Scrolling through Facebook last night and all of the sudden
this article pops up all over my news feed with a headline to catch anyone's attention:
via here
So this little boy Alex, RSVP's to a birthday party with every intention or attending, and then something comes up last minute (spending time with his grandparents) and his parents can't find the birthday invite to inform the party host. Since it's just a 5 years old's birthday party & not a business meeting his parents figured they would just apologize to the host parent when they saw them at the school in the next few days. When that didn't happen it didn't seem to be a moment of distress, so no further action was taken.
So when Alex's dad Mr. Nash found a random brown envelope in Alex's backpack after school one day, he thought it a bit strange. Opening up the envelope revealed an invoice from the birthday party, saying Alex owed £15.95 as a "no show fee."
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Are you kidding me?
Read the whole article here.
This parent, thought it appropriate to send an invoice to the school for them to pass along to the child? An invoice?
For those of you that are not sure, £15.95 translates to $24.04.
You sent an INVOICE.
To a child.
For a little over $20.00 ??
That is ridiculous!
I've read a few different articles on the matter and a few points must be brought to attention.
First of all, yes.. they did RSVP. BUT this is the chance you take when throwing a child's party! There will people who make it, and people who don't. I throw many parties on a regular basis, but never would I CHARGE my friends if they didn't show!
And if you really feel like they owe you some help covering the cost there are SO many waaaaaaay better ways to get someones attention!
What she did was rude, & in my opinion not handled very classy.
You eat the cost, and move on with your life!
And you sure a shit don't ruin your kids life over $20 damn dollars!
Uuugh.
What do you think?
Was the mother out of line?
Or is this exactly the kind of brazen honesty the world needs?
this article pops up all over my news feed with a headline to catch anyone's attention:
So this little boy Alex, RSVP's to a birthday party with every intention or attending, and then something comes up last minute (spending time with his grandparents) and his parents can't find the birthday invite to inform the party host. Since it's just a 5 years old's birthday party & not a business meeting his parents figured they would just apologize to the host parent when they saw them at the school in the next few days. When that didn't happen it didn't seem to be a moment of distress, so no further action was taken.
So when Alex's dad Mr. Nash found a random brown envelope in Alex's backpack after school one day, he thought it a bit strange. Opening up the envelope revealed an invoice from the birthday party, saying Alex owed £15.95 as a "no show fee."
Are you kidding me?
Read the whole article here.
This parent, thought it appropriate to send an invoice to the school for them to pass along to the child? An invoice?
For those of you that are not sure, £15.95 translates to $24.04.
You sent an INVOICE.
To a child.
For a little over $20.00 ??
That is ridiculous!
I've read a few different articles on the matter and a few points must be brought to attention.
First of all, yes.. they did RSVP. BUT this is the chance you take when throwing a child's party! There will people who make it, and people who don't. I throw many parties on a regular basis, but never would I CHARGE my friends if they didn't show!
And if you really feel like they owe you some help covering the cost there are SO many waaaaaaay better ways to get someones attention!
What she did was rude, & in my opinion not handled very classy.
You eat the cost, and move on with your life!
And you sure a shit don't ruin your kids life over $20 damn dollars!
Uuugh.
What do you think?
Was the mother out of line?
Or is this exactly the kind of brazen honesty the world needs?
