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I currently have a 12 mo dcg who has been with me for about 2 months. Within that time I have closed twice unexpectedly... once when I had to give in and admit I was too sick to open and another when all of the dck's we're sick and had called in sick except for this dcg (she was sick, but mom was out of sick days and I suspected she was dropping her off doped on fever reducer, but couldn't prove it because she was picking up early enough that it didn't have time to wear off yet).
Anyway, all was well... or so I thought. My sister had an appointment at our health department where this dcm's sister works. I don't know the sister and have never met her before. She's the receptionist at the health department and while my sister was trying to pay this girl starts going off on how I close all the time randomly for stupid reasons and she's tried to tell dcm to find someone more reliable, but she doesn't want to make waves with me. She said with as much as I charge (I'm on the VERY low end in our area) that I should be open every day of the week. She said I'm running a business and need to treat it like a business and not close for ONE child being sick.
So my sister says she was so shocked and angry she was shaking. Her two children come to me so she told the girl that not only were ALL of the dck's sick but that she feels as if that was the best decision so that I could take the day to disinfect. Other than that she just stood there with her mouth open trying not to wring her neck. The other receptionist turned to this girl and told her that it's regs not to accept sick children into care
Anyway, I confronted dcm (nicely) and told her that I needed to make sure that we're on the same page and that if she has any questions about my policies to PLEASE just ask me. I told her that while I love having her daughter here that I understand if she needs to find somewhere that works for her family. She said her sister is an opinionated big mouth and that if she has an issue she will definitely tell me. Ok so all is good... Not
I received a text from a potential parent and was really excited because it saves me the trouble of advertising. She's this dcm's SIL and I probably won't take her for that reason, but I was excited that she had heard of me through word of mouth.
I told my sister about how excited I was and who it was who texted me and she asks "oh... didn't you see the post on FB yesterday about you?" Uh, no.
I won't go on about it, but new dcp posted looking for dc... current dcm said my providers awesome take dck there... new dcm said no everyone is saying she's unreliable.... old dcm said no she's not she's awesome... my sister chimes in and straightens her out (nicely).
Ugh, super long story just to ask WHAT DO I DO??? This girl is obviously spreading it around that no one should bring their kids to me
. I feel it's incredibly inappropriate that she works at the health department where oversees my license and is non-chalantly spreading rumors and lies about me to whoever will listen. I'm tempted to contact my licensor to let her know, but maybe I should just ignore it. People believe so much of what goes onto social media that I'm afraid the damage is beyond done
I currently have a 12 mo dcg who has been with me for about 2 months. Within that time I have closed twice unexpectedly... once when I had to give in and admit I was too sick to open and another when all of the dck's we're sick and had called in sick except for this dcg (she was sick, but mom was out of sick days and I suspected she was dropping her off doped on fever reducer, but couldn't prove it because she was picking up early enough that it didn't have time to wear off yet).
Anyway, all was well... or so I thought. My sister had an appointment at our health department where this dcm's sister works. I don't know the sister and have never met her before. She's the receptionist at the health department and while my sister was trying to pay this girl starts going off on how I close all the time randomly for stupid reasons and she's tried to tell dcm to find someone more reliable, but she doesn't want to make waves with me. She said with as much as I charge (I'm on the VERY low end in our area) that I should be open every day of the week. She said I'm running a business and need to treat it like a business and not close for ONE child being sick.
So my sister says she was so shocked and angry she was shaking. Her two children come to me so she told the girl that not only were ALL of the dck's sick but that she feels as if that was the best decision so that I could take the day to disinfect. Other than that she just stood there with her mouth open trying not to wring her neck. The other receptionist turned to this girl and told her that it's regs not to accept sick children into care
Anyway, I confronted dcm (nicely) and told her that I needed to make sure that we're on the same page and that if she has any questions about my policies to PLEASE just ask me. I told her that while I love having her daughter here that I understand if she needs to find somewhere that works for her family. She said her sister is an opinionated big mouth and that if she has an issue she will definitely tell me. Ok so all is good... Not
I received a text from a potential parent and was really excited because it saves me the trouble of advertising. She's this dcm's SIL and I probably won't take her for that reason, but I was excited that she had heard of me through word of mouth.
I told my sister about how excited I was and who it was who texted me and she asks "oh... didn't you see the post on FB yesterday about you?" Uh, no.
I won't go on about it, but new dcp posted looking for dc... current dcm said my providers awesome take dck there... new dcm said no everyone is saying she's unreliable.... old dcm said no she's not she's awesome... my sister chimes in and straightens her out (nicely).
Ugh, super long story just to ask WHAT DO I DO??? This girl is obviously spreading it around that no one should bring their kids to me
. I feel it's incredibly inappropriate that she works at the health department where oversees my license and is non-chalantly spreading rumors and lies about me to whoever will listen. I'm tempted to contact my licensor to let her know, but maybe I should just ignore it. People believe so much of what goes onto social media that I'm afraid the damage is beyond done
I believe it was her grandson, not a DC child, but still crazy to me that she did that. Anyway, my point is that even if I have a reason to talk trash about a past provider I can't!
: will wait
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