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Original poster

To be furious with school over this?

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pink4ever · 15/08/2011 15:18

My dc is starting school on wednesday. A few weeks before the end of the summer holidays the school gave out the uniform order forms. They had to be completed and returned with payment by a certain date. However due to many parents failing to do so by said date we did not receive our orders in time. We were assured we would get them before school returns.

I go to school this afternoon to collect mine and hear a mum in front of me querying that there is no blazer in her pack. I decide to check mine, Hey ho-no blazer. When I ask about this I get told it is nothing to do with office staff and I have to speak to head of pta. I am also told that I should have had a phone call informing me of incomplete order. I hadnt(order has been paid for in full btw)

I phone the women supposedly in charge who doesnt seem to know anything about incomplete orderHmm. She tells me she is trying to get to the company who supplies uniform this afternoon and that I hopefully will be able to pick up order tomorrow.

I am beyond furious. At the parents who handed orders in late,at the pta who dont seem to have a clue what they are doing but mainly at the school for their shrugged shoulders attitude.

I want my dc to have the proper uniform for the first day-it is an important moment. Also as I said I have already paid for it so as far as Im concerned thats theft-they have not supplied what I paid for.

So am I BU?

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Ormirian · 15/08/2011 15:52

LOL at beyond furious. Really? What is beyond furious? Spontaneous combustion?

Someone has screwed up. It happens. Your child will be fine and, this may surprise you, there are a great deal more important things on the first day of term than a blazer.

And where did the 'theft' idea come from Confused

ExitPursuedByATroll · 15/08/2011 15:53

Poor PTA volunteers.

Pandemoniaa · 15/08/2011 15:54

"Jog On". Now that's a charming expression that reverberated around last week's Ten O' Clock News. Each time spat out by someone with a Croydon Facelift and an unfortunate attitude. We started a small sweepstake in the end so regular were the occasions that this previously unknown piece of wisdom was uttered.

SiamoFottuti · 15/08/2011 15:54

oh and pretty funny with the " sioma-do you have a problem reading dear?" , no I don't have a problem reading, not like your problem with spelling!

HappyMummyOfOne · 15/08/2011 15:54

I hope you child doesnt lose anything at school or put the wrong top on after P.E as of course it will be more theft Hmm

Perhaps you need to help out more or find an activity/job that takes up more of your day if worrying over a blazer causes you to act so irationally.

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pink4ever · 15/08/2011 15:55

worra-hadnt thought of that. thanks.

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Pandemoniaa · 15/08/2011 15:55

But to be serious for a minute. Surely this is an issue for the European courts? Theft is much too trivial an accusation when we are surely talking about Human Rights (to a blazer).

HappyMummyOfOne · 15/08/2011 15:55

At least the staff will be able to have a good laugh in the staffroom, it will cheer them up on their first week back Grin

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pink4ever · 15/08/2011 15:56

sioma-my spelling is atrocious and your point is?

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horationelson · 15/08/2011 15:57

I wouldn't worry about it. I only send ds in his blazer when he has to have it. It looks like new and as it cost £75 I hope to get some money back in the second hand shop. Wink

I just send him in a non regulation fleece (boden of course)

pointydog · 15/08/2011 15:58

You can wear any coat to a scottish school. They're really tolerant that way.

What's your dh's take on this? Is he as livid?

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pink4ever · 15/08/2011 15:59

sioma-if you have to resort to name calling then at least have the guts not to use the strike through.

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Pandemoniaa · 15/08/2011 15:59

I hope not, pointydog - otherwise I fear self-combustion all round. And nobody likes to see that, do they?

YusMilady · 15/08/2011 15:59

zukiecat - I wasn't being 'sarky'. I was just curious. shrug

Gonzo33 · 15/08/2011 16:00

If the school have not taken delivery of the blazers yet it is really not their fault. They sound like they are on top of things and that they just didn't reassure you very well imho.

To give you a heads up. I work in a school on an armed forces base overseas. I ordered the uniform in May (15th) and only received it at the school yesterday, and we are not supposed to be at work yet but I was concerned.

Ormirian · 15/08/2011 16:01

The blazer will turn up. Or you will get your money back. Probably after the start of term when everyone is back at school. WHich is annoying if the blazer is a big deal to you. But it isn't and won't be theft.

ChippingIn · 15/08/2011 16:01

Your DH is a lawyer - has he stopped laughing at your definintion of theft yet?

It's, at worst, annoying.

SiamoFottuti · 15/08/2011 16:01

my point is you can't spell my name right so don't question my reading skills. Hmm

and having other children is a poor excuse for not being involved in the PTA. Its just a sodding blazer, it is a non-issue and you are quite bonkers.

Maryz · 15/08/2011 16:02

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bigTillyMint · 15/08/2011 16:02

Your DH is a solicitor and you had to "scrape the money together" for the blazer?

YusMilady · 15/08/2011 16:03

Sounds like they wind them up TIGHT in Scotland. Holidays dragging on a bit are they?

AgentProvocateur · 15/08/2011 16:03

Meditrina, don't quite know what happened. We were all in the playground in P1 or P2 waiting for the bell, and the janny came out and a very aggressive woman (a bit like the OP) started having a go at him. I think he'd given her son a row for something and she didn't like it.

She was shouting and pointing her finger, then she slapped him. But she was tiny, and he was tall, so she hit his shoulder. We were all open-mouthed. I never did find out her real name. Everyone gave her a wide berth after that.

Maryz · 15/08/2011 16:04

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RockStockAndTwoOpenBottles · 15/08/2011 16:04

Blimey. It's a fucking blazer. It's not been delivered yet. Big deal. Hardly worth stressing about and I am struggling to see why it's theft in the OP's eyes. God knows how you'll manage with lost PE kit/school bag/lunch boxes over the years to come.

Handy your DH is a solicitor I'd say. All those potential theft cases coming up.

Hmm Confused

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pink4ever · 15/08/2011 16:04

chipping-my dh is still at work but rest assured he will be as furious as I am over this. I would not even let him contact school or pta as he has been known to reduce people to tears when he has been given poor service.

You all keep acting as if school is doing me some big favour-I paid for these goods and have not received them. I ordered from the school so they could benfit from the suppliers discount. I could have just gone to m&s for a blazer!

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