Most days I’m not any kind of a stickler in regards social etiquette
or decorum. I’m a firm believer in to everyone his own. Regardless of what social etiquette and decorum
dictate however, common courtesy says when someone contacts you, you reply or
give some form of acknowledgement of their communication. I work a forty hour a week job and on top of
that I nanny for two families; which averages about thirty hours a week between
the two families. Wednesdays are usually
exceptionally long with a nine hour shift at one family’s house and then a four
hour shift at the other family’s house. Last Wednesday the mother of the family I nanny for in the evening got bent out of shape because I was canceling on her for today, giving her an entire weeks notice, but canceling none the less. however apparently that isn't a long enough time period to cancel. Granted two weeks ago I was literally walking up the front steps when I got the text canceling for the day, since her and her daughter weren't feeling well.
As a means to make an effort to appease her I emailed her last Thursday, six days ago with other days I would be available this week. She never responded. common courtesy is that you respond. So here I am, after watching the girls I normally watch Wednesday mornings for nine hours, I came to my day job; which was the reason I had to cancel my evening nanny gig today. I'm sorry she couldn't go to the gym like she wanted, but we don't have universal healthcare. I need a legitimate full time job if I want to be able to go to the doctor without worrying about ridiculously astronomical bills afterward and it would be nice if she treated me like an adult and held herself to the same standards she places on me.
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