How Accommodating Are You?

[Former Teacher]

I work in a center so we have to follow their guidelines. Parents are not allowed to drop off before we open and if they pick up after closing they are charged a late fee.
I do like for a parent to send me a text message or email if they are going to drop off later than 9 am or pick up before nap time is over. Most of them a pretty good about doing so—at least the parents this year.

That's how it was my former center. I would open the center at 6:30 but get there at 6:15.

We had a parent who worked down the street but she started at 6:30. She asked me if she could drop off a few mins before 6:30. I was willing but I wanted her to pay instead of a late fee ($5 for the first 5 mins $1 each additional min) an early fee.

Then after I thought about, I didn't want to feel obligated to be at work if she wasn't going to be there. Plus I didn't want a monkey see monkey do situation. So I just told her that the insurance doesn't cover for incidents prior to 6:30.

She wasn't happy but oh well