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[quote=Anonymous]I work a split shift - before/after school.
Sometimes I stay at work during the day when I don't feel like driving back and forth. I usually bring a book/macbook and do my own stuff until the kids get back from school.
Some days I'm in and out depending on what I have going on that day - appointments, errands, etc.

OK, so today I actually came home because I didn't get much sleep last night, so I thought I would take a nice long nap and clean up my house a bit.
I was trying to sleep when my phone rang. It was from school, the 11 year old girl I take care of called me an left a message if I could bring her shoes for PE and then she would need them for "girls on the run." I didn't pick up the phone because I was already trying to fall asleep (and I didn't recognize the number), but I listened to the voicemail just to make sure it wasn't an emergency. I fell asleep and 15 min later she called from that number again, no voicemail this time.
An hour later, her mom texted me saying that she just got a message from her DD and it was probably too late for PE, but if I could bring her shoes for her after school activity.

Honestly, I'm a little ticked.
I'm not paid to be "on call" and I think this is ridiculous.
If you forget your shoes, your natural consequences are that you can't participate in whatever you are doing.
My scheduled time to be back at work is at 4 and that's when I will have to go to school bring the shoes, because there is no way I'm driving 20 min to work to get shoes and then to school.

I posted here before about kids having no chores and the house being messy.

I do NOT want to enable that child even more.
She is the one who always says "everyone makes mistakes" and "nobody is perfect."

I haven't responded to my MB yet.
It's probably too late for P.E., but I know I will have to take those shoes to school anyway, because after all it's my job and it's my MB's wish to do so.

I just can't watch that child never learning responsibility and always being "bailed out".

(another example a few days ago - she didn't do her homework because she was distracted and next day asked mom to write a note to the teacher, which she did.)

What would you say to MB? Would you just take the shoes and drive to school or try to talk to MB about letting her DD "fail?"

I think it's time to find another job. I will take a day or two to think about it, but I think I will start looking.[/quote]

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