Unfortunate Policy #7: We're NOT Your Babysitters!

Some say "I love kids, just not other people's kids."   As a company, we generally enjoy kids of all ages, as long as there's an understanding....

1) Personal space: Stranger danger works both ways.  I don't need a hug from you and I don't want to hug you either.  Teach your kids that it's not appropriate to assume otherwise.

2) You hired professional entertainers, not nannies:  This is a natural tendency for an event where "the adults want to have fun, but what do the kids do?"  And getting locked in a room with other people's kids to be responsible for both entertainment and childcare is a non-starter.  Hire the person for the job, don't expect any one person to have extended skill sets.

3) We can be friends or at least friendly, but we aren't entirely "your people":  Just because we're sharing a space or are together for the length of an event doesn't mean that we're going to exchange phone numbers and be in each others' weddings.  Don't assume that we have the same politics, religion, or perspective on any major subject.  Truly, we're not going to bring it up and will not be interested in casting a vote on anything.  We're staying in our lane and then getting out.

4) Don't compare us to others: "They let the kids hug at such-and-such a place, why won't you?"  Read the article on that one again.   We do things our way and have been pretty successful taking the high road for 27 years now.   Scandal free, agenda free, ego free, professional.   Odds are the ones you're comparing us to are not and in at least one of those opposite categories.

5) We have a job to do.  No scope creeping!:  We want to make good memories, but the schedule is the schedule and the terms are the terms.  Don't expect us to help decorate, clean up, watch the dog while you get ready.   If you wouldn't expect your plumber or electrician to do it, don't expect us to either.

None of this is meant to impress upon you that we're a team of crotchety old burnt out never was-es.  There is just a limit to what any decent person should expect or be expected to be or to act.   Keep that in mind when you come out of the rabbit hole of your inspiration and realize that you're engaging with complete strangers to provide a service and nothing more.