Tiisku
19-01-2008, 11:00 AM
Hi,
I have been only childminding occasionally for a neighbours girl, and signed a contract with another family in November, for their baby to start with me 9th January until July, excluding school holidays. Baby's mum is starting a college course and the college would pay for it. I explained that I will contact her college for the payments. I went away for Christmas, and when I came back I contacted the college she told me she will be attending, and they hadn't even heard of her and that college uses their own creche for people anyway ! I called her the day before her son was supposed to start,and she would not give me her school's phone number, she was very busy at the time apparently and said she has asked someone from the school to call me. Then she said that she will pay me and then get the money back. And just before we finished the call she said "oh the school will start in two weeks".
We agreed in the contract that I will pick up/ drop off the baby as mum doesn't drive. I am new to this business and in the astonishment I didn't realise to ask if she had actually been planning to call me as I had been expecting to collect the baby next morning ! I also forgot to tell her that she will still need to pay for the unused two weeks, but I sent her the invoice in post the next morning. Baby is supposed to start on Wednesday, have not heard from mum or her school neither I have been paid the two weeks money yet.
What do you guys think? I'm a bit nervous that A) she is not going to pay B) she is messing me around and I could have had someone else here. I already had to turn someone else down as I have two children of my own !
Thanks everyone, it's good to get it out !:(
I have been only childminding occasionally for a neighbours girl, and signed a contract with another family in November, for their baby to start with me 9th January until July, excluding school holidays. Baby's mum is starting a college course and the college would pay for it. I explained that I will contact her college for the payments. I went away for Christmas, and when I came back I contacted the college she told me she will be attending, and they hadn't even heard of her and that college uses their own creche for people anyway ! I called her the day before her son was supposed to start,and she would not give me her school's phone number, she was very busy at the time apparently and said she has asked someone from the school to call me. Then she said that she will pay me and then get the money back. And just before we finished the call she said "oh the school will start in two weeks".
We agreed in the contract that I will pick up/ drop off the baby as mum doesn't drive. I am new to this business and in the astonishment I didn't realise to ask if she had actually been planning to call me as I had been expecting to collect the baby next morning ! I also forgot to tell her that she will still need to pay for the unused two weeks, but I sent her the invoice in post the next morning. Baby is supposed to start on Wednesday, have not heard from mum or her school neither I have been paid the two weeks money yet.
What do you guys think? I'm a bit nervous that A) she is not going to pay B) she is messing me around and I could have had someone else here. I already had to turn someone else down as I have two children of my own !
Thanks everyone, it's good to get it out !:(