I probably am but

[Loobylou3]

I am a little upset that my dd came home from school yesterday with a certificate with a completely random surname on! she is the only child in her school with her name and it is definitely her certificate but they surname is wrong!

Why don't you call them and explain and ask them to give her a new one? Tell them you're keeping them all for when she's older. Not that it should be wrong in the first place

we will take it on Monday. ..I guess I am just a bit disappointed really. I am a stickler for attention to detail so it just got me a bit cross!

Oh yes it's Saturday! Baby brain

Just take it in, and ask them to rectify it. Yabu to be upset by it, it's a mistake. Everyone makes them.

It's just a mistake which can be very easily fixed. No need to be upset the entire weekend over this.

Why does that upset you?

It's obviously just been a mix up and easily be rectified on Monday.

YABU. You're 'upset'? Really? And look - you can be a 'stickler for detail' all you like (some might call it unrealistically pernickety) but you can't legislate against other people making the occasional mistake. It's not personal and nobody died.
Get it fixed Monday.

They won't have done it on purpose-just call on Monday and ask them (in a non-snotty way) to change it for you. They did a nice thing, people are busy, mistakes happen.

Any chance that in ten years this will be one of those funny family jokes? I'd keep the original certificate if I was you.

I accept I am being unreasonable. But just to clarify the certificate is handwritten and there is no one else in her class with that surname amd yes I do know as there are only 13 other children in her class!

Someone has made a mistake. People do from time to time. I bet the teacher has done this because admin are too busy - the teacher will be drowning in reports and end of term/year stuff at the moment.

Stickler for detail with the mistakes in that first post.. Hmmm glass houses anyone?

If the teacher is anything like me, the weekly award is probably done at about 11pm on a Sunday night, if not at 8:00am for presentation on Monday morning. It was a mistake, everyone makes them. I'm sure the teacher will be mortified and replace it.

Jings it would be in the bin after a 4 holding period round here

Yabu. Just have it corrected on Monday.

My god woman get a bloody grip! You do realise there's people and children dying, that's something to be upset by. FWP

Oooh Carolborn - you did make me giggle and re-read the initial post.

My DS2 once came home with a cert with the name Alistair Campbell on it. Totally not his name though a Scottish link.
Turns out the TA was ploughing through paper work, fell into a day-dream and put on the name of Tony Blair's buddy. I didn't ask. We were both cringing by this point.

I still have that cert because it makes me laugh.

That would really tickle me if that happened to DS. Just ask for a new one.

Are you happy she got a certificate or has the dreadful name trauma put a total damper on any joy you may have experienced?
Headtilt time I think.

So someone wrote the wrong name. So what? The things people on here choose to get upset about never cease to amaze in their silliness.