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

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susanandlucypevensie · 25/06/2025 13:47

My child's nursery has a queuing system and drop off can be painfully slow. You have to queue along the narrow path that runs from the car park at the back, down to the front door, with a fence the runs all along the path, then from the front door there is a gate that opens out onto the street and you can go. The manager on the door is an older lady and likes to take her time chatting to each parent, asking how the child is, getting a full handover, and if you don't get near the front nice and early you can be stood there for 20 minutes or more.
The path where we queue is wide enough for someone to stand, with or without a buggy.
There is one woman that turns up every day with one of those big, wide, side-by-side buggies for her two kids. She can't get it down the narrow path to queue, so she just goes straight to the front door to hand her kids over, where the manager will talk to her at length about each kid individually for ages. Today, she also wanted to discuss her funding so this took even longer.
AIBU to think she should bugger off with her double buggy and queue like everyone else? carry or put the one year old in a sling and get the 2 year old to walk or stand in the queue? It already takes forever and I find it really unfair she gets to queue-jump.

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Instructions · 25/06/2025 14:45

The issue here is the nursery's system. It is not reasonable to run drop off this way.

Away2000 · 25/06/2025 14:44

She shouldn’t be skipping the queue, but the nursery needs to sort it out. Absolutely no way I’d be waiting for that long to drop off kids. I used to take my child into their class and be out and driving away less than 5 minutes later.

WaltzingWaters · 25/06/2025 14:08

Yes, she definitely shouldn’t be skipping the queue. She shouldn’t have to not use her double buggy though.
But overall, the whole system is ridiculous. Most people will be dropping their children at nursery so they can get to work. I’d be late for work all the time if this was the case at our nursery! Luckily it only takes a minute to drop my DS off.

5foot5 · 25/06/2025 14:01

Yup nursery at fault here.

I can imagine working parents going absolutely spare in this situation. If nursery won't change I would be tempted to look for another. We had none of this nonsense when DD was in a day nursery. Security camera on the front door but a member of staff would buzz you in. Then you took child to the appropriate room, removed their coat and had an informal hand over to whoever was in charge of room. Same at pick up.

pikkumyy77 · 25/06/2025 13:54

Agree: talk to the nursery. A ridiculous system.

susanandlucypevensie · 25/06/2025 13:53

Sirzy · 25/06/2025 13:49

I think the nursery need to look at their system because having people waiting for 20 minutes is rediculous!

People have complained but nothing changes.
The manager is well known and well liked so I think people don't like to complain too much but if she just didn't go on and on quite so much and took her time taking each kid in, helping them off with their coat, sending them to go and sit down and then slowly coming back out to the next child, it wouldn't be so bad. It took half the time when she was on Holiday and the deputy did door duty. She's lovely, but no sense of urgency at all.

It was so nice when my eldest left nursery and school was a different experience. Just fling open the doors in the morning and ll the kids ran in together. So refreshing 😂

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TinyTempest · 25/06/2025 13:53

You’re blaming wrong person.

She shouldn’t have to rearrange her children just because the manager is ignorant.

Complain about the time wasting.

cheddercherry · 25/06/2025 13:52

That sounds like a ridiculous system so I’d be addressing that directly with nursery rather than the woman who tbh is doing what most of us would be thinking/ wishing we’d have the balls to do in that insane situation! (Obviously highly annoying of her, but come on who would endure that drop off with their kids every day!)

ShoeeMcfee · 25/06/2025 13:50

This would really piss me off. I agree with PP, email the nursery and ask them to change their system.

Sirzy · 25/06/2025 13:49

I think the nursery need to look at their system because having people waiting for 20 minutes is rediculous!