Originally Posted by SignMeUp:
I had a ridiculous one, years ago. A parent did not want to pay over the Christmas holidays because her older child did not have school so she was taking time off work. She figured she might as well short me last-minute and have plenty of fun money 
I stuck to my contract and said she could certainly keep younger child home if she wished, but she needed to pay me. She politely questioned why and I politely explained that I had just bought gifts for all of the children (including both of hers), things for the children to make for their parents, specialty foods for our holiday celebration, and that I also had to pay regular bills and provide Christmas for my own family 
She said: Well if you can't afford to pay your bills, maybe you should rent out some rooms in your house. 
I don't even remember what I said, but I know what I thought 
If you can't afford to pay your bills, why don't you rent out your children's rooms? 
, just
Yeah dcm, I'll rent out my rooms just so YOU can skip a payment.
I had one dcm try to pull the same thing for Christmas, except that I was only open for 3 days that week and I lost power so I didn't open. Dcm called and asked if she could not pay because dh couldn't work (I have suspicions that this was a lie) because of not having power, I actually used my backbone and told her she still had to pay. Then the week after she said they gave money to a friend that week to help her out, I'm all about helping out, but I have a family too.