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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I rang the door bell two times and then knocked the third time. After no one answered all three times, I called her cellphone. When she answered, I just said "Hi, it's K. I am at your front door and I don't know if you heard me ring the doorbell"....to which she responded "Oh yes..the kids are in the basement and I am finishing up a phone call with my mom, I will be down in 5 minutes.". She CLEARLY heard be ringing and knocking and chose to ignore me. She could have come down and at least let me in. I would have gladly waited INSIDE the doorway while she finished a conversation.  [/quote]

I haven't even finished reading your response, but have to reply to this part first. Ok, so you know that she is on an important phone call. You do not know what it is about, other than she has heard the doorbell ring twice and did not go answer it. Usually if I am on an important call I will ignore other things as well. Maybe it was a work call? If you are talking work with someone, it is rude to the person you are having a conversation with to say "Oh excuse me while I go see who is at the door right now", or "let me call you back in a few minutes while". If she is making an important call and she intends on FINISHING it by 3pm when she has scheduled the interview with you, then you interrupting her call means she won't get it done with before 3pm. Which means she will run late and that would be rude to you PLUS she will be rude to the other person on the phone with her. Also, again she might not be on her cell. She might have answered her cell for YOU which she figured she had to after you ringing the door 2 times and then calling her. She needed you to stop so that she could finish her conversation! Most people like using landline phones for long important calls at home because there is no chance of the signal dropping away. So good chance she was on other phone, her cell rang for your call, she said give me 5 minutes and thought that would be ok since in her mind, YOU were the one interrupting her. Her coming down to let you in would have been nice as I mentioned in my other comment, but I agree with another PP that said it might not always be done since you ARE a stranger and if she is having an important call, she will not want to have it within earshot of you which means she wouldn't want to have it in the room next to where you are even. If I had a stranger in my house, I would either be in the room with them or just outside the door for a quick non-important call. Important call in that situation with you in the house? No, not going to happen.

Again, while you think you are doing GOOD while being early, early for an interview is NOT so good. Many parents take the last few minutes to quickly tidy the place up or get last minute stuff in before they have to take the time to sit and talk with you. Those 10 minutes could mean them being able to tidy up the living room and wash a few dishes quickly, run to the bathroom and make sure they look presentable, plus maybe getting kids settled in another room for a few minutes until you are ready to bring them into the interview to meet with the potential nanny. While it is just 10 minutes to you, it can mean A LOT to the parents trying to cram in the last few things before inviting you into their home. I personally like to give them that time and not make them feel rushed. If I can travel by public transit for an hour or more and walk sometimes several blocks as well to their house and wait outside on a sidewalk (and sometimes in the rain as well), then you can travel by car and sit in the car for that last 10 minutes and not have it hurt you at all.[/quote]

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