To think that if you can't go without a cigarette for the length of a school trip, you should not volunteer as a parent helper?

[Greythorne]

My DD went ice skating with her class this afternoon. They ask for parent helpers to get the kids togged out in their skating clothes, in ice skates and helmets. Everyone meets at the rink at 1.30 and they children get on a coach to go back to school at 3.15 so it's a total of one hour and forty five minutes.

AIBU in thinking if you cannot last that long without having a fag in full view of all the kids (twice, and that's in addition to the one she had oitside the rink out of view during the lesson) then you shouldn't volunteer.

Back when I was at school ( around the last Ice Age ) the Headmaster used to wander around the playground, cig in hand, and if he was in a good mood he'd do this thing where he put it in his mouth the wrong way round ... Scared me for life ...

YABU. What impact do you think this had? Was anyone harmed or put at risk?

Ah, yes, you could barely see through our headmasters office it was so full of smoke. We never actually saw him smoke, though.

Someone mentioned CRB checks...wtf has that got to do with whether someone is a smoker?!

I was demonstrating the level of fussiness of some schools. How much harm can a mum already known to most children do on a trip to the art gallery? If such a person is not allowed as a responsible person on a school trip, then imagine the raised eyebrows of the HT if someone lit up in front of the children while representing the school.