Closing Early

[GirlMomma]

Alwaysgreener I should’ve done 1:00 😅

[Alwaysgreener]

It is so funny GirlMomma when you said "close early" I thought one o'clock, but you just meant an hour.

[e.j.]

That's great! I'm happy it worked out for you.

[GirlMomma]

Alwaysgreener I usually close at 5:30. I was down to 4 kids coming into today. About 7:30 this morning, I was down to 3 due to illness. I found out at 9 that I would be down to two (maybe only one) come Thursday. Since those families are both home with SA kids, I went ahead and made the decision to close early. Although it’s peaceful with just three here, I have some baking and cleaning I could do. My in-laws are coming over on Christmas Eve.

[GirlMomma]

Cat Herder hahaha I drove through Atlanta many times, I don’t care for the traffic at all!

[Cat Herder]

I should say that Atlanta traffic is not something that you can count on. Especially during gunshot, apartment fire and carjacking season.

[Alwaysgreener]

What time do you normally close?

[GirlMomma]

I did it!

I was informed that I will only have two kiddos that day so I am closing at 4:00.

[GirlMomma]

e.j. Good point!

[e.j.]

"Just not sure if anyone else has done it before or not."
If not, be the first and start a new trend! ;-) Seriously, if you can do it, go for it. Call it now before a parent tells you how happy they are that you're open all day, making you feel like it's no longer an option.

[Alwaysgreener]

I don't change if I close for the day but I do charge for a full day if i close early.
I try to close at nap time or the last 30 minutes.
I also have a sub/dh that will cover for me for the last ten - fifteen minutes.

[GirlMomma]

The fourth family told me today DCK will only be here 1/2 day. So with all my other families being home, I don’t think it’ll be an issue to close early with this short of notice. Just not sure if anyone else has done it before or not.

[e.j.]

I don't charge parents when I'm closed for vacation so it would cost me additional money to close early the day before. If, for some reason, I couldn't avoid having to close early (like I had to be on time to catch a flight to somewhere and I couldn't schedule that flight for a time that fit within my vacation week), I would either close for the day or close early enough to provide wiggle room in case a parent showed up late for pick up.

[Alwaysgreener]

I would close early if planned in advance however not with this short of notice.

I have only ever had one dcm not show up on time.

[GirlMomma]

Fair point!