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Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by alipang on Thursday May 23, 2013 @09:50AM (#5756786)
Kicking your kids out of that day care if you're too late too frequently is a perfectly valid market contract that'd probably have the same effect.

Not all market contracts are necessarily stated in terms of dollar value.

Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by cynest on Thursday May 23, 2013 @11:20AM (#5757297)
However, one could argue that such an agreement would only represent a codified social contract. Ie it's still "You aren't holding up your end of the bargain" rather than "the contract is for 2 hours/day with an optional extension of $100/hour each day."
Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by reeses on Thursday May 23, 2013 @02:11PM (#5758410)
Parking an old, windowless, van just off the day care property may reinforce the need to increase the priority of picking up your offspring.
Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by dennisgorelik on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:50AM (#5761323)
It may also incentivize customers to change day care.
Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by waps on Saturday May 25, 2013 @12:22AM (#5766325)
You may not know - but there's a massive shortage of day care and lots of government regulation.