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AIBU?

WWYD school lunch ‘problem’

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FancifulFeathers · 14/10/2019 19:25

More of a WWYD than AIBU for traffic really!

DD (8) came home from school today and said she hadn’t eaten all her packed lunch because her bread roll had a bite out of it. WTF!

She asked if it was dh playing jokes confirmed it was not. I asked if she was using this as an excuse not to eat it, absolutely adamant it wasn’t that. Packed lunch is kept with others on a trolley in the hall during school hours.

Don’t know what to do now? If anything?

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Pinkflipflop85 · 14/10/2019 21:03

@PrincessHoneysuckle pretty much every school has lunch trolleys for lunch boxes.

FancifulFeathers · 14/10/2019 20:48

Not Yorkshire.

Will definitely say something, thanks all

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dray9925 · 14/10/2019 20:47

Agreed it really wouldn't do any harm to mention it but it could do harm if you don't xx

Gizmo79 · 14/10/2019 20:45

Yes, please say something.
History shows that people never speak up enough for children.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 14/10/2019 20:44

@FancifulFeathers yorkshire

IHaveBrilloHair · 14/10/2019 20:44

Was it like a six pack of rolls that are joined?
I find sometimes they don't always break evenly so there can be a bit missing.

Platypusmama · 14/10/2019 20:41

This happened to me at school. Me and another kid had matching scooby doo lunch boxes, one day he took mine by mistake. When I found him to trade over he had already eaten half of my turkey ham and cheese spread sandwiches. Was a very sad day for me. You should really put a trigger warning on this post OP, I’m having flashbacks

FancifulFeathers · 14/10/2019 20:41

Sorry that was directed at Princess.

Also, my DD is the kind of child of who wouldn’t say anything, she’d just eat the rest of the lunch and mention it to me at home time.

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Pinkflipflop85 · 14/10/2019 20:40

It is definitely worth a mention. I once taught a child who would take just small bits of food from different places so as not to get 'caught'.

Thankfully the child was noticed early on and measures were put in place to feed and support the child.

Elieza · 14/10/2019 20:40

I don’t think anyone is joking about those poor little kiddies. Just trying to raise awareness of how a seemingly small thing could be an indication of something serious and shouldn’t be overlooked. Nobody wants another tragedy.

FancifulFeathers · 14/10/2019 20:39

What part of the country are you

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Juells · 14/10/2019 20:37

I dunno, I guess I wondered whether school should be informed? If there’s a child going hungry or not catered for, I’m sure they’d like to know

I get the shivers when I remember that poor little Polish boy who was starved to death, who was seen stealing food from other children at the school :(

PrincessHoneysuckle · 14/10/2019 20:37

In my school we would give a school meal if a childs lunch had been eaten by another child

gingerbiscuits · 14/10/2019 20:33

Sorry - didn't interpret the references properly - my apologies.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 14/10/2019 20:32

I hope this isn't the schoo I'm a dinner lady at..we have trolleys too

gingerbiscuits · 14/10/2019 20:31

Jokes about seriously abused & now tragically dead children? Really?? Not funny.

AllFourOfThem · 14/10/2019 20:31

I’d assume it was an accident. If a child was hungry and stealing food, they would have taken the entire roll.

Itsallpetetong · 14/10/2019 20:30

Def mention it to the school. Not because your child lost their lunch but because there could be a very needy child.

Poor Daniel Pelka was my first thought on reading your op.

FancifulFeathers · 14/10/2019 20:29

Thanks all. She has a parents evening next week so a good opportunity to leave it for a few days and then mention it casually. Thanks all!

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Beautiful3 · 14/10/2019 20:27

I would mention it to the teacher. If it happens again, inform the teacher. There may be a hungry child or a child getting mixed up.

NerrSnerr · 14/10/2019 20:17

I don't think there's any harm in mentioning that it happened just in case it is happening to other people's lunches. Even if it isn't a starving child they'd want to know if another child is routing through lunch boxes.

Witchend · 14/10/2019 20:09

I wouldn't worry unless it happens again. If a child was starving they're not going to stop at one bite. They're also not going to know which child did it unless it was seen, in which case they'll already be dealing with it.

Most likely they picked up the wrong lunch box, took a bite and realised and put it back feeling scared they'd get into trouble.

If it happened again, then I'd go in and talk about it.

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FancifulFeathers · 14/10/2019 20:08

It was in a sandwich bag within the lunch box (well technically a lunch bag)

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GrumpyHoonMain · 14/10/2019 20:06

Tell the school.

RolytheRhino · 14/10/2019 20:02

A single bite out of a bread roll seems unusual.

Agreed. I do think it is most likely that a kid picked up the wrong lunchbox by mistake and didn't realise until the roll filling wasn't as expected.

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