I am still taking care of my SIL's kids and although there has been some improvement I can say that I am deffinetely at the end of my rope with her. I am posting because I am hoping that I will be chagrined enough to actually put my foot down ... for good. And maybe it'll serve as a good example to other DC providers of why you should NOT mix business and family. Let's just say that no good deed goes unpunished.
#1. I charge her an incredibly cheap rate for my 3yo nephew (1-4 days a week) and nothing for my 10yo nephew (comes 1-2 times a month.
#2. She has NEVER been able to pay me on time and is always behind by as little as $5 to as much as 3 weeks.
#3. When she owes me she tells me that she will pay me later. Then she will say she has it but only gives me half then says she will give the rest on payday. On payday she will say that she didn't get to the bank and will bring it the next morning. The next morning she will send nephew to my door and drive away when I open my door without payment.
#4. She will have conversations with me in text and as soon as I ask her about the money she owes she stops returning my texts.
#5. When I talk to her about the money she says she has it and then visits but tries to leave without paying. When I ask her for it (as she's trying to leave) she gets an irritated look on her face and then gives me only a portion of it.
#6. Nephew is drop-in but she expected me to keep a spot for him whenever she needed me when he first started.
#7. Her kids dad takes care of the kids when he is not working and doesn't give her his work schedule until late Sunday so I don't get the schedule until then. This makes it hard for me to schedule other clients.
#8. When I do get the schedule I will reserve the days for my nephew and almost every week it's either less or more days than what she originally says.
#9. She doesn't get the concept that I am losing money when I watch my nephew, which I wouldn't mind so much if she followed the rules and paid me on time instead of taking advantage of my love for my nephews.
#10. She is the only client that I have that I have any issues with whatsoever.
Just 2 weeks ago I finally told her that she had to catch up and that she would need to pay me on Fridays in full. She began catching up and things were good. She owed me $45 as of last week and paid me $20 last Monday. She was to pay the remaining $25 on Friday before she left for a weekend trip. I was to watch my older nephew from last Thursday until Saturday night because his dad did not want to take him to school or to his baseball tryouts or basketball game while she was away. My younger nephew stayed at his dads. Her trip was a pleasure trip.
On Friday morning she came and left his things on my doorstep and left. We only realized this when we left for school. There was no $25. I sent her a text about the money and she never responded.
This morning at 7am she texts to inform me that I would be watching both boys today (no school). I told her "Don't forget to drop off the $25 when you drop off {Nephew}". She sends my nephew but does not get out of the car and he hands me $20. She still owes me $5 and at the end of the week she'll owe me this weeks payment.
Are you ready for the kicker?? I charge her $10 per day.
#1. I charge her an incredibly cheap rate for my 3yo nephew (1-4 days a week) and nothing for my 10yo nephew (comes 1-2 times a month.
#2. She has NEVER been able to pay me on time and is always behind by as little as $5 to as much as 3 weeks.
#3. When she owes me she tells me that she will pay me later. Then she will say she has it but only gives me half then says she will give the rest on payday. On payday she will say that she didn't get to the bank and will bring it the next morning. The next morning she will send nephew to my door and drive away when I open my door without payment.
#4. She will have conversations with me in text and as soon as I ask her about the money she owes she stops returning my texts.
#5. When I talk to her about the money she says she has it and then visits but tries to leave without paying. When I ask her for it (as she's trying to leave) she gets an irritated look on her face and then gives me only a portion of it.
#6. Nephew is drop-in but she expected me to keep a spot for him whenever she needed me when he first started.
#7. Her kids dad takes care of the kids when he is not working and doesn't give her his work schedule until late Sunday so I don't get the schedule until then. This makes it hard for me to schedule other clients.
#8. When I do get the schedule I will reserve the days for my nephew and almost every week it's either less or more days than what she originally says.
#9. She doesn't get the concept that I am losing money when I watch my nephew, which I wouldn't mind so much if she followed the rules and paid me on time instead of taking advantage of my love for my nephews.
#10. She is the only client that I have that I have any issues with whatsoever.
Just 2 weeks ago I finally told her that she had to catch up and that she would need to pay me on Fridays in full. She began catching up and things were good. She owed me $45 as of last week and paid me $20 last Monday. She was to pay the remaining $25 on Friday before she left for a weekend trip. I was to watch my older nephew from last Thursday until Saturday night because his dad did not want to take him to school or to his baseball tryouts or basketball game while she was away. My younger nephew stayed at his dads. Her trip was a pleasure trip.
On Friday morning she came and left his things on my doorstep and left. We only realized this when we left for school. There was no $25. I sent her a text about the money and she never responded.
This morning at 7am she texts to inform me that I would be watching both boys today (no school). I told her "Don't forget to drop off the $25 when you drop off {Nephew}". She sends my nephew but does not get out of the car and he hands me $20. She still owes me $5 and at the end of the week she'll owe me this weeks payment.
Are you ready for the kicker?? I charge her $10 per day.
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