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    Anonymous wrote:Wow. I would not work with a sitter who had a cancellation policy. But for sitting I prefer to work with those doing it for extra pocket money - like a neighborhood woman or a grad student. I see it as totally different from a nanny situation where she depends exclusively on pay from me and so I guarantee hours. I am sure for some sitters it is part of their "pay the bills" money - that just isn't the market I am in it interested in.

I guess you won't mind if I show up half an hour late then? After all, it's not like it's work you're missing out on -- only a fun little "date night." [/quote]

I'm the MB above who would happily pay a cancellation rate...yet, if I knew my sitter had a bad attitude like yours, I'd never hire you.

Passive aggressive sitters are unattractive.[/quote]

I don't think the PP was saying she would do this as a retaliatory method, simply illustrating the logic from another perspective. The earlier PPs statement seems as though because sitting is on an as needed basis and not a means of income, a cancellation policy is inappropriate/not something she would tolerate. The PP is just illustrating the attitude in the reverse and the absurdity of it. If a sitter had a cavalier attitude about her commitment to sit for you because its for you to go to work but to go have fun, almost anyone would agree that is not okay. The reason a nanny/sitter takes on babysitting hours should not impact how seriously you take the reservation of her time, just as the reason you've hired a sitter should not impact how seriously she takes her commitment to be available/punctual. [/quote]

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