Clients on rotating schedules

[Secondtimearound]

I have dealt with this , for me it was a gong show ! I was expected to be able to accommodate care with 15 min notice at 6:00 am each morning ! Lol being new I tried it ! Ugh no thanks I lasted 2 weeks and then was just annoyed after I figured out they might need me everyday but it averaged 2-3 days a week ! So lesson learned !
If they want or might need every day , they pay for every day or I charge them a daily drop in fee IF I have room !
It never ends with some dcf !! I feel like hanging a banner that says ,I'm not your grandma , aunt , sister , I do not owe it to you to make your life as easy as possible !
I can understand life constantly changes but I don't expect everyone else's life to change because mine has !

[Rachael]

I feel like hanging a banner that says ,I'm not your grandma , aunt , sister , I do not owe it to you to make your life as easy as possible !
I can understand life constantly changes but I don't expect everyone else's life to change because mine has !

This did make me chuckle but only because I've had similar over the years.

I don't have a partner and so for me, it's important to finish on time at the end of the day, in order to get my teens to appointments, get to the bank, and do those things we all used to do on our lunch breaks but no longer can due to changing professions to carers. However, I've lost count of the times when I first opened, that a client would show up late or call and tell me that they were going to be late but if I needed to go, I could leave their child with my teenager to watch until they got here! Erm, no. My teens are very good with the day care children but they are not day care employees, they don't work for free, they don't want to watch your child until you show up, and they are not a resource available to you!