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AIBU to be pee'd off at nursery being closed for royal wedding?

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mrswee · 21/04/2011 12:47

AIBU to be pee'd off at nursery being closed for royal wedding? WITH ONLY TWO WEEKS NOTICE, of which the 'notice' was a hand written poster on the front door to read as you leave? No letter home, nothing.

My dd's nursery is lovely but very disorganised when it comes to invoicing and when it comes to important information like the above. I really really like all the staff and the owner but it's starting to get my goat and this time I'm really pisssed off about this holiday as they advertise themselves as ONLY closed at xmas and NY and I have had to tell my work at very short notice that I need the day off now, I feel this has left people at my work wondering if I really need the day off or if I'm trying to pull a fast one!

I don't know if I should complain to the nursery about the lack of information/total short notice or if I should just leave it and pick my battles!

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KatyMac · 21/04/2011 12:49

I can understand your frustration

I advertise that I close all bank holidays & have fielded about 10 phone calls/texts/emails asking if we are open Good Friday, Easter Monday, RW Day & May Bank holiday

cupofteaplease · 21/04/2011 12:49

I am surprised they are open for all other bank holidays- it certainly isnt normal for nurseries around here.

keepingupwiththejoneses · 21/04/2011 12:49

YABU it is a bank holiday and has been since the day it was announced. I would have thought it was obvious they would close, you wouldn't expect them to be open an good friday would you.

LoveBeingAbleToNamechange · 21/04/2011 12:50

Do they normally open for bank hols?

BeerTricksPotter · 21/04/2011 12:50

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BikeRunSki · 21/04/2011 12:50

But it was announced as a bank holiday months ago - surely it would have occurred to you to ask before now. I think it is reasonable to assume nurseries will be closed on BHs.

I am pissed off that ours is closed because it is our wedding anniversary and we can't leave DS at nursery and go out for a grown up day out (mountain biking, nothing rude) like we usually do.

LittlePickleHead · 21/04/2011 12:52

Bike if you read the OP they advertise as ONLY closing Christmas and NY therefore that implies they open bank holidays.

YANBU not everyone gets that day off, very annoying if you are then stuck for childcare!

LIZS · 21/04/2011 12:53

I suspect the notice is only because someone has asked for confirmation - the date was announced in November ! yabu to expect them to be open on a bh unless they normally do.

ShatnersBassoon · 21/04/2011 12:54

I don't think two weeks is short notice. It would give most people time to make alternative arrangements I would have thought.

Assuming you're using annual leave on the day in question, why would anyone at work think you're trying to pull a fast one?

mumtoabeautifulbabyboy · 21/04/2011 12:54

Well I suppose you are not BU if they advertise themselves as only closed for Christmas and NewYear, do they not close for any of the other bank holidays - if not then you are really lucky as this is really rare!

However, I didn't receive any additional info about my DS's nursery being closed for the wedding, I just assume it is closed becasue it is a bank holiday. The nursery staff are entitled to the bank holiday as well. I know I am lucky work wise because as a teacher, all the schools are also closed becasue it is a bank holiday.

The lack of short notice in other areas would definitely annoy me.

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mrswee · 21/04/2011 12:55

keepingupwiththejoneses - they are open all other bank holidays except xmas day and new years day so I wasn't expecting it in the slightest!

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Bringonthegoat · 21/04/2011 12:56

YANBU - totally out of order, definately complain.

DD's nursery is advertised as open all year and will be for all BH's - it is one of the reasons I picked it as I have to work BH's. I would be furious if this happened to me.

bobala · 21/04/2011 12:57

I am surprised you have to work yourself on that day?

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mrswee · 21/04/2011 12:58

ShatnersBassoon. I work shifts at my work and we don't get public holidays as standard. The rota is already done for this month, so people have had to change around and cover for me, spoiling their own plans so i can have the day off on a public holiday and they can't. IYSWIM.
If we had known in advance or I had expected it I could have given fair warning before the rota was made

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Bringonthegoat · 21/04/2011 12:59

Am loving the hilarious attitude to working on BH's - who do you think those people are in the places you frequent on BH's? Confused Grin

GwendolineMaryLacey · 21/04/2011 12:59

If they are open all the other bank hols then you would have been justified in assuming that this one was no different so YANBU. Iit would royally (see what I did there? :o) piss me off to be given such short notice.

Champersonice · 21/04/2011 12:59

Oh dear, Bike, how very inconvenient and rude that your DS is going to get in the way of your wedding anniversary! Shock

Bucharest · 21/04/2011 13:00

People are still going to give birth, have heart attacks and car crashes on Royal Wedding Day....presumably some people will have to work Hmm

OP YANBU under the circumstances you describe.

bobala · 21/04/2011 13:01

It is a bit of a dodgy one - I am a teacher and so will be back at work 2 days and then off for 4 -I have a strong feeling that half my class will not be appearing until after the May bank holiday as I am sure lots of parents will be sensibly using the long weekend and paltry 2 days of school to get in a weeks hols somewhere, and who can blame them!

Gemsy83 · 21/04/2011 13:01

Why are you 'surprised' people have to work on that day Bobola? Do you think everyone has a 9-5 shop/office job?

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mrswee · 21/04/2011 13:02

Sorry just to clarify.

The nursery does not normally close for any other bank or public holidays other than xmas and NY.

The reason I chose my nursery.

PLUS we are expected to pay that weeks fees as normal!!

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bobala · 21/04/2011 13:06

not at all - it just seems that with all the madness and build up to this wedding the whole world is surely going to stop for 12 hours and either sit in front of the TV, head up to London to wave a flag, or have a jolly street party with neighbours they dont speak to the rest of the year!? Wink

Gemsy83 · 21/04/2011 13:08

Nope- many people will actually be doing something useful to other people.

Rosebud05 · 21/04/2011 13:10

It's very unusual to have a nursery that doesn't close on 'ordinary' bank holidays.

In that case, I would say that you are not being unreasonable - this isn't ordinarily how they treat bank holidays.

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