to think this is a fake Chester Zoo ticket? Seriously, is it fake!?

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Yeah, I think we all know now, but is there like a 1% chance any form of ticket looks like this!?!?

This is basically a follow on too

FFS, I suggest anyone who doesn't understand the story, to pop over to the original thread.

The OP has NEVER built this up and hasn't 'outed' the shocking excuse of a child minder.

The OP posted looking for initial advice asking if she was BU or not. Which is what so many of us do. She does not need to be flamed for not taking immediate action.

OP, you've handled this situation with much more tact than I could have. Well done you. Do what you have to in YOUR time not when pushy strangers on the internet tell you to!

, and for you OP

Glad you got childcare sorted op. [flowers-]

This thread has made me feel I've become too old for Mumsnet. I just don't get all the "hilarity" and the Facebook comments. I keep thinking the feel of the site has changed. But I think perhaps I've just got old. Sigh.

Something blowing up a bit on MN is one thing. The Facebook attention is quite another. So OP probably didn't expect that...

There's been enough Zoominder drama so is it really so difficult to understand that OP might just want to have a nice day with her DS and will deal with things when she/the situation has calmed down a little?

Op I hope you enjoy your afternoon with your DS.

Hi OP. Sod moral high ground. Actually in this situation it's almost impossible to lose the moral high ground.

LadyStoic is 100% right in her assessment though. I'm pretty sure that if you point out LadyStoic's points and then say that unless she refunds you the cost of the ticket plus your additional prepayment for the summer then you will report it. I'd get the cash back and then report her anyway.

I would step away from the thread now OP.

You don't need to update anyone or allow people to pester you for further info.

Walk away and spend some time with your ds.

MrsBuddha I was wondering the same thing. The speed with which 'anonymous' public discussions appear on twitter, fb and the daily fail - with full identifying detail- is quite frightening. And I can't see the hilarity either, hence the flowers and cake for the OP.

Well done OP, fab that your ds will be at sports camp instead. Sorry this is really stressful right now, please don't worry about a couple of really pushy twats saying "it must be NOW not tomorrow", it's hardly emergency of the century to talk to this woman!

Hopefully whoever OP reports this to will actually do something about it. Taking children to places that the parents have not agreed to and pretending you went somewhere else is pretty serious. If I was one of the other parents, I would certainly want to know about this.

Glad you've found alternative childcare.

I'd personally be inclined to contact her today, if only to stop her calling you tomorrow wondering why you've not dropped your DS off.
But I'd probably leave it as a brief one line "letting you know DS won't be in tomorrow" e-mail with no further explanation or contact until I'd had a chance to think through all the advice about reporting, getting pre-paid money back etc, and decided fully how I wanted to handle things.

Personally, I'd also be considering leaving this thread now if I was you. You know childminder is a liar and has defrauded you, you've had plenty of advice on next steps. If you are taking things further, no point alerting childminder to your plans if she sees these threads.

Glad you've found alternative child care.

Glad you've found alternative care for your DS. Of course you can deal with this as you think best, you don't have any moral obligation whatsoever to contact her today. In all honesty, I don't think for a moment that she'll be expecting to see your son again. She knows that you know she lied. It's quite likely that she has seen this thread or the FB one by now.

Enjoy your day with DS. Sit down this evening and write an email to the CM and perhaps Ofsted. My concerns now would be firstly for the other mindees and their parents and then with trying to recover as much of the money as possible. You certainly shouldn't be paying for the rest of the summer.

Sorry OP. I have to admit that the initial tales of this thread did make me chuckle just because of the ludicrous lengths your CM went to in order to convince you of a lie. But you're right, in the real world it is not a laughing matter at all. Particularly as this behaviour is coming from someone who you entrusted with your child. Hope you and your DS have a lovely day and I hope that your CM gets her karma.

I feel really bad for the OP

Nobody when they start a thread is certain that they'll get any replies let alone two threads worth what becomes the next Center Parcs, Penis Beaker, Maui, Cheque, Jesus In The Cabbage Van, ending up on This Morning, Matthew Wright or the Daily Fail is really unpredicatable and for every thread that blows up, there are 20 more that could have but didn't capture the imagination and ended on 10 replies.

You don't owe anyone here anything OP, and I'd be upset if something personal to me went viral like this.

OP is right, she absolutely doesn't have to report things today just because someone on the internet wants her to. There is no "moral high ground" issue, and the way the likes of kirinm have allowed themselves to get so desperately invested in this is really quite worrying.

Has the fail picked this up yet?

A matter of time surely Need - they have run with far less popular/more trivial things

Yes, which is why I'm surprised it hasn't been picked up yet.

Maybe the usual reporter is on holiday

User Just wanted to say how much I admire the fact that you solidly believed your son throughout and never tried to trick him into 'admitting the truth' or accused him of lying. I hope you have a lovely day with him and that he has a brilliant time at his new activity club over the summer x

OP, are you going to pay her the notice period?
I wouldn't ...