To think this woman needs to stop jumping the queue every day?

Just all crowd round the entrance and shove children in

Tell woman on the door to text you if she wants to know anything and then leave.

I’m with the woman with the kids. Just all go to the front and push children in

If they can do it in half the time when she isn’t there then maybe get that person to do it.

Why aren’t there 2 or 3 people getting children inside

Definitely not being unreasonable. I bloody HATE queue jumpers - and that's one-offs! There is no way I'd put up with this and, given your reaction, I'm wondering why you - or others - haven't spoken up. Also, like other responders, I'd be asking the nursery to think about changing a system that appears to be extremely unfair. Yes, it's nice the lady at the door asks about the children. But I'm left wondering why, if she works in the place, doesn't she KNOW how the kids are doing?

Does it occur to you that she is using the double buggy on purpose, to jump the queue? I any case, the chats are too long, because people have to go to work [or not]. tell her off. I would.

She can’t get in the queue. The path they queue on won’t take a double buggy. That’s why she goes to the front door rather than queue from the back of the building

It depends on how far she walks

She might have a special permission to push to the front from the manager. If she doesn't though, it's out of order. Maybe you should just ask her, or point out have you noticed there's a queue??
What would happen if you pushed to the front?

No, that woman is being extremely ignorant if she can see there is a queuing system and she is jumping the queue daily. Having said that that system is unsustainable and I would be tempted to bring a large buggy myself or run in and say - I can’t stay and chat today so I’m just dropping the child off. So I think the queuing system needs to be abandoned. I’d raise it with principal because that is a nightmare and that kind of check in doesn’t need to happen every morning and delay everyone - that’s what parent teacher meetings are for

If she can't fit to queue then I don't think she has many options. Personally, I'd be following her lead in the hopes that the queue system falls apart.

😂

Sounds like she had the right idea tbh. More fool the rest of you passively queuing for 20 minutes, that's absolutely bonkers.

When ds3 was in daycare there were 3 workers who would have 7 or 8 kids through the door within a minute at opening time. And one ultimate pain in the arse who would start yapping to each parent, whilst a queue built. Not even always about the child, about random stuff which was absolutely infuriating. After the second time, I stopped waiting and would march past the queue to the door and say 'I'm SO sorry to interrupt but can I just pop ds in? I really have to run. Here's his bag. In you go, have a great day ds! Lovely, thanks!'.

The other parents would then follow suit and do the same until the pain in the arse worker had to cut her chat short...worked a treat.

Well not no one, I did actually, and many other mums I knew. I've never known anyone to have a double buggy and I have a lot of mum friends! In fact my second child was never ever in a buggy - at all! No 2yr old should be "running loose", there are safety reins for that.

Fair enough. She still shouldn't be queue jumping though!

No one is going to do that rather than just use a buggy, especially if carrying one and having the other running loose also means waiting 20 minutes in a queue.

Some people find slings to be more of a faff, especially having two on you at once.

Some children also dislike slings. Two of mine never settled in them but were fine in the buggy.

She's likely just doing what is easier for her, as is everyone else who has their young child of the same age in a buggy.

Assuming the 2 year old isn't disabled, then I'd be walking the 2 year old and have the 1 year old in the sling (or back carry the 2yr and front carry the 1yr old). Not faffing about with a double buggy!

It's perfectly normal for a 2 year old and a 1 year old to be in buggies. Many people there with just 1 2 year old or 1 year old will have them in buggies too so why wouldn't she use a double one?

The woman (buggy mum) knows what she's doing, she's taking the double buggy for this very queue-jumping purpose! She probably has a right chuckle to herself as she's walking away. Bitch.

”…especially as the adults seemed to want to discuss the far end of a fart…”

I love that phrase, @MyOtherCarIsAPorsche - I’ll be stealing that, if you don’t mind!

And with little ones! What about bad weather? I'd be shouting "oy get in the queue!"

I’d be walking straight to the front of the w queue too… but I’d direct my child in and say ‘sorry don’t have time to queue or to talk!
at the end of the day if someone has something to hand over they should stand and wait till all the kids are in, no one should be stood queueing after start time unless they want to hand something important over.

This sounds crazy, you need to speak to the nursery about changing arrangements for drop off.

When my DC were that age, they attended a nursery which opened at 7.30am. To get to the station, parked and into work for 9am, I needed to be away by 7.30 and 30 seconds am. I literally used to throw them in the door and speed off as I had an awful micromanaging boss at the time.

In my defence, pickups were different and more like the leisurely handover style you describe as there wasn’t the same big rush that there was in the mornings, as everyone arrived at different times.

That is not a ‘normal’ drop off system, I wouldn’t be happy doing this (any) every day, wasting more than an hour every week hanging about (if full time).

The path doesn’t accommodate a double buggy, she can’t be expected to hold one DC for 20 minutes in the ridiculous queue.

Nursey need to find a better system - and would be looking for another nursery if they won’t or can’t.

We could go in immediately due to a combination of efficient signs in with multiple staff receiving DC. Staggered start times also helped.

God. When parents drop their kids with us, it's like a mass incursion. They all just sort of charge the front gate and disappear into various stables, not to be seen until lunchtime. The only time there's a handover is if someone is unwell or injured or something requiring special management.

I was on thread where it was considered reasonable to wait for longer periods when dropping off/picking up children. It became a competition of who was waiting for their children the longest.

I had expressed exasperation at having to wait so long - especially as the adults seemed to want to discuss the far end of a fart about their child with the key person/teacher at nursery -
even when a cloud burst is being blown sideways and your nose is funnelling rivulets of rainwater down both sides of your face.

I take my grandchildren to nursery/primary school - the door opens for F/KS1/KS2 at 8.40am and then I have to wait until 9am for the nursery doors to open. Same at home time - 3pm finish for nursery and 3.30pm for the rest of the school. When it's wet weather I get drenched no matter what combination of rainproof clothing I wear - possibly due to the menopause making me sweat buckets inside the waterproofs.

On average, I wait/hang about at least an hour a day to drop off/pick up the grandchildren.

Can't use breakfast/afterschool club as children have to be reception age/in reception class or older to use it.

Why can’t the 9am parents take it in turns to line up with four other kids?

I feel you're pain. Luckily mine are older now. Our nursery was similar. Narrow path to building. Would also have the same exchanges staff and parent conversations. Some who would give them a complete run down of DD/DS for several minutes and a big line it takes time. So lining up early to get DS in on time for work was essential. Then bang on time for doors opening, a father would turn up, barge past all the (mainly) mums queueing and think he had priority as he worked and in work attire. So do bloody some of us too mate! Hence being prepared arriving early. Child was also walking and no buggy ever needed. Was younger then and no backbone. Wish I did at the time, or someone else and pulled him up on his entitlement.