I don't want late fees, I want to me paid on time and not have to discuss it for the rest of the week. I have a deadline of Sunday night by 9 PM. I only accept electronic payment. I only have 4 dck, so I check my account at 8:50 and if someone hasn't paid, I text them to remind them. It would be nice if they would just remember it, but it takes me 2 seconds and it's taken care of. I've never had someone not pay me after that. They're told at the interview that they will not be allowed to drop off until the payment is made. If they didn't pay by drop off, they would be sent home. At that point, they have no excuse and I wouldn't feel a bit bad about making them turn around and go home or pull out their phone and make a payment. They remembered to bring their child to my house, how can they forget to pay me?

When I started, I waited for payment a lot and I felt so uncomfortable asking for it. This board helped me a lot AND being tired of being taken for granted did the rest.

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