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AIBU?

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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!

OP posts:

exoticfruits · 21/04/2011 14:48

Lots of people may work, but it is no reason to take it for granted.

MenaZovut · 21/04/2011 14:48

My nursery is the same, advertises as open 52 weeks a year and only closes for a few days at Christmas.

They also want to charge for the day they're closed!

violethill · 21/04/2011 15:00

Yanbu. My children's nursery normally opened for bank holidays, and charges were made all year round except for the one week it was shut, over Christmas, and easter day itself. Two weeks notice is very little for working parents

CurrySpice · 21/04/2011 15:05

Mind you, just wait till the kids are at school where they think 24 hours notice is enough for you to be able to attand stuff

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 21/04/2011 15:25

YANBU - if they were considering closing for the Royal Wedding, they should have mentioned it to parents well in advance. And I definitely would not be paying them for a day when they'd decided to close! That is outrageous.

I used to be a nurse, and my dh works for the Rail industry, so neither of us are used to automatically getting all bank holidays.

Quenelle · 21/04/2011 15:38

mrswee hasn't made any assumptions. The nursery advertises that it only closes Christmas and New Year.

This isn't about what the staff are entitled to, or whether mrswee should have checked with them. It's about the nursery changing its policy at short notice.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 21/04/2011 18:26

They should have mentioned it. It's a half arsed bank hol that lots of people are having to work on so you would assume that if it was open on Good Friday and Easter Monday, then it would be open on the 29th.

Einsteinolonger · 21/04/2011 18:28

YABU. Get over it.

dolldaggabuzzbuzz · 21/04/2011 18:35

My DC's nursery is closing on the Royal Wedding Day too.

Lousy bloody Nurseries for palming our kids off on us!

Abr1de · 21/04/2011 18:41

SOrry, missed the point about the OP's nursery normally being opened on public holidays.

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 22/04/2011 00:05

A very intelligent and well-thought-out post, Einsteinolonger. [buhmm] I don't suppose you care to explain why the OP is being unreasonable to be surprised and cross that she has had to mess her work colleagues around because the nursery that advertised itself as ONLY closing for Christmas and New Year has decided to take an extra day's holiday at short notice?

Sunshineonacloudyday · 22/04/2011 00:23

I would not have it at all YANBU. You could write a letter asking them to deduct that days money and give your reasons why and add that you will have to pay someone else to care for your child but be really diplomatic they need your money. Just remember you pay them for their services which they are not providing.

braidedsilver · 22/04/2011 00:24

This may be a difference in culture, or just business, but 2 weeks notice for a day off or for a business being closed is completely normal and reasonable here. While I can totally see your frustration, shouldn't two weeks be enough time to find a sitter instead of needing to take a day off work? To me YABU, but maybe that's just a difference in standard practice in the U.S. vs the U.K.

braidedsilver · 22/04/2011 00:32

Just saw that you have to pay the week's fee as normal. Now THAT is something to be P.O'd about.

Sunshineonacloudyday · 22/04/2011 00:38

In one of her postings she said that she still has to pay for that full week. So she has to pay for the day that they are not looking after her child and find a sitter who she will also have to pay or through money at so her child will get fed and possibly have a day out. We are meant to be in a recession in troubling times people don't have the money to through away.

braidedsilver · 22/04/2011 01:21

Sunshine,

I hadn't seen that before, and to be upset about that makes loads of sense. I'd be really ticked. I'm sure the other parents are as well. Not sure what the costs of a private nanny are there, but I opted for one so that there wouldn't be any nonsense like that. But, my DS is only 4 months old.

Bringonthegoat · 22/04/2011 12:11

It is not about having your DC palmed off on you. I need childcare while I work BH's so I chose a nursery which is open for them - like today!

As a worker who is required to work BH's the OP responsibly selected a nursery which would be open those days. It is unacceptable to decide to close anyway but to charge for the privilege is totally out of order.

As for the poster who said nuresery workers deserve time off too- WT actual F does that have to do with this? If you want BH's off don't work at a nursery which is open for them or take them as holiday (like the rest of us BH workers)

suzikettles · 22/04/2011 12:18

YANBU. Our nursery closes for a week between Christmas & New Year, Good Friday and Easter Monday and is open for the other Bank Holidays.

It doesn't matter to me because I get BH off so ds is never in on those days, but many, many people will not be getting the extra BH this year and would be quite justifiably pissed off if they got 2 weeks notice of the need to take a day off work - particularly one which would probably be already booked up on the holiday calendar.

EasterWabbit · 22/04/2011 12:24

Sorry, not read whole thread...

There should be a claus (sp?) in the nursery's paperwork (to my dyslexic eye that looks soooo wrong!!) giving their closure policy, I used to give 2 weeks notice of any holidays or other closures when I was childminding - everyone knew this as written in paperwork handed to parents.

You could have a quiet word with the administration staff (owner?) about how effective thier communications are and explain that your workplace has had to make significant changes to staffing because of the 2 week notice.

If you and your child are happy with their service in every other respect, be very grateful - that is the most important thing. (and not easy to find!!)

xstitch · 22/04/2011 12:35

I was ready to say YAbu then I read that they specifically advertise that they only close Christmas and New Year, in which case YANBU.

I am another one who is surprised at peoples surprise at people working BH. I am working later today then Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The same next weekend.

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