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Lunch box police.... again!!

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Funnyfarmer · 11/04/2017 21:31

My dd 6 has been going to a holiday club during half terms for sometime now. She's only ever done afternoons though, but due to a change in my work pattern she now has to do some full days. Today was her 1st full day and it dawned on me I don't know what the arrangements are for dinner. Do they provide one? If so is it in with the fee or do I pay extra? So decided to do her packed lunch to be on the safe side. Dd was very excited by this. She's been asking for packed lunches for ages. When I got there I explained that I didn't know about lunch arrangements and she has brought a packed lunch. They said that's fine.
When I picked her up they said she hasn't eaten much of her packed lunch because she wanted to try the dinner they had provided. I found that a bit peculiar because of how exited she was to have her packed lunch. Anyway she said dd didn't like the cheesy broccoli pasta they had provided so she had some of her packed lunch which contained.
1 ham wrap, 1 pot of mixed berries, 1 frube, 1 packed of Crisp 1 mini lemmon tart and a juice box. All dd was aloud out of that was the wrap and the fruit. But they did allow her to eat the jam roly poly they had provided. Now I've heard about the lunch box police on here several times in schools but in holiday clubs? A holiday club that the main slogan is fun. They pride themselves on being nothing like school it's just all fun,fun,fun. Surly a break from school is a break from all these ridged food rules aswell or aibu?

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Funnyfarmer · 12/04/2017 12:50

I did I spoke to them this morning. I wasn't really bothered at all by what she ate/didn't eat. Just wanted to no if the same lunch box rules applied to holiday clubs as they do schools. She said she wasn't aloud it I had no reason to disbelieve her. I no think dd interpreted there encouragement to eat something eles was her not being allowed it..
Hard to explain. Kind of like when the staff say something like.
" why don't you come and sit down on the carpet with everyone eles now"
What they really mean is come and sit down now please. There not really giving them a choice. Just a polite way to say it.
Anyway sorted now Smile

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Veterinari · 12/04/2017 13:48

Right so no actual lunchbox policing then?
Just an incorrect assumption on your part that the playscheme were judging what you'd provided because they didn't explicitly tell you that there were no lunchbox rules.

So pretty much what I said in my last post. A thread about a total non-issue.

zeeboo · 12/04/2017 13:52

For the love of God. ALLOWED. It isn't audible, it's permitted. ALLOWED.

DinoSuperStomp · 12/04/2017 14:27

zeeboo Yes that was driving me crackers too. Grin

However the OP can spell allow so maybe she's dyslexic or something.

Funnyfarmer · 12/04/2017 16:44

It amazes me how people pick on spelling mistakes but fail to understand what I've said time and time again! I never assumed I was being judged on anything! ( I do now)
All I asked if holiday clubs policed lunch box's? Because it seemed she wasn't allowed the stuff I'd packed.
I'm sorry my spelling offends you. I'm don't dyslexic I'm in work on my phone trying to really quick and it automatically changes some words.

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Veterinari · 12/04/2017 20:37

No OP you didn't - you assumed they were policing you with zero facts to support that

All dd was aloud out of that was the wrap and the fruit. But they did allow her to eat the jam roly poly they had provided. Now I've heard about the lunch box police on here several times in schools but in holiday clubs? A holiday club that the main slogan is fun. They pride themselves on being nothing like school it's just all fun,fun,fun. Surly a break from school is a break from all these ridged food rules aswell or aibu?

There were no lunchbox police. The holiday club weren't policing your dd's lunchbox. It was a total non-issue

So yes YABU.

Funnyfarmer · 12/04/2017 20:46

Yes I thought it could be a case of lunch box policing. That's why I asked if it's a thing in holiday clubs. Iwbu for thinking it could be case???
I only wanted to know iwbu about sending unhealthy snacks. If it's such a non issue to you, you could always just scroll past!
It was a issue for me

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Funnyfarmer · 12/04/2017 20:52

Surly a break from school is a break from all these ridged food rules aswell or aibu?

^^this was my original question. Nothing eles the rest was just a back story of how I came to ask the question. As it turns out the holiday club does consider "a break from school is a break from all these ridged food rules" so therefore Iwbu

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Veterinari · 12/04/2017 20:58

This thread is hilarious. So lovely to have a break from actual problems! Grin

Funnyfarmer · 12/04/2017 21:00

Hilarious how??

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