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Teachers, teaching assistants, pastoral, etc, school work colleagues

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ton181 · 03/05/2024 16:49

AIBU for being a little peeved.............

I started work at a school about 6 months ago, on the school site support team (care taker / handy person type role).

I walk round everyday and say hi etc. to every adult that works there, and around only 5% acknowledge me; the rest totally blank me. Thats teachers, teaching assistants, pastoral, etc. After I have walked past them and they have ignored me, I can hear them say hi to a teacher behind me. For clarity, the office and kitchen staff do say hi.

I just think thats so rude; do they think they are better than me and my long standing colleagues, as they ignore them too???? My previous job titles have included Operations Manager and Office Manager. I'm in my latter years and wanted to get out of the office and have a more active role, hence this current job. (Alzheimers scares me, and being more active is supposed to be a good thing).

So, AIBU for being a little peeved.............

OP posts:
Purplepepsi · 03/05/2024 17:19

Oh my goodness. We love our site staff so much! I can't imagine anyone doing that! Site staff are in huge demand in our area I would look for somewhere you are valued more.

Shinyandnew1 · 03/05/2024 17:18

I have never worked in a school like that! I always say hi to anyone I pass and so does everyone else.

cansu · 03/05/2024 17:14

No they sound rude. I am a teacher and say hi to everyone as do my colleagues.

CaptainMyCaptain · 03/05/2024 17:08

YANBU. As a teacher I always kept on friendly terms with the Caretaker and Cleaning Staff and they would often tell me about the teachers who treated them like shit. The school wouldn't function without site staff.

Greywitch2 · 03/05/2024 17:07

How rude of them. I'm a teacher and the caretakers here are fab. I'm forever taking them biscuits as a thanks for the stuff they've done for me. (Fixed my blinds, sorted my radiator, etc)

I suspect some people are just ignorant. You are in a horrible school by the sound of it. Most of them aren't like this.

avocadotofu · 03/05/2024 17:04

Wow that's awful. That's nothing like the school I work in, everyone is super friendly.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 03/05/2024 17:01

I once had a cleaning job and one man would look the other way rather than say hello. It's rude and snobbish.

Saucery · 03/05/2024 16:55

Bit rude. Still, you’ll know who to prioritise when people need a display board straightening/new shelves put up in the library/ that weird low level smell of drains haunting the corridor outside Class 2…… Wink
Have you been introduced to the staff, either in person, or via the Newsletter?

InsolentNoise · 03/05/2024 16:53

YADNBU
They are being cunts.
I’m friendly and chatty to everyone in school.

Bigearringsbigsmile · 03/05/2024 16:52

Yanbu
This is really fucking rude
Our site team are so valued and come on nights out/ are bought birthday presents etc
Chatting is bare minimum!

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