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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a situation when you're given a time frame when parents are supposed to be home, how much time do you give them before you start calling them? Do you call or do you just fume inside?

(And let's not turn this into evil MB always late and never pays me because yes, it's a given we should be paid for additional time and our time should be respected. We're talking when for whatever reason the parents are late without letting us know in advance).

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Daycares finally set some penalties to stop the abuse:

A dollar a minute after a short grace period.

Result:

No more irresponsibly late parents.

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Actually, there were some interesting studies that showed that penalties like this can actually /increase/ the amount of lateness. The theory being, if people feel there is a negotiated way to compensate for being late, they are more likely to feel that it's acceptable. Not saying it's ok, but just that, in general, if your bottom line is that you want to leave on time you might be better off expressing that. If you negotiate a "late rate" the parents might feel that all is square if they just pay it.

http://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/fine.pdf
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