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Tinned hotdogs at school

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Hotdogsarevile · 10/09/2024 21:18

I picked my girls up from after school club today. They were a total nightmare, hyper, wouldn’t listen. Even caught them putting thick paint marker pens onto the rug in the playroom. They’ve never ever done anything like this before. I drill into them that pens belong on paper. They’ve had their pens removed now for 3 days (they’re 6 year old - twins)

When I picked them up from school the after school club staff member said they they’d had hot dogs for snack. The girls started laughing saying that they were all pink and floppy 😳

I absolutely hate tinned hot dogs with a passion. I’m sure it’s one of the reasons they were so hyper.

Would I be unreasonable to ask for them to be given a vegetarian alternative (not asking for something to be made specially but surely they must cater for veggies)

The list of ingredients makes me feel physically sick. I had them when we were kids, along with the packet dried onions you added to the brine 🤢

I pay £10 for each child for after school club (I am aware that people pay much more than this) but part of the selling point is that they get given a healthy snack - last week it was yogurt & grapes - absolutely fine

so

YANBU - hot dogs are the food of the devil

YABU - they enjoyed them let them eat them it’s not like they eat them every day

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DeliciousApples · 10/09/2024 21:35

I love a nice hotdog.

Yeah they are full of crap but so is haggis or regular sausages or anything that's made of mashed up bits and bobs.

It would depend how often they got them whether or not I'd complain. The odd meal of crap isn't the end of the world but daily would be. Keep an eye on the menu and then decide how to proceed.

SaffronsMadAboutMe · 10/09/2024 21:33

They're all teeth, tits and testicles.

However, if your children were being brattish, they were being brattish.

You aint blaming hotdogs for that 🤣🤣

Hotdogsarevile · 10/09/2024 21:33

Who said anything about demanding?

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 10/09/2024 21:32

You know there's a sizeable chance that demanding a vegetarian alternative when they aren't vegetarian could well mean they will either miss out on what the other kids are enjoying - or they'll just get vegetarian hotdogs instead?

EVHead · 10/09/2024 21:29

DD used to think they were cow’s udders and now I can’t look at one without heaving. 🤢

Hotdogsarevile · 10/09/2024 21:26

I was a kid in the 80’s and we had them all the time but the thought of eating one now makes me nauseas 🤢

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AGirlInACountrySong · 10/09/2024 21:24

I bloody love a hotdog.....and yes I know what's in them!

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