Three of us - each have one 8 year old boy attending cubs. We take it in turns on a 1 in 3 rota to collect the 3 boys direct from school on cubs night, feed them and later on drop them to cubs. They are new to cubs so this is a new arrangement.
So yesterday it is my turn - on collecting from school, the two other boys have their book bag, a second bag with a change of clothes for cubs, their coat and their school packed lunch bag; you get the picture, quite a bit of paraphernalia.
At 6.20 I drop them at cubs. Put sundry bags and items (3 coats, torches, wellies [we have to traverse a muddy field to get to the scout hut] school bags etc) under the bench in the hall where custom and practice is that everyone's 'stuff' is left, and I hung the coats on the coat pegs. There was a pair of shoes - loose, which I put on top of the bags since i wasnt sure which boy they belonged to or indeed which boy owned which bag. I told all 3 boys (including my son) where their stuff was, physically pointing it out to them and impressing upon them not to forget it. They were due to be picked up by their dads on their way home from work - not by me.
So today I get a message from one of my friends - do I have O's school coat and shoes? I replied 'no' and explained where I left them. She pronounces herself miffed about his bloody new school shoes, and doesn't 'understand why they weren't in his bag'! I get the distinct impression I am in the dog house.....