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AIBU?

To be annoyed at school over this?

56 replies

OnALosingSpree · 18/03/2017 09:40

Primary school had a bake sale for St Patrick's day. DD (8) saw some really elaborate cupcakes last month and asked if we could make them. I ended up buying guide a lot of things to make them (lots more than the 50p per cake they sell them for Wink ) but she really wanted to make them for her friends to buy.

We made them and they looked awesome. She was so excited taking them in and the teachers were really impressed. All the kids were telling DD they were definitely buying guide one of her cakes! She was really proud.

So there was an assembly and parent thing in the morning. I couldn't attend so exH went.

My cakes were given to the parents! And teachers! They all ate them at the 'gathering' after the assembly.

AIBU to be annoyed that I spent about 4 hours making cakes for DDs friends for them to be eaten by teachers and parents and the kids not get a chance to have one?!

Also I sent the cakes in 2 plastic cake carriers and they lost the lid! Angry

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mynameismelon · 18/03/2017 09:42

I would be annoyed, especially about the cake carrier lid - have a word!

However if it makes you feel any better, they probably gave your cakes to the parents and teachers because they sound better than the others. Still wrong though.

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MiddleClassProblem · 18/03/2017 09:42

That I said bloody annoying, particularly as they lost the lid too. I hope her friends get another chance to sample the cakes soon

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angeldiver · 18/03/2017 09:43

My cake never makes it out of the office. It doesn't bother me, the teachers pay to eat it, so the chosen charity benefits.
I am quite flattered Blush

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chickenowner · 18/03/2017 09:44

They chose hers because they looked the best!

The lid will turn up.

There are more important things to get cross about.

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ThePinkOcelot · 18/03/2017 09:46

I would take it as a compliment tbh.

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Riderontheswarm · 18/03/2017 09:46

Perhaps you should have put a note on the boxes telling the school that only your daughter's friend were allowed to buy them with a list of their names. Everyone could do this. Would simplify things.

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OnALosingSpree · 18/03/2017 09:48

I know there's more important things but the whole time she was baking she was talking about how she had told her friends about the design and they all wanted one and how she was going to buy one for her nana.

Then they got ate by all the adults. They were really child orientated cakes. Really colourful and fun.

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Janek · 18/03/2017 09:56

I hope that they were paid for and that the money went to wherever it was supposed to go. Otherwise that is really not on.

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Chloe84 · 18/03/2017 09:58

YANBU. Did your DH hand over cakes to teacher? Could you or DH call the teacher to find out what happened?

Fucking greedy guts. That's theft of charity goods.

They should donate 50p for each cupcake.

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KoalaDownUnder · 18/03/2017 10:01

Did they pay for them?!

Still a bit shit, really.

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Littlecaf · 18/03/2017 10:01

Yes YABU. It's a school not GBBO. Be pleased that they appreciated your effort.

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Snap8TheCat · 18/03/2017 10:03

What does buying guide mean? You wrote it twice and I'm confused!

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Chloe84 · 18/03/2017 10:05

Littlecaf

The cakes were requested for a CHARITY bake sale. Not to be scoffed for free by greedy guts. Why should OP and her DD have gone to all that effort to fill teachers' bellies?

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BeingATwatItsABingThing · 18/03/2017 10:06

If the parents and teachers paid for them, I agree it's annoying, but not much you can do about it. You can't reserve cakes for friends. They could have easily been bought by other children. Would you have been annoyed then?

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EweAreHere · 18/03/2017 10:15

We would never do this in our school. Never.

I would complain and say that you hope that extra money was donated by the teachers and parents who felt so entitled to steal your daughter's charity cupcakes.

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holidaysaregreat · 18/03/2017 10:16

I am sure the teachers will have paid for them. I always pay for cakes in school if it's for a charity sale.
They could easily have been bought be some older kids or something.
Take it as a compliment!

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Witchend · 18/03/2017 10:22

My dc would have been extra proud to have their cakes used like that. Are you sure they didn't ask her first?

Our dc's cake sales always ended up with heaps left, so it will just mean different cakes left at the end, so I don't expect it effected money raised.

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NotYoda · 18/03/2017 10:23

How do you know they went to the parents and teachers?

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Crumbs1 · 18/03/2017 10:24

No wonder our children lack resilience if we teach them it's ok to get worked up and angry about such a trivial thing. Cakes were a fundraiser- the school used them to make funds.

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ElBandito · 18/03/2017 10:26

NotYoda because her ex told her?

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NotYoda · 18/03/2017 10:36

ElBandido

Oh yeah. In my defence I am very very tired. Unable to read properly

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NotYoda · 18/03/2017 10:37

I agree with Crumbs1

I'd put a positive spin on this

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NotYoda · 18/03/2017 10:39

And yeah. Fucking greedy teachers. What have they ever done for us? Wankers Hmm

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Chloe84 · 18/03/2017 10:44

It sounds like someone forgot to cater the teacher/parent 'gathering'
and thought 'goody' free cakes!'

It's not about teachers, it's about the fact the cakes were meant for a bake sale for everyone, including kids!

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honeysucklejasmine · 18/03/2017 10:45

I'm a teacher and i think that's out of order! Your DD presumably was looking around the bake sale for her cakes to show her friends, not realising they'd been eaten already. 😞

They should definitely not have lost your cake carrier lid either. Especially as the cakes didn't even make it out of sight of staff!

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