I dropped my son to preschool at snack time today. There were about 12 children and 30+ plastic plates. One little lad asked very nicely if he could have a green plate, and was told "No he had to have the one on the top. He looked so sad and disappointed. Sunk into himself and looked down at the table. No fuss, just sad. The little girl next to him was given the green plate which was next in the pile, She Said "Here J have my green one", and the member of staff said "No that it your plate, J has to have the orange one."
Leaving 2 disheartened children.
I thought it was a pretty reasonable request and the little girl was really kind, but both had snack feeling sad, in my opinion, unnecessarily.
I know in the scheme of things it is not incredibly important, but made me wonder what other pedantic rules they may have there.
It has played on my mind - still thinking about it a few hours later.
I won't be losing any sleep over it!
Just wondered what others thought.
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Lesson learnt or unnecessary upset?
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PanannyPanoo · 20/07/2017 17:43
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