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....about the giant strawberry?!

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KentMum2008 · 04/05/2017 22:03

Total first world problem I know, and I'm defo more irritated by this than I should be, but...
I got some amazing strawbs from the market, seriously huge and really sweet. I put one in DS lunch box and it filled a whole compartment (one of those sistema lunch cube thingys)
DS comes out of school and says one of the lunchtime supervisors said to him 'what a mean mummy, only giving you one strawberry. You'll have to ask her for more tomorrow' I know the woman in question she's one of the mum's in DDs class so I jokingly said to her 'I hear you think I'm a bit of a meanie' in case DS was making it up.
I shit you not, she said to me 'well that's terribly mean only giving him one strawberry, that's not enough to fill a growing boy' She was deadly serious too.
For reference, the strawb in question is below. Pretty large, and accompanied by a sandwich, a chunk of cucumber, a babybel and a yoghurt. She would have been at his table from the beginning of lunch so she'll have seen what was in there to begin with. They do a cursory sweep for contraband at the beginning of lunch every day.
Was I BU to say to her 'you're not the lunchbox police Linda, save your concern for the kids with a sausage roll and a can of Coke'?
Because her face was Shock, you'd think I'd just slapped her....

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BillyButtfuck · 04/05/2017 23:11

#FuckLinda

Orlandointhewilderness · 04/05/2017 23:11

ah awesome! YADNBU! Fizzy love it. Favourite FT moment of all time!

KentMum2008 · 04/05/2017 23:15

Fizzy has given me some brilliant witty comebacks to say to Linda the Lunch Police even if I'm only saying them in my head

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BillyButtfuck · 04/05/2017 23:16

Linda is definitely on MN and is going to give you the worst evils tomorrow at the school gate for this Grin

KentMum2008 · 04/05/2017 23:19

Maybe she'll read this and realise she was BU goes off to search threads posted by LindaTheLunch

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Peanutbutterrules · 04/05/2017 23:20

Put an entire avocado in his lunch Grin

BillyButtfuck · 04/05/2017 23:22

If you have time between packing inappropriate lunch boxes and searching the web for traces of Linda, could you fashion a similar outfit to this for the school run?

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KentMum2008 · 04/05/2017 23:24

Linda the Lunch actually dressed up as a giant peach on world book day. I'm sensing some giant fruit related obsession.

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dinosaursandtea · 04/05/2017 23:28

mangomay Classic Linda.

KentMum2008 · 04/05/2017 23:35

Classic Linda
😂😂😂

I've made DS a really normal lunch for tomorrow, didn't have then energy for antagonistic food. Next week I will get my revenge. I've seen some huge pasta shells in Waitrose, might make giant tuna pasta. 5 shells should do it.

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liquidrevolution · 05/05/2017 06:21

Grin i would definitely do that!

MargotLovedTom1 · 05/05/2017 06:31

Linda is unpaid? Shock She must definitely be a bit thick then; midday assistant is a paid job around these parts.

Trb17 · 05/05/2017 06:37

'you're not the lunchbox police Linda, save your concern for the kids with a sausage roll and a can of Coke'

Grin ha ha this thread is funny.

"Listen Linda honey, listen"

ODFOLinda Grin

AwaywiththePixies27 · 05/05/2017 06:49

mangomay that made me smile about your DS. My Stepmum, bless her she's dead now. One of my favourite memories as a child was going shopping with her and my Dad and she'd always try a strawberry before buying 2 or 3 punnets. With fruit mans permission of course. Smile

MyfanwyMontez · 05/05/2017 06:57

I AM Linda!

Fooshufflewickbannanapants · 05/05/2017 07:14

No, I'm linda!

KentMum2008 · 05/05/2017 07:23

If you really are Linda, wear your giant peach costume today so I know that you know...
Grin

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ArcheryAnnie · 05/05/2017 08:12

Linda the Lunch actually dressed up as a giant peach on world book

This is priceless. (Next time, try saying "only ONE Peach, Linda? James is a growing boy!")

darwinsbabe · 05/05/2017 08:28

Hey Linda, you're a bitch!

Wedding Singer reference Grin

MyfanwyMontez · 05/05/2017 08:30

My giant peach 🍑 has unfortunately no more but watch out. I may be armed with my giant grapes and catapult.
Linda the Lunch Mafia.

MyfanwyMontez · 05/05/2017 08:30

is not has

SparklyFairyDust · 05/05/2017 08:32

Lunchbox police GrinGrinGrin

GinSwigmore · 05/05/2017 08:51

Why are you eating Barry??! Shock
m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=wjmvEb82F2I

AwaywiththePixies27 · 05/05/2017 12:59

Bought strawberries today in honour of this thread. 🍓 Grin

Just your bog standard Asda ones though so we need at least ten each. Wink

KentMum2008 · 05/05/2017 13:07

Linda the Lunch wasn't wearing her giant peach costume, nor did she give me evils in the playground.
Margot our school does have paid lunch supervisors, but Linda is one of the few voluntary staff they've recruited because budget cuts mean they don't have enough staff to cover all tables at lunch. The voluntary staff now have special badges, my source on the PTA tells me this was Linda's idea. Obviously.
I voluntarily go in and help reception classes with phonics on my day off work, I don't get a fucking badge. Who do I write to?

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