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Report this staff member at school?

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Bellee108 · 06/01/2026 18:37

I came into the school at lunch time, visitor to the school. It was end of lunch. Over heard lunch time supervisor saying all the children are feral and then ‘I think half of them are inbred’?

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TalulahJP · 07/01/2026 09:34

maybe the little bast, er i mean darlings are inbred. there are areas around me that are like that.

i would leave it. whats the point in saying anything. it won’t change their feelings on the subject.

golemmings · 06/01/2026 23:22

In our local school, the TAs used to be called auntie because they were an auntie to the majority of the kids in class.
Rural remote community, not too many incomers and most families are interrelated.

There are about 5 surnames that I think most people within a 30mi radius can claim within 3 generations. Id say that is relatively inbred.

VikaOlson · 06/01/2026 23:04

If they were talking to another adult and not saying it to the children, I'd leave it.

TY78910 · 06/01/2026 23:02

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Really? No matter how bad your day is going, if you feel like calling children inbred is appropriate you’re probably in the wrong job. I wouldn’t call my adult employees inbred.

I wouldn’t want anyone with the capacity to talk like that about my child anywhere near them.

NopeMockery · 06/01/2026 22:54

I would report ‘inbred’. It is offensive and may potentially have racist undetones. There is no excuse.

sprigatito · 06/01/2026 22:52

The feral bit is par for the course, the inbred bit crosses a line. I would report it.

FrodisCapering · 06/01/2026 22:50

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Bellee108 · 06/01/2026 20:09

It was said to another lunch time supervisor I believe.

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Pieceofpurplesky · 06/01/2026 19:04

To be fair the kids I teach were feral
today - in the context of school kids (and animals) it means my once lovely class were wild (it was the snow today). It seems to be a word used by lots of teachers. Is it better or worse than 'little shits' or 'a pain in the arse'?

The inbred thing, however, is totally wrong.

BillieWiper · 06/01/2026 18:51

It does depend on who they said it to, what they were usually like and who heard.

LadyKenya · 06/01/2026 18:45

Evaka · 06/01/2026 18:43

Yeah, that's a fucking awful thing to say. Doesn't matter who they were saying it to. They shouldn't be working with these kids if they're so disdainful.

Well yes it does, it could have been the Headteacher they were saying it too, for all anybody knows.

Evaka · 06/01/2026 18:43

Yeah, that's a fucking awful thing to say. Doesn't matter who they were saying it to. They shouldn't be working with these kids if they're so disdainful.

wonderstuff · 06/01/2026 18:43

I mean it’s not ideal, I imagine she was having a bad day, if it was a school I worked at I’d report it to the line manager, not something that you’d want visitors or kids to overhear.

Newone123456 · 06/01/2026 18:41

Yes, the half inbred in not on. Joking the kids are feral not awful if having a bad day with them playing up etc but to then say half are inbred, that’s concerning.

LadyKenya · 06/01/2026 18:40

Who was He/ She talking to?