Wouldn't it be great if we all got what we wanted when we wanted it? It might be nice but it's not reality and a hard lesson for children (and sometimes adults) to learn some times.
Alex had a lady who had brought in her computer to be fixed a couple days ago. He called her Saturday morning around 9 to let her know her computer was finished and to call him back and set up a time to come pick it up. Yesterday the business line starts ringing and we let it go to the answering machine because we're closed on Sunday. The lady said something about wanting to come by at 9:30pm to come get her computer but her message had static and was hard to hear. She called back a couples hours later to but didn't leave a message. Next thing we know there is a knock at our door. I looked down at the clock, it says 9:12pm. Alex and I just sat quietly and she knocked again. Sheesh by this time I'm ready to go to the door and tell her to come back later during business hours. Just as we thought she left, the phone rings again. She left another message saying that she was trying to get us to answer the door and since we wouldn't open the door she was going to leave a check under our door and wanted us to leave her computer on the front door step so she could pick it up at 6:05am (and if not she was going to knock on our door). After leaving the message she comes back up to the door knocks AND rings the door bell. We could hear her trying to shove the check under our door but we know that it's got a good seal and it's not possible, the only place she could have possibly shoved it is under the threshold of the door which goes under the house to a part we can't get to really. She finally left and Alex went out the back door and around to see if she was really gone or just sitting out there. Okay first of all even on a normal work day we're only open till 8:30pm and on Saturday we close at 5 so coming by on a day we're closed, knocking on our door and calling our phone is ridiculous. Second, what if Alex had been gone? Who cares if all the lights in the house were on, I'm not going to answer the door to someone I don't know, nor am I authorized to handle money on a normal basis for his business. Needless to say there was no check there, we didn't leave her computer outside and she didn't knock on our door at 6am.
I also had to work today. For those who don't know I do day care for a family with a three year old little girl and an dog. This morning she finished eating her breakfast and asked if she could take a bath because her feet were dirty from running around with out shoes. I said okay and we got her up into a bath. Less than 10 minutes later she starts saying she wants out. I told her she was fine and could sit there and play for a little while longer. She cried for a few minutes and then I went and got her washed and out. I brought her in some clean clothes. She started throwing a temper tantrum because I told her she wasn't going to put back on dirty clothes. I went into her bedroom and started cleaning up all the dirty clothes to put in the washer. After letting her cry for a good 20 minutes I went in, told her to put her underwear on, picked her up and put her on her bed. She continued to cry for another 10 minutes while I folded all the clean laundry and put it away. I was shocked, well sort of. She is an only child and gets pretty much what ever she wants. I think it was good for her to cry and understand that she can't always have what she wants.
Life isn't always fare but people do survive!
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