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Same girl same. Sorry that happened! But also I totally get it. I’m impressed you even go on sundays I can’t even get myself together to do that!

I have absolutely mentioned having classes at times that better fit working parents schedules. The places around here all have like 3-4 middle of the day classes but the first class is usually not until 6:30am which is really too late. They haven’t offered other classes but it felt good to basically just say hey, you’re shutting out working moms.

Did you still have to pay for it? I can see why, if it’s in high demand, they’d give your spot away if you were late. But if there’s a 24 hour cancellation policy and you were still charged you should have been able to go in.

@macintosh: ugh, that’s bullshit if you ask me. I get it if they need to charge for no-shows because a class always has a waiting list, but locking the door like that makes no sense. As a yoga teacher, I’d rather someone show up late than not at all, and would welcome them to quietly take a spot. It takes a lot for people to get out of their houses and come to classes, especially those with young kids who work, and stuff happens that could make you late once in awhile. This isn’t a busy doctors office. It’s a gym. Let people in who’ve signed up! I don’t think an email showing your disappointment and asking more about the locked door policy is out of line... they should hear it.

Super frustrating. It’s not like you waltz in and ask them to start the class over! Like others, I would rather them allow you to sneak in and jump in where the class is rather than locking you out. If you didn’t cancel in the 24 hrs, then I agree you’d need to pay for it, but they should let you in even if it was half over or something. If there’s traffic or an accident, anyone could theoretically be late!

The same thing happened to me during my last prenatal yoga class. It hit horrific traffic and was 10 seconds late. I literally cried because I was in so much pain being 38+5. It's actually why I didn't go back to the studio after the kids were born. I couldn't guarantee life wouldn't happen.

@YogiRunner: I know. I actually talked to the owner of the studio. She asked why her prenatal students never came back. I said point blank: "you don't do mommy and me classes and you have a zero tolerance late policy. I can't risk losing $25 a class if I'm 2 minutes late because the baby is still nursing or my toddler needs a hug after getting a boo boo". It still makes me ragey that they went out of business, because it could've been such a great business model if there was a little flexibility

@periwinklebee: that would bug me so much. Being late was 100% out of your child's control. Why punish him?

I’ve been reading all these responses and thinking about it. I understand for some yoga studios having a strict time, fine. But not someplace that should also be family friendly, which by definition, anyplace that has childcare should be! So like if it was a class at a fancy elite yoga studio (so not my thing!) I would get it. But a class at the gym with childcare, it seems ridiculous.

@Pollywog: I was super annoyed because we barely missed it - like there was one kid still eating and my LO went over to the table to join, and they said while looking pointedly at me "snack is all done, go play with the blocks." I understand you can't vary your routine a ton based on idiosyncratic drop offs, but we are never normally late LO still takes one bottle of milk in the afternoon and I gave him that, so now I'm worried he's going to be upset without that later, ugh...

@macintosh: I find the subway super annoying with kids. But my husband has a pretty strong preference to live in the city, so I'm not sure we'll be avoiding it any time soon I hope your Monday is looking up now.... ugh I would have been so frustrated too....

@macintosh: Thank you!!!! I really like the daycare in general, but they are fairly strict about their routines. Pretty much everything that I like a bit less falls under the heading of too rigid routine!