Boiling Point

I can't remember if I've written about this before or not, but I'm writing about it now.

We're having issues with Jesse's home therapist.

Since we hired her, she's been either late or sick nearly once a week. And sometimes twice a week! I've actually been pretty understanding, I think, in regard to bus schedules and whatnot. I understand if the bus is running a few minutes behind. That doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that she sleeps in or misses her bus FREQUENTLY. And she's sick a LOT, and often it's because she "couldn't sleep last night." I've already talked with her about it. Actually it was an email, since I thought it would be good to be able to proof read what I wanted to say, have it be objective, and then get a reply from her, and have a record of it all. It went well, I thought, with me suggesting starting therapy an hour later in the morning, and running an hour later. This would, I had hoped, put an end to the issues with "sleeping in" and "missing the bus."

No such luck.

Today she called about half an hour before start time and said she'd missed the bus, and it would be another hour before the next bus, so she'd be an hour late. Well, start time is 9 am, she'd get here at 10 am, and the senior therapist, who's only here once a week to review Jesse's programs, gets here at 9:30 on Monday mornings. This is just not acceptable.

If it were me, I would have called a damn cab and gotten to work on time. There is no way in hell that being an hour late for work on anything other than a once-in-a-blue-moon basis would be acceptable in any other job. I'm sure she doesn't do this at her retail job. I can't imagine her still being employed there if that were the case.

I'm so pissed off. Why can't people take this job seriously? I hear of this issue with home therapists from other parents a fair bit. And I think it's ridiculous! What's even worse is that she's SO good with Jesse and he loves her to pieces. I know he's going to really miss her if we let her go.

***sigh***

I'm just so frustrated.