Daughter is in year 7. I usually pick her up and drop her to her secondary school as she’s very near my workplace. Today I got really delayed (never happened before and never will again) I phoned up school to ask about after school club and they said it finishes at 5. She then said will you be here to pick her up? I said yes. I felt she was a little intense (the receptionist).
5:01 she calls as I’m on route to pick up my daughter and has a go at me that she told me it finishes at 5 and I’m still not there. I told her it’s fine to let my daughter go and she has a mobile so I can tell her where I am and pick her up. The receptionist in a very aggressive and rude way said “no! I cannot do that MUM, she is in our duty of care”. I asked her what about children that travel home by themselves! She said that’s not the issue here it’s that I told her I’ll pick her up at 5 and I’m not here.
She then demanded I drive into school and come and speak to her and she will wait, I told her it’s no need at I will collect my daughter from her usual place of collection. I then I panicked at the entrance to school where she demanded in drive into was blocked so I quickly parked on a side street near by with permits (I know!) and ran in with my toddler to collect her. I had an earful from receptionist and her colleague and was there for around 5 minutes. Came out and got a ticket for £160.
I’m really annoyed with myself for phoning school as if I had not then my daughter would just have met me in our usual meet up spot and I wouldn’t have had to park up.
Was receptionist being extra? Seriously they are in secondary school