Child gets billed for being a "no show"

[ECB]

Can't lie- this made me LOL. I might dream of doing something like this, but to have the balls to actually DO it? But I do side-eye the dad that they had no way to contact the parents.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-30876360

Party invoice: Boy sent bill for birthday no-show 
Derek Nash, Alex's father: "It was a proper invoice"

A five-year-old boy has been billed for failing to attend a friend's birthday party - resulting in legal action.

Alex Nash, from Cornwall, was invited to the party just before Christmas.

An invoice for £15.95 was sent by his schoolfriend's mother Julie Lawrence, who said Alex's non-attendance left her out of pocket and his parents had her details to tell her he was not going.

Alex's father Derek said he had been told he would be taken to the small claims court for refusing to pay.

'Understand she's upset'

Alex's parents, from Torpoint, had accepted an invitation to the party at a dry ski slope in Plymouth, Devon, just before Christmas.

However, they realised their son was double-booked and due to spend time with his grandparents, which he did.

His parents said they had no contact information for Ms Lawrence at that time.

They found the invoice in a brown envelope in his schoolbag last week.

Party no-show invoice The invoice lists a "Party No Show" fee
Mr Nash said: "It was a proper invoice with full official details and even her bank details on it.

"I can understand that she's upset about losing money. The money isn't the issue, it's the way she went about trying to get the money from me.

"She didn't treat me like a human being, she treated me like a child and that I should do what she says."

In a short statement, Ms Lawrence said: "All details were on the party invite. They had every detail needed to contact me."

Mr Nash said he had been told he was being taken to the small claims court because he was refusing to pay.

[VillainV]

Yeah, good luck getting ANYONE to RSVP next year.

[Deleted]

Wtf? First of all, I expect to have no shows at my kid's parties. Stuff happens and people just aren't always great about letting you know. Annoying yes, but this is outrageous. Way to make your kid someone that no one wants to hang out with!!

[UnderProtest]

While I completely understand the sentiment, this probably isn't going to end well for anyone. Somehow it has become acceptable to either not RSVP or RSVP and not show up. I don't understand why this is so difficult now.

[ECB]

Jan 19, 2015 9:13:40 GMT -5 @evelynrichards said:

What is a dry ski slope?

would love to know myself!

[UnderProtest]

Jan 19, 2015 9:13:40 GMT -5 @evelynrichards said:

What is a dry ski slope?

Basically an indoor ski place.

[VillainV]

Jan 19, 2015 9:13:40 GMT -5 @evelynrichards said:

What is a dry ski slope?

An indoor ski place with a plastic bunny hill that works with normal skis. The plastic stuff is the same kind of hill that some ski jumpers practice on.

There aren't really any hills big enough to ski down in the UK, and it doesn't snow enough anyway, so some cities have indoor ski slopes (some with dry hills, some chilled enough that they make their own snow).