Hi
I've got to vent a bit so I apologise, but I would be grateful if someone could tell me if they think I'm being unreasonable...
As a relatively new childminder I am working with my first mindee and have been working with him for a few months. Parents alway pay on time, but they seem to be somewhat lacking in manners. Last week on the Friday, the dad emailed me to ask me for some bits of info so he could sort out his voucher claim (technically on my day off) but he didn't say 'please' or 'thanks in advance' on the end of his email. I replied with the relevant info and didn't get a reply, but on a Friday afternoon I thought he might be offsite or something so I didn't think too much of it. Monday comes and he drops off the little one and doesn't say anything about it, so on the Tuesday morning I just thought I'd check, so I said 'did you get my email' to which he said 'yeah, I've just got to get a few more bits together and then I'll submit it'. No mention of THANK YOU still.
And the more I think about it, the more I realise that his mum never says thanks when she comes to pick him up, not even at the end of the week. I wouldn't mind, but I shlep this little moaner all over town, even giving him little souvenirs to take back from trips and things - I don't get anything like that from them (not that I really expect it though). I bust a gut this week to do Jubilee activities with him all week this week, and when she came to pick him up I said 'we've had a good week' and she said 'yes' and I said 'it's a pity he can't say THANK YOU to me' as a little hint that may be she could, at which point she said 'well, we're not quite at thank you yet'... TOO BLOOMIN RIGHT!
Is it just me? I wouldn't mind, but I don't exactly earn a lot from doing this and a little gratitude occasionally wouldn't go amiss...
*sigh*
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