work colleague makes snide remarks when I leave

[bengal38]

I work contracted hours from 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday. My work colleague who is on the same grade as me and who started when I did works 930am to 330pm. I have to leave at 3pm to get my kids from school. My work colleagues husband works nights so he gets the kids for her from school. There are 3 of us that work around where the washing-up is so 1 of us puts away, the other 1 washes the pots/pans and the other 1 does plates/cutlery. When it is my time to leave I say goodbye and she tells me that I can't leave until I have finished. I did turn around once and say to her that I had kids to pick up from school. She makes snide remarks all the time when I have to leave. Sometimes (on the rare occasion) we might run over our time but she tells me that things have to be finished before we can go. Should I speak to my supervisor and tell her what she is doing or handle it myself? I don't like confrontations either - that's the sort of person that I am. Like yesterday I was asked to stay until 330pm by the supervisor so I said ok because my husband was off and he was getting the kids from school for me. When it got to 3pm my work colleague said to me it's 3pm and you have still got all of that to do yet and it has to be finished. She didn't even offer to help me which annoyed me because I was helping her before which now I will refuse to help her. What is the best way to handle this situation? She also says to me that I have to do it quickly if I am to leave at 3pm. So should I just ignore her and leave at 3pm, tell the supervisor or say something to her myself?

They clearly don't think they need 2 people until 3.30 or they'd employ 2 people. Presumably her extra half hour is for finishing the stuff that doesn't get done by 3.

As long as you know that you're pulling your weight and doing as much as you possibly can in your contracted hours then you shouldn't feel guilty at not staying on to do her work for her.

If she commented on how there was work left I'd probably say " You'd better crack on then, you've got half an hour. See ya!"

If there was no work left at 3pm then what exactly would she be getting paid to do?

Personally I would find a time to have a word with her just say you concerned that she is making comments about your working hours which imply that she doesn't understand them/she thinking you are leaving early. Explain them to her. I would always go down the route of trying to sort something out like this yourself before talking to a supervisor. If she continues then definitely talk to the supervisor.

I think I would also go to the supervisor first just so it's logged. You are working your contracted hours. The hours you are paid for and that's fine. She's being unpleasant.

If she actually leaves at 3.30 on the dot, regardless of whether the work is done then she hasn't got a leg to stand on for being such a pain! I could understand if she was last to leave and had to finish the work before leaving, as then she'd probably be eyeing up what was left to do and know that there wasn't time to finish it before her contracted hours ended. But if she leaves at 3.30 regardless, I'd be quite blunt with her. 'I work until 3pm. I'm not paid for longer, so I won't be staying for longer. Bye!' If she didn't get the hint I would complain to my supervisor.

Even though we do get paid over-time I still have to leave at 3pm to go to the schools

If you're contracted to leave 30 minutes before the others, I hope you are never the one doing the putting away (ie the last job) - again, that's for the supervisor to sort out.

"I finish at three. Bye!".Practice it for Monday.

perfect.

I bet she's pissed off because the work always does go over, so she doesn't get to leave on the dot of 3.30.
Still, not your problem. Tell her you finish at 3 and to take it up with the supervisor.
Or stick your tongue out, shout YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME and spit in her tea. Either would work.