be furious with 'light-fingered' parents at dcs school?

[northernlurker]

Went to pick dd3 up from after school club today and her coat has gone. It's VERY distinctive and she loves it . She had it lunchtime, says she hung it up and by 5.30 it was gone. Checked the whole area, lost property and outside. I know what's happened - same thing that happend with a sunhat last year - some feckless idiot will have turned up at school pick up when it was raining without a coat, seen that hadn't been taken from the peg and has pinched it. Bet it will mysteriously reappear in a day or two. At least I hope so. I'd better not be there when they return it though - I had to take her home distraught, thankfully it had stopped raining by then. Of course worst case is they've just nicked it. Poor dd3 was so sad. She really loves that coat. Her name is in it btw.

What is the point in labelling the item of clothing in a place that no-one else can see e.g. on the hem of trousers etc. Are you going to inspect all the children and their clothes? Even if you write the name etc on inside of a jumper, who is going to spot it particularly in older children?

Someone stole my sons lunchbox from preschool. With his name on it!

At ds2s playgroup I left his bag in the cloakroom. At the time he was toilet training, so there was a spare pair of trousers and pants in the bag, plus a pull-up (in case of a nap) and a pack of wipes.

When I went to collect him (he was only there for 2 hours each day), his bag had gone along with the trousers and pants - but the pull up and wipes had been left on the bench in place of the bag. So clearly whoever stole the rest had rifled through and taken out the items they didn't want!

It is beyond belief how scummy people can be.

i am the only one that has accidentally picked up the wrong item of clothing i return it

happened many times to ds too and it has been returned

though a few blazers seem to have vanished from thin air at ds school

Ezio, no they rarely clear up. I have had drawings and other paper wotnots be given to me up to five years after they have been done.
Our school gets seriously behind with that stuff.

FS. I think northernlurker is complaining about it going missing in the first place. She does reckon it will reappear a couple of days later.

Northern ..... I've just dug out an old pink raincoat of DD's. It says it's age 6 in it, but it's covered in cats, not horses. It's this one
www.amazon.co.uk/Hatley-Kittens-Childrens-Raincoat-Jackets/dp/B001I9E78S/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url

You'd be welcome to it, if you'd like. I'm just washing it on a very gentle cycle right now because it was a bit muddy and assuming it comes out okay, I'd rather have it go to a good home than be stuffed at the back of a cupboard.

Let me know.

Obviously if your doesn't turn up ..............

I added the yellow thread where the collar joins the body (above where the tie goes IYSWIM) or the bottom of the pocket opening on trousers.
On the blazer it's on the lapel seam. All quite visible if you know where to look.
Enough that it's hard to remove, not so much DS would get in trouble for "customising" the uniform.
Garish thread is readily available from the pound shop.

My sons new outdoor shoes went missing even though his name was in indelible marker inside each shoe and a pair of knackered ones were left in their place, not even the same style. I went into school the next morning and insisted that I, along with the class teacher, watched whilst the boys changed into their indoor shoes, and lo and behold, there was another child wearing my son's shoes. The parent insisted they were her boys even though they had a different name in them - cheeky cow !!!.
She had no shame, did not aplogise and gave me the evil eye for the rest of the time my son was in school.
Always, always mark in ink/or even felt pen in as many places as possible and sew distinctive coloured threads tight into inside seams etc
and, if you are not backed up by the teacher when asking for items to be checked go to the Head.
There is NO reason at all for theft of items, genuine mistakes do occur but to say that you would not notice that your child is wearing some one elses clothing is a bloody lie.

Allmycats, I'm astounded that she obviously thought she had a right to take your son's shoes and was angry at you for daring to object to such a theft. Some people really are unbelievable.

I'm another that has resorted to naming clothes with indelible marker pen.

cheaper, quicker, and easier than regular nametapes - and very OBVIOUS

allmycats what?! They had your son's name in and she still said they were her son's boots?? My God, I'd have asked the boy to hand them over there and then!!

Yes, she said that she did not notice. Did not notice - different name, different style and bloody different condition. She did hand them over there and then !!! She has obviously sussed me wrong , this was a mum from the 'rough end' of the village who had a reputation as a loudmouth and I lived in a large new build at the 'posh end' - little did she know that I wasn't a timid mouse to be bullied but that I had been brought up
having to fend for myself in a very rough West Yorkshire ex mining town.

No sign of it

Catsmother - that is a lovely coat that dd would adore and a very kind offer. I would happily buy it from you if you'd like to PM me?

There is a cream lining one on ebay age 5 which I think was listed last night as there is 6 days left on it.

Here

I think I've mentioned this before, but when I was very small, another child's grandmother yanked me when I was coming out of school and let fly a stream of abuse because I'd stolen her GD's coat. I had no idea what she was talking about: it turned out I'd taken one from the wrong peg, because I was still small and confused about which row of pegs was mine.

Luckily my childminder was full of righteous indignation and waded in, but it's a horrid memory.

Do people really steal from schools? I am

If my kids come home with a bit of kit belonging to someone else, I cut out the label, wash it and keep it. Everyone else does it so why shouldn't I?

I hope you're just baiting the OP, *LaGuardia" .....

LaGuardia, if you're not trolling, I hope you're proud of yourself, stealing from innocent children. Scumbag.

Had a brief look at her previous posts. She doesnt appear to necessarily behave very well towards her own family members, so she is probably not joking on here.

My ds has worn his new jumper once and it has gone missing. School have said not to expect it back. He lost two in the last few weeks of the Summer term. At £10 each I'm . I can't believe people think it's OK to steal uniform.

His after school club are going to check for jumpers/ cut out labels tomorrow.