Nursery workers drinking at lunchtime.

It doesn’t mean that at all , it means that I didn’t specify your own children on the post as that was not what the post was about .

As I’ve already replied above - some people are ok after a glass of wine , to look after their children and some people would not be. As a parent , you usually know if you are and that’s your choice to do that ( not to be drunk that’s not what I mean ) but if you are being paid to look after someone else’s child then it’s not ok .

@DoreenonTill8 exactly that!!

How do we know there wasn't a double vodka in that coke.....

You know nothing OP, not really!

Hmmm, tough one. I think one glass of wone with lunch is fine, it wouldn't affect you and I'd rather the people looking after my children were allowed to enjoy the occasional lunch. Two glasses is borderline, but probably still ok as the were having it with a meal. I would assume their policy probably would say they aren't allowed to drink during working hours though so that then calls into question their general ethics. I've worked in several companies with this policy and when I have I wouldn't do this.

It's possible it is low alcohol or non alcoholic.
It's also very possible that they weren't going back to work afterwards, or had even met there on a day off as it was a convenient location.
Two glasses each sounds more leisurely than an hour's lunch break.

I really wouldn't jump to conclusions on this one.

She doesn't know what was in the glass, unless she went over there and tasted it herself. So that's two things she doesn't know.

It is enough. I wasn’t complaining. Just responding with facts. 😊

OP said they were having wine. Highly unlikely it was non alcoholic, because why would you, especially on the shitty wages paid to childcare staff.

The bit we can't know is whether they were going back to work.

30 minutes is plenty an hours unpaid lunch break would annoy me I don't want to hang around work not being paid. I want to work my paid hrs and leave

The OP doesn't know they were drinking (alcoholic) wine either. She just saw glasses. Personally I'd never pay for non alcoholic wine either, but it is sold so presumably some people do.

Indeed. All NHS staff on Agenda for Change get 30 mins. If we are lucky!

People on here seem to be really
confused about what ‘under the influence’ means. It does not mean ‘had a single or even two’ glasses of wine. It means that the alcohol is influencing your behaviour. So yes, unless your contract states you should
not consume any alcohol, you are perfectly entitled to have a small glass of wine, or even a gin and tonic with your lunch and the. Go back to work. So long as it doesn’t ’influence’ you. Now I personally hardly see the point of having one small lunch time wine as it would be expensive and make me tired. I hardly imagine nursery workers are earning enough that a pub lunch with wine would be their daily lunch habit. So it really does seem as if they were not at work.

'Strictly Diet coke'..... hmm so you say...
Awaiting the post
"Aibu for reporting a parent from nursery to SS?
I was on a day off and went to a pub lunch with my friend, and the pregnant parent of one of the kids at my work, was in, DOWNING vodka and coke! Who can I report this to?!'

The difference is one person is getting paid to look after their children, that's their job.

You wouldn't expect a teacher to be tipsy would you? But parents can drink and still look after their children.

You said you can't be tipsy and in charge of other people's children, which means you think you can be tipsy and in charge of your own children. So I'm asking you what the difference is.

if you're too drunk to drive you're too drunk to mind other people's small children.

Being over the limit to drive is not "drunk". The limit is (rightly) set way below the level that any normal person could be described as drunk.

Yeah I literally don't know any nursery where 2 members of staff can leave the premises together on break because staff are used to cover breaks

They were drinking wine and there were empties on the table.

OP doesn't know if they were working afterwards, but they were drinking (unless they were paying for non alcoholic wine, which tastes nothing like actual wine).

What was your friend's job?

If she was a forklift truck driver say, then reporting her just in case, and letting her be exonerated because she could explain that she was actually off shift would be precisely the right thing to do. You don't feel stupid if you report something that looks like it could be dangerous and it turns out to be OK because of an unknown factor: you feel relieved.

In the OP's case it does seem so unlikely that two employees would go back to work under the influence that it's probably not worth reporting. But if instead of nursery workers they were bus drivers then I'd report them even if I was almost sure they were off shift.

So you have no proof they were on lunch break, no proof it wasn't a non alcoholic drink .
My friend was reported for drinking at work , the person reporting them felt pretty stupid when told they were actually off shift and the client had invited them for drinks as a thank you for all his hard work.

She's got no idea either way. They could have been having a cheeky drink on their lunch break, or they could have been relaxing after a morning shift. The latter seems somewhat more likely.

No there is absolutely no indication in what the OP writes that they were working or on their lunch break or even drinking. It appears she just wanted an nice click bait title.

O I missed the part that said it was there day off, I thought I read they were on there lunch break which if that is the case and they go back to work under the influence then yes they can be fired!!!

Completely different!! You put the child in nursery because you want the best care possible for the child. Can you imagine if something happened to your child in nursery due to staff negligence because they had been drinking. Pretty sure it wouldn't go down to well with ofstead either!!!

The staff will be fine to the child. They will gossip about the mum that reports them to the manager for things they do on their days off.