Saving spots

[Judy Trickett]

I don't save spots. If you want a spot you pay for it - period.

Look at it this way. I like to get down to dollars and cents as this is a business and that means it's really all about income.

The average kid in Canada starts at 12 months and is with you a mere eighteen months before they are off again on mat leave. So, even if for HALF of that year long mat leave you save a spot for even just ONE of the returing kids that means that every five years you lose about $14,000 in income.

That's A LOT of money to lose out on. Over a 20 year daycare career that is $70,000 (or about two WHOLE years of income).

This is a business plain and simple and because this is also a business wherein we only have a limited amount of availability it also means that every day you are open the spot needs to be paid for. Holding spots COSTS you money. Why should YOU lose money so a dcfamily who protest they love and value you can SAVE money on a spot you have sitting open waiting on them?