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> If the parents were fined a day's daycare fee for being ten minutes late you can bet their attitude would change. I think upping the pain works better. What'
by jogjayr 9y ago
> If the parents were fined a day's daycare fee for being ten minutes late you can bet their attitude would change.
I think upping the pain works better. What's a daycare going to do with so many gallons of milk?
- foxhop 9y agoThat amount of milk would last a couple days if snack is included in tuition. 20-40 glasses of milk, twice a day. If for some reason you have too many gallons of milk, you can also use toilet paper, 10 rolls per 5 minutes. You can never have too much toilet paper, some late parents even buy the soft stuff too! lol A huge fine isn't always the best deterrent and it makes people generally mad at your child care center. Everyone gets a chuckle out of seeing a dad walk in with three jugs in each hand... It's a light hearted walk of shame and it really works to deter late pickups which is the real goal.
- jogjayr 9y agoIt's not so great for the staff either. Instead of waiting an extra 10 minutes for a parent that's 10 minutes late, they now have to wait 30 minutes because the parent had to make a 20 minute detour to the grocery store to buy milk. > A huge fine isn't always the best deterrent and it makes people generally mad at your child care center. EDIT: You can make this revenue neutral. Give parents a discount at the end of every month out of the money they collect in late fines. People on time at a better-than-average rate will come out ahead.
- foxhop 9y agoThe milk is payable the next day during drop off. The point is to discourage parents to _never_ be late. It often ruins the staff's plans.
- WalterSear 9y agoThe very last late parent of the day has to dispose of all the milk.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoBy drinking it ...?
- WalterSear 9y agoEither end is fine.