in thinking there's some right scummy tossers out there?

[PleaseJustShootMeNow]

And that stealing something you know belongs to a baby makes you one of them?

Some scummy tosser has stolen DS's new hat from him at nursery today. It had to be an adult as it was put in his tray which is at adult head height. The scumbag also appears to be a bit thick as there were only 8 children in today and when I asked the staff about it they knew straight away who 'must have taken it by mistake' as there has only been 1 collection before DS.

Who does this? Steals something off a 1 year old who will share a class with their own child for the next 10 years or 18 years.

Maybe they took it by mistake?

Oh, they do

Some thieving b*s^a%d stole ds's car jacket off his peg at nursery when he was small. Some people just don't care

Try to not be so furious.

It's annoying, but its only a hat, and not worth such anger.

Perhaps it was a mistake.Mum dropped off and Dad picked up, and child says its their hat, and Dad doesn't know what child was wearing earlier.....

I think scummy tosser and thick are just a bit strong over a hat tbh.

Well, the good thing is that you know precisely who the perpetrator was, so you won't necessarily be causing any unnecessary embarrassment when you ask for it back, as it obviously was taken "by mistake". Unless some unknown hat-thief broke in when no-one noticed.

I had my new coat stolen from the back of my chair at a school play.

Sorry but it's only a missing hat. You don't know for certain that someone has 'stolen' it.

Same sort of scum who take waterproofs from the swimming pool changing room.

You need to calm down and think carefully before you start throwing accusations around

It wasn't 'just a hat', it was an awesome shark shaped hat bought in Singapore. He wouldn't normally have it at nursery but he decided to clean the bottom of a muddy puddle with his regular one as we were leaving this morning. :(

Someone stole my Dd's Mickey Mouse hat in nursery once. That was shit and I never got it back.

The staff said it was taken by mistake. Why do you think it was deliberately stolen? Maybe when the first child was picked up a member of staff accidentally grabbed the wrong hat, and gave it to them? I'm sure you will get it back in a day or so.

It's not 'just'. Maybe the OP's dc really loved that hat, and it's doubtful that it opened the draw and jumped out by itself.

Fingers crossed that you'll get it back

I assume you left the hat at the nursery so the child could wear it during the day?

Perhaps a member of staff left it somewhere random.

These things do usually show up again.

Same type of scum who watched my DH take the stabilisers of dds bike at the park, put them next to the bench and while watching him running round holding the back of her bike decided to take them

Knew exactly who it was - the only other person in the whole park.

It's a big open field with 1 bench on it - no way they could have "got lost".

I know exactly what you mean. We dropped a toy and went straight back for it and it had gone. No where to be seen.

Who the hell does that.

Hope it gets returned

Really, what are chances of another parent going through other children's trays(all of them? Just your child's) to see if there's anything worth stealing?

Vanishingly small, I would think.

Right one it's simply a missing hat. A hat gone missing at nursery...be prepared for this to be a fairly regular occurrence right into primary school.

Btw, it's far more pleasant to go through life not spitting feathers about all the scummy people you assume you're surrounded by.

Most people are decent.

Here's a possible scenario - sleep-deprived parent picks up crotchety, teething 1 year old from nursery having just answered work phone on the way in. 1 year old doesn't want to put shoes on. Parent wrestles shoes on, hears phone ring in bag/pocket but can't answer it; remembers on the way out that their DS had a hat and grabs hat from shelf while speeding out of the door. Realises once at home that their DS didn't have a shark-shaped hat and that his extra-special Thomas the Tank Engine hat (with which he won't leave the house) is still at nursery - or has gone home with another child.

Hopefully you'll get it back tomorrow.

We've found dropped toys before and have taken them to customer services/nearest safe place (tourist information centre etc). If you find them and leave them, someone could take them, so what do you do?

If anyone lost a toy monkey in Nottingham city centre about 6 months ago, the tourist information centre has it.

I really hope that it is a mistake and that you get it back tomorrow.
But,
I don't understand people who say it's only a hat. Surely stealing is stealing ?

Wait until school when they start taking your childs school clothes and if your really unlucky they will exchange it for their manky items of clothing!

Which is why I contacted the two possible establishments on that route.

No toy.

It's gone. In the five mins it took to realise it was missing. It had gone. No trace at all anywhere.

I'm sorry, Giles.

Thank u

If only people were as thoughtful as you lady

People usually think to check places on the way.

When ds3 was about 4, he had a watch - his first watch - and we were on an intercity train. He went to the loo, took the watch off to wash his hands, and forgot to pick it up again. When he remembered, and went back, it was gone. It was obviously a child's watch, but someone stole it.

Or someone's child picked it up, and they didn't think to ask where their child had got a watch from.

You are right - some scummy bastards out there. I would approach the parents directly, and say you think they picked up your son's special hat by accident, and you'd like it back.