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WIBU to get pizza delivered to DD's school for her birthday lunch?

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PizzaMom · 12/01/2019 19:51

I apparently am known as 'that' parent and have been given the side eye the few times I've gone in since!

It was DD's 16th last month on a school day. I ordered a few pizzas to be sent to school at lunchtime so she could share them with her mates in the common room. Teachers were not going to let her have themHmm and when they relented (by the time they got cold) made her and a few friends eat them in a separate meeting room when she had planned to share them as there was enough for about 20 people!

I don't see it as being that different from me bringing in a forgotten lunch box?

I also ordered flowers and a balloon to be delivered and school refused to let her have them until after school had finished.

I was trying to make DD's day special. I really didn't think would have been that much of an issue which ruined it a bit for DD.

WIBU?

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paintinmyhairAgain · 13/01/2019 12:32

has anyone reported this crock of crap yet ?

misskiki69 · 13/01/2019 12:32

OMFG. Ridiculously over the goddamn top. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

flamingofridays · 13/01/2019 12:32

Dont see the problem with it! We used to go out and get all sorts including pizza and take it back to school.

Our school served pizza every day though so they wouldnt have had a leg to stand on.

frazzledasarock · 13/01/2019 12:34

I know this is nuts. But I really want to do this for DD’s 16th!

I’m going to ask school for permission tho. Her birthdays a Monday and they’re all stressing about GCSEs think it would be nice for the entire class and teachers.

Or I’m as mad as the op 😆

frazzledasarock · 13/01/2019 12:35

When I say ‘do this’ I mean send pizzas not balloons and stuff (dd would not be impressed if I sent balloons and flowers)

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Palaver1 · 13/01/2019 12:40

You should have asked before going ahead
Please dont think its a good thing being known as a difficult thoughtless parent

SoupDragon · 13/01/2019 12:40

I'm surprised they'll deliver to a pupil at school. When DS orders McDonalds to be delivered he has to order it for delivery to the empty (school owned) house on the road outside.

CoughLaughFart · 13/01/2019 12:51

Dont see the problem with it! We used to go out and get all sorts including pizza and take it back to school.

Is anyone this dense? You really can’t see the difference between someone buying a pizza and taking it into a school to eat, and sending enough for 20 people with no warning and expecting staff to spend their time finding the recipients, dishing it all out and then finding someone to clean it up afterwards?

CoughLaughFart · 13/01/2019 12:56

*know this is nuts. But I really want to do this for DD’s 16th!

I’m going to ask school for permission tho. Her birthdays a Monday and they’re all stressing about GCSEs think it would be nice for the entire class and teachers.*

Have you learned nothing from this thread?!

A planned lesson, during GCSE preparation, being disrupted by the pizza delivery man will NOT be nice for the teachers. It will be a complete pain in the arse.

PurpleFlower1983 · 13/01/2019 12:59

Oh dear! Both you and your daughter sound very odd! Hmm

Clionba · 13/01/2019 12:59

Not only has this not happened, it seems to be inspiring people to actually do it Hmm

misskiki69 · 13/01/2019 13:18

Not to mention allergies.... thick as shite and self indulgent springs to mind!

flamingofridays · 13/01/2019 13:23

fart im not dense im just not a joyless twat.

Not sure why you think teachers were expected to "find recipients"

Ellisandra · 13/01/2019 13:25

When my daughter started her periods, I had one of those PVC banners printed and hung on our (street facing) door for her coming home, saying “congratulations on becoming a woman”.

GreenTulips · 13/01/2019 13:30

frazzledasarock

Why would you send it during lesson times and not even lunch time - not that I think you should because it’ll be u fair on the other kids -

Invite the whole class to your house and feed them pizza! Oh that would disrupt your evening?? Tut

Thewifipasswordis · 13/01/2019 13:32

Things that never happened...

MissSusanScreams · 13/01/2019 13:36

@PizzaMom

School is a work place and they are all children. Children of other people who you haven’t asked about giving them pizza at lunch time. You have no idea if DDs friends have allergies and it would be school who would be sued if a child had a reaction. Because they are in loco parentis during the school day.

Besides that the teachers at your DDs school are not her servants. They aren’t paid to facilitate your DDs deliveries, clean up after her and manage her special birthday arrangements. All of that can happen outside of school hours.

You did it to let your DD show off in front of her friends. It was a distraction. Pure and simple.

Mummyoftwo91 · 13/01/2019 13:42

Wow how embarrassing she's at school to learn not to eat pizza, why couldn't you have done that after school

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PizzaMom · 13/01/2019 13:58

Er did you miss where I have reiterated several times that these kids are 16 not 6. They are perfectly capable of being trusted to manage their allergy issues at that age and if they had a meltdown because they couldn't have a slice due to that, that's not my responsibility surely Hmm. There is no policing of lunchboxes in secondary school.

No one was needed to dish out anything Cough.

I'm assuming that a lot of you are teachers. Bunch of miserable harridans making personal insults against a stranger under the anonymity of an Internet forum.

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Dollymixture22 · 13/01/2019 14:04

I wonder are you in the states. To be honest this is the type of OTT gesture you would see on some of those reality TV shows?

To be honest, you must have known this was quite an indulgent ‘look at me, I am special and my daughter is special’ gesture.

I am not a teacher - but I would never behave like this. I think you should keep these type of gestures for outside school hours.

However, I don’t for one second think you care what anyone here thinks!!

wrenika · 13/01/2019 14:09

This has to be a troll...but there certainly are 'those mums' out there so who knows. If you are telling a truth here OP, then I am cringing for you. There's not even any point trying to explain how weird and entitled this is. And you're raising a mini me...god help us all.

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 13/01/2019 14:09

Hahaha

So far my best thread of 2019 Well Done OP , well Done . (Is that what you want to hear?)

You and your DD are attention seeking and ridiculous,

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 13/01/2019 14:10

This line alone wins for me .

I'm assuming that a lot of you are teachers. Bunch of miserable harridans making personal insults against a stranger under the anonymity of an Internet forum.

Gold.

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 13/01/2019 14:14

This is all so bizzare. If true. Not sure why anyone would think the school would just say yep that's fine!