The Idiosyncrasies
This is one of those days.
This morning, I was awoke by a student’s mum, she was asking impatiently “Where are you teacher? I am at your school, how come you are not here yet?”
My! Where am I? I were in my dreamland one second ago, before the telephone rang!
Apparently, she needed to drive her father in law to see a doctor early in the morning and decided to drop her kids early at 7.15 a.m.
Well, my regular school hours start at 9.00 a.m, but parents can drop their children at 8.20 a.m. Though I maybe there earlier some days, but it’s crazy to expect me to be there at 7.15 a.m without prior notice.
This evening, I was supposed to attend a bridal shower, my cousin is getting married tomorrow. My “Spell to Write and Read” class ended at 6 p.m. One of the mums didn’t come to pick up her kids until 45 minutes later. I had to rush like a mad person because my dad was coming over to pick me at 7 p.m. This mum actually had the cheek to call me later in the evening and questioned me how come she didn’t see me or another adult with her 10 and 12 years old when she picked them up. Yeah, I was trying to take a quick shower and refreshed myself before going for the party and she came.
I tried to remember “customers are always right”, else I would need a plasma tv mount to hang her on the wall.
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haha! ;) One of the pre-schools that I went, showed me a form, for parents to fill-in a day before, in case the kids are to be sent earlier / picked later than the usual time. It’s like additional of RM5/30mins. Not sure if in practical, that work!
Like you mentioned, customers are always right! grrrrrr
Yeah, I knew some pre schools in Klang Valley do that. But, it probably won’t work in Malacca. :-)
I am usually quite accomodative and tried to help when I could i.e. occasional babysitting. There were occasions that ppl were appreciative and “embarassed” by their own calculative-ness and bought me some food to say thank you.