during a phone interview on Saturday that my hours were 7.30 to 5.30, that I would be willing to take them at 6.30 because it was only 2 days a week, but no earlier than that, and that I don't do b & a school care so she would be charged for a full day at the part time day rate (less than 4 days a week is 45 per day, 4 or 5 days is 35 per day).
She was hemming and hawing and I said something along the lines of "yeah, sorry it won't work out, but good luck". She asked me to send her some info anyway, so I did.
Today after school she comes up to me and says:"I have to pass, it is just too expensive. For 3 hours that would be 45 dollars, that is just too much. You would get 15 dollars an hour! That is half of my pay, and I don't get bad pay! I can get 7 hours of care at the hospital (where she's a nurse) for 25 dollars!"
I told her I don't charge 15 dollars an hour, I just don't do b & a school care so I would charge her for a full day. She wasn't even listening. So I wished her good luck and she walked off.
But now I find myself worrying about this woman spreading misinformation about my daycare. Well, my hopefully soon-to-be daycare. If she tells moms at the school that I charge 15 dollars an hour, nobody is even going to talk to me about care for their child. And she seems that kind of passive-aggressive sort of person.
I don't know, the whole thing just makes me feel icky. Am I overreacting? I am completely brand new to this, and I'm not sure if I'm just being paranoid. I decided not to discuss my drop in rate with her on the phone and work something out because I didn't have a good feeling about her. Now at least I know that was right on the nose!
Ugh. People are so hard to deal with. They are just never happy.
"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice." - Peggy O'Mara 
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