AIBU to think parents lazy and rude when they ask easily findable questions to a class group?

[BrownEyed]

On a class WhatsApp group there are parents who ask what I consider stupid questions like ‘are they back at school tomorrow or Tuesday?’. They clearly have access to a mobile, tablet or computer to post to the group. Why do they feel they have the right to waste other parents’ time rather than take one minute (it isn’t hard to find) to check the school website? In reality I just ignore it and aother parent invariably replies. I did try in the past to highlight the calendar page on the website and it went down like a lead ballon with a response of ‘I was only asking in case someone knew off the top of their head’. I haven’t met most of these parents as it is secondary, the children come from a wide area and I work full time. AIBU to feel this way and does anyone have any suggestions to bring the lazy ones to the realisation that the other parents are not their personal PAs?

I would leave the group but sometimes there are helpful things like hearing about a teacher leaving that hasn’t been formally notified yet by the school so I don’t want to leave the group in case I miss something helpful but I am getting to the point where 98% of the group chat is from Parents asking for information already available to them and it is driving me bonkers.

YANBU its ridiculous.
Someone posted yesterday at 8am 'are they back today or tomorrow'! 🤔
I think you're going to have to continue to ignore.
I find that a little self congratulatory smugness that I'm not that disorganised helps!

PS when are they back again? 🤣

A dose of smugness sounds like an excellent antidote!

I think some people might just like the human contact. Or they’re just lazy but it would be just as time consuming to ask a question online as it would to look up an answer.

BTW I don't often praise myself but I am trying to do so more!

You are not BU. A parent on our school group asked if everyone was sending their children back to school after the holidays in shorts and with sun cream and hats. I'm still wearing a coat and gloves.

Yep its handholding

Bobisbored! FFS! You don't even need a phone for that ... just a window!

I am admin on the school Facebook page. The same people message us stupid questions all of the time. Drives me mental. The page is run by parents and there are 800 kids in the school. Parents will message things like ‘hi can you tell me does jack have PE tomorrow?’ Or ‘what time does school start tomorrow?’

It's just chatting. People like to chat sometimes!

Ours is the same. We also have a local FB group for our town and there are constantly people posting asking for the opening hours/phone no of eateries - surely it is quicker to google it??

I don’t mind those so much as those directed at an individual but copied to all 30 sets of parents. So things like a full conversation about finding another child’s labellled PE shorts in their child’s bag and how they will return them.

It's probably the same people who post on the local mums Facebook group "what time does Asda shut" etc which happens all the time (especially around holidays). It's like, it takes just as much effort to Google it yourself!

Stupid questions deserve stupid answers! I’d be fantasising about doing this:

Daft questioner - “Are they back tomorrow or Tuesday?”

Me - “Yes!!”

People do it on aibu too

Asking questions they could easily check themselves

YABU, people have busy lives, and don’t remember the minutiae about school stuff, so are asking for clarification. I suggest all of you who object should leave such pages, and leave us inane question askers, to it !

But green if you're that busy you'd go to the website and check the school calendar yourself instead of having to post a question and then wait for response. It takes half the time. No people like to be spoonfed.

YANBU. Same as the people who post on the local 'spotted in' facebook pages with things like "what time is tesco open today?"

You need this:
lmgtfy.com

I would be tempted to reply every time with a link to the website. Just to make everyone really hate me!

Some of the mum's in our class WhatsApp group do this, i think they're lonely and want an excuse to chat. I respond if I'm free and ignore if I'm busy - I'd rather they sent the message than not to be honest. I've been there - skint and stuck in the house with a baby and no one to talk to and its no fun. Doesn't do any harm does it?

I’ve not come across these mass parenting whats app groups. I feel I’m missing out!

I quite like chatting. Got told off on here for posting questions I could Google. Sometimes people have different views.
Ok when are they back to school is fairly extreme but what is the harm.

Lots of people have busy lives Green

But they have to remember the minutiae about school stuff so you don't have to?

Also I asked a fellow parent today about the boys summer uniform. It is "all on tree website" but what I was asking was whether the boys actually wear the shorts or if they wear short sleeves shirts with the usual trousers. The personal touch. Luckily she was nice to me and didn't send a link to the uniform list