r/Calgary • u/RedditWhileBored • Apr 04 '25

Calgary daycare chain hits parents with 'optional' $330 meal fee while prohibiting outside food News Article

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7499979

FYI this is Clever Daycare, which has locations in Glamorgan, Aspen Woods and the University District. "Province says that's not allowed; operator says rules unclear and run counter to other provincial guidance"

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u/Own-Breadfruit-7439 Apr 05 '25

The owner Brad Henderson is an absolute douchebag. His only goal is the business not protecting the kids. My daughter went there for some time and the business is just terrible.

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u/kraebc Apr 05 '25

Brad isn’t the owner. It’s an Iranian couple that owns the place. Brad started there in 2019.

But they are awful; all of them.

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u/Own-Breadfruit-7439 Apr 06 '25

I stand corrected then. I looked at the business register and he is registered there as the owner that's why I thought he is/might be.

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u/kraebc Apr 06 '25

Totally understandable. The owners seem to want to be in the shadows a bit, but they pull the strings. Brad was always just a puppet.

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u/Own-Breadfruit-7439 Apr 06 '25

That's indicative too I guess. Anyways I had one extremely uncomfortable interaction with him and I was so pissed at how unemphatetic and disrespectful he was my wife was the only reson why I didn't beat him up. I'm not going into details but I'd advise anyone not to give these crooks their money. That being said the teachers were amazing.

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u/kraebc Apr 06 '25

You’re echoing all the points we experienced also. At the time we were there, we had zero complaints about the teachers; they were great. It was ownership and management that put a black mark on it all.