Worst pick up lines

[Spixie33]

Good morning...
I just want to vent about the most annoying pick up lines I hear - as in going home time for the dcks.

I have a parent whose child fusses when she dresses them to go home and she says "Don't worry I am not leaving you here." Excuse me but your child was happy all day long and why are you making daycare sound like purgatory? The child is fussing about leaving with YOU not about staying here with me. I just smile but it irks me.

Then another parent is like "If you don't get ready right now then I am going to leave you here." Once again....this parent makes daycare sound like a punishment.

And parents wonder why their kids fuss at drop off.

[Dreamalittledream]

Haha love the subject line. So true! I do appreciate when they have their children tidy up what they were playing at and say 'thank you' to me at the end of the day

[JennJubie]

Ready for this one.....?

"Whatever princess wants, princess rules the house." Ummm.... No.

[Dreamalittledream]

Ready for this one.....?

"Whatever princess wants, princess rules the house." Ummm.... No.

You have got to be kidding...wow!!

[5 Little Monkeys]

Ready for this one.....?

"Whatever princess wants, princess rules the house." Ummm.... No.

Ugh, I had a child/family like this and it was horrible watching them with her 2x a day. I felt so sorry for the older boy who always seemed like he got the short end of the stick. They were a great family on paper and knew all the right things to say and do when it came to parenting but when it came to actually DOING the parenting....they sucked!!

[5 Little Monkeys]

I actually love when the parents say "okay, you can stay here for the night" because the children will say "okay" and smile and wave goodbye LOL. It is annoying though how these parents can't just pick up their child and get them dressed!! I will sometimes say "Oh xxx, you can get yourself dressed nicely. Show mommy!" Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's amazing the change in some children when their parents how up haha. I have one dc grandma who tells me all the time that she loves that her granddaughter never wants to leave but I can see that sometimes the dck is a brat to grandma and I feel bad for her. She is an angel here all day tho!

I also love when they say "thank you" at the end of the day. I have one family who is great at everything but they always say "thanks for babysitting" and it drives me crazy LOL but I guess it would be weird to say "thanks for being a good dcp" or "thanks for daycaring" everyday haha.

[Spixie33]

I actually love when the parents say "okay, you can stay here for the night" because the children will say "okay" and smile and wave goodbye LOL. It is annoying though how these parents can't just pick up their child and get them dressed!! I will sometimes say "Oh xxx, you can get yourself dressed nicely. Show mommy!" Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's amazing the change in some children when their parents how up haha. I have one dc grandma who tells me all the time that she loves that her granddaughter never wants to leave but I can see that sometimes the dck is a brat to grandma and I feel bad for her. She is an angel here all day tho!

I also love when they say "thank you" at the end of the day. I have one family who is great at everything but they always say "thanks for babysitting" and it drives me crazy LOL but I guess it would be weird to say "thanks for being a good dcp" or "thanks for daycaring" everyday haha.

Ouch ! That would kill me. I cringe at that word.
I think I would find a way to jokingly say something back each time to hint that I am not the babysitter.... I.e...."I don't think anyone has called me a babysitter since I was 16."

I appreciate the Thank you's and when parents try to teach their kids to say thank you at the end of the day but that babysitter bit would probably drive me up the wall day by day. lol

[5 Little Monkeys]

Ouch ! That would kill me. I cringe at that word.
I think I would find a way to jokingly say something back each time to hint that I am not the babysitter.... I.e...."I don't think anyone has called me a babysitter since I was 16."

I appreciate the Thank you's and when parents try to teach their kids to say thank you at the end of the day but that babysitter bit would probably drive me up the wall day by day. lol

If they were even the littlest bit annoying at anything else, I would consider saying something. However, they are never late for pickups, never late with payment and never need reminders of what they owe, always keep child home when sick, send in treats often, always polite and friendly, always let me know well ahead of time if someone else is going to be doing drop off or pick ups, have followed every policy and rule, have a fantastic kid. They are the best family I have so getting picky over being thanked as a babysitter seems petty LOL

Now had one of my past families (who made me go WTF?? daily) said this, I likely would have told them that I am NOT a babysitter haha. It really does depend on who you are and how you say it!!

[mickyc]

oh yes gotta love the "I am going to leave you here if you don't hurry up".

[mimi]

I've mentioned this before, but the mom would be kneeling in front of her son (helping him remove his outerwear) and answers him "yes, my king" to his requests. So glad they are gone.