As I said before, sometimes cancellations cant be avoided but if it were me, I would have made a little more effort to contact the BD kids parents so they would not be out the approx $30 for nothing. I guess thats just me. And I'm also guessing that I would probably be better off without friends like that. And based on this -
it seems like they really didn't give too much of a crap and I would rate that as being somewhat inconsiderate.
When I was 8 or so, I was invited to a friend's house for a Saturday afternoon, and agreed to go. This was an unusual occurrence for me, as it was a very small private school and most of us lived too far apart from each other to ride bikes in between, and this was back in the day when the kids generally made their own fun instead of having activities scheduled for them, and my normal weekend was spent either watching cartoons and playing video games or tagging along with my dad wherever he went.
The parents scheduling such an expensive bday party that someone missing is going to cause an issue is a "you" problem. I'm a parent of four kids and I've attended and put on birthday parties for years now. Birthday parties that we do and go to are more of a "if you can make it fine, if not fine, no biggie". My wife and I have learned to put them into perspective. Obviously this parent hasn't learned that.
I agree, all no shows are rude, inconsiderate, and expensive. Be that as it may, it's not a lawsuit.
My dentist in Birmingham used to charge for not giving 24 hour notice. He stopped doing that when too many people complained.
My daughter's dentist tried that ONCE. When he started losing clients and having to field a ton of complaints he figured out real quick that a dental appointment isn't the center of one's universe.
I have no problem complying with the policy.
