To report to school what my DD told me about this lunchtime supervisor?

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Dd(8) told me that yesterday she saw a lunchtime supervisor take a fish finger off the tray at the serving hatch with her fingers and eat it. Dd said no other adults saw, she has seen this staff member do this before.
Would you email school and pass on what dd said?

A few bits of context -

• I believe dd, she is not likely to have made this up
• lunchtime supervisor has been working there about 30 years. She’s very harsh with the kids (based on what dd has told me) and anecdotally other parents have said even the staff are a bit scared of her!
• school has an outbreak of norovirus last week so have been very hot on infection control, washing hands etc.

I know she probably didn’t touch anyone else’s food, but it’s not right is it? If nothing else it’s unprofessional and sets a bad example to the kids. But I don’t want to bother the school if it’s not really a big deal.

Would you report it or leave it?

Yabu = I should not report it
yanbu = I should email the school about it

😂

You are being silly.

It's not a big deal.

I work in a school and yesterday I ate a pear from the KS1 fruit box. Lots of children saw me. I wonder if there will be a thread about it.?

I'm a midday supervisor, although I'm mainly out on the playground. I have had the odd chip on occasion though, and last week I even managed to bag myself a small pot of melon chunks.

Melon chunks !!! OMG that takes it to an entirely different level.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Omg Lynette and sultan you are out of control with your fruity pear and melon grabbing!! The fruit police will be round to arrest you soon you know

I work in a school and all the dinner ladies and teachers come in and take the fish fingers, chips or roasties it’s not allowed in general ie if catering manager or environmental health was there they would have got a telling off but it’s not going to transfer a disease to your daughter or other children

I cant believe that it even so much as crossed your mind to report it. Not even sure what your complaint would be It's also rather odd that your daughter thought it worthy of mentioning

No-one seems to have been hurt during the theft of the fish-finger.

I'm surprised you're not more worried about the mercury.

Eye roll

My man used to say something to me when I was little.

"Stop telling tales".

*nan

I would find it impossible not to steal a fish finger. Don't give me that job.

BaggingAewa

You are the Queen of Piscine Puns!

I work in a school and yesterday I ate a pear from the KS1 fruit box

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I'm more worried about the prawn balls, Honeysuckle

A dinner lady once told my 5yo that Satan was real

Are you sure it wasn't Santa?

(Both of them are real anyway)

Really?? Im.a midday supervisor and we have walkie talkies in our school .. on Friday the kitchen manager asked if any staff wanted some chips before they went in the bin
I was tempted but couldn't leave the children in the playground
Had I have been in the dinner hall tho !!!!.
A fish finger! U need to get a grip and show your dd how to use it

It wouldn't occur to me to be annoyed about this. She ate a fish finger, so what? As long as she wasn't touching the other kids food what does it matter?

I'm afraid I would have to take this further than a report to the school, it's a serious matter that should be reported directly to the police, we dont know what else she could have possibly ate, one day shes snatching a fish finger the next she could be taking childrens frubes out of their lunch boxes. Is there anyway your child could bring a camera to the dinner hall & try and catch this sick bastard in the act? It may make for a stronger case in court. FFS 😂

I'm bewildered. How do you think they prepare the food without touching it?

I work for a MRI Academy Trust. This complaint would end up being framed and mounted in our office!.....I hope it's a school in our Trust!🤣

@LolaSmiles

It's important to consider what real issues are Vs finding drama.

I think some adults would benefit from the difference between reporting Vs tattling:

Reporting:
*Keeping someone safe
Preventing harm
Needs support or guidance to sort the problem
Deliberate unpleasant behaviour

Telling tattle tales:
Done to try and get someone into trouble
Nobody is being harmed
Unimportant/ Harmless*
Can be sorted independently

This is genuinely one of the most sensible posts I have ever read on Mumsnet. I hope you don't mind but I took a note of it, I think it's cracking advice.

Actually.... you haven’t got an older DD have you? That went on a school trip and heard her teachers laughing, which meant they were drunk?

joblotbubble
I stole it from a poster shared by a colleague in a primary school and have kept the sentiment ever since when working with parents and students.

Reporting Vs tattling is a great starting point