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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't call.  Text her and then turn off your phone.  If you let her get away with this, her abide will only get worse.  Also, playdates on never for more than an hour.  Do not let her get away with this,![/quote]

Play dates with a charge's friend when the kids are in elementary school may be 2-3 hours, and they are drop off.

However, OP already stated that the friends children are of age she doesn't particularly like, so this isn't a play date, in any way at all.[/quote]

My charges are 8 months, 2.5 and 3.5-years old.

Her friends children are 7&9.

I don’t see how a first and 4th graded will enjoy a play date with three small children. They’ll apparently be here from 10am to 4/5pm because their mother has an appointment.[/quote]

I think you need to call her out on this. Be respectful, and use calm, professional language, but lay it all out there. Tell her that you understand that the idea of "guaranteed hours" perhaps seems like you're getting something for nothing, but that, in fact, what she is getting is your time set aside for her children: the job you were contracted for. You are, of course, happy to pursue age-appropriate activities for her children, including pay dates, within your job duties. However, children 4-6 years older are not age-appropriate play mates, and 6-7 hours is not a normal, reasonable amount of time for a play date. It is clear that she is calling this a play date because her friend needs a babysitter, and you weren't willing to do it. Tell her you don't appreciate being manipulated into doing something you already said you didn't do, and that 5 children with an age range from 8 months to 9 years for a full day is a huge undertaking. This is babysitting, pure and simple, and you charge for that. If she has promised her friend that you'll do it, and she doesn't want to say no to her, then you will do it, because you can't lose your job over this, but the friend needs to pay something for the babysitting. I would ask for $10/hr in this case.

You might also mention that when she described her job, she said, "if she doesn't work, she doesn't get paid." Presumably, that is if SHE can't work due to some reason. Her guaranteed weekly shifts mean that if the hospital is closed, they still have to pay her. The fact that that never happens doesn't mean it isn't exactly the same thing as your guaranteed hours.

It's the manipulation to get what she wants, like she's found a "loophole" that would make me likely to call her out on this. She's treating you like the tax code, not a person with a reasonable employment conflict that needs to be worked out with her employer.

I'm a MB.[/quote]

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