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Mr Nash said: “She saw me and asked if Alex was coming to the party. At this time I agreed and said that Alex was looking forward to it.”
But Mr Nash later realised he had arranged for Alex and his sister Lily to out for a day trip with their grandparents.
“By this time we did not have a contact number, email or an address to let [the boy’s mother] know,” explained Mr Nash.
“So on the day of the party we asked Alex what he wanted to do; he chose to be with his grandparents.”
Dad gets ‘no-show’ bill after son, 5, misses birthday party - National | Globalnews.ca
LONDON – It was not what Derek Nash expected to find in his 5-year-old’s school bag: A bill demanding a “no-show fee” for another child’s birthday party.
Nash said the bill from another parent sought 15.95 pounds ($24.00) because his son Alex had not attended the party at a ski centre in Plymouth, southwest England.
Nash told the BBC on Monday he had initially accepted the party invitation, but later realized Alex was supposed to visit his grandparents that day. He said he did not have contact details to let the other family know.
The birthday boy’s mother, Julie Lawrence, told the BBC that her contact details were on the party invitation.
Mr Nash said: “She saw me and asked if Alex was coming to the party. At this time I agreed and said that Alex was looking forward to it.”
But Mr Nash later realised he had arranged for Alex and his sister Lily to out for a day trip with their grandparents.
“By this time we did not have a contact number, email or an address to let [the boy’s mother] know,” explained Mr Nash.
“So on the day of the party we asked Alex what he wanted to do; he chose to be with his grandparents.”
Dad gets ‘no-show’ bill after son, 5, misses birthday party - National | Globalnews.ca
LONDON – It was not what Derek Nash expected to find in his 5-year-old’s school bag: A bill demanding a “no-show fee” for another child’s birthday party.
Nash said the bill from another parent sought 15.95 pounds ($24.00) because his son Alex had not attended the party at a ski centre in Plymouth, southwest England.
Nash told the BBC on Monday he had initially accepted the party invitation, but later realized Alex was supposed to visit his grandparents that day. He said he did not have contact details to let the other family know.
The birthday boy’s mother, Julie Lawrence, told the BBC that her contact details were on the party invitation.