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Original poster

To be fed up of having 5 minutes of my lunch lost every day?

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Chickenavocadobacon · 04/02/2022 17:23

This isn’t a massive big deal or anything but I’m wondering if others think it’s worth raising.

I’m a teacher in a secondary school. We have 30 minutes for lunch.

The duty staff start rounding the kids up quite early and sending them in - so those of us who teach on the ground floor have kids coming in early. I had kids at my door today at 1:52 (lesson starts at 2.)

I know I could make them wait outside but that is noisy and disruptive and they just keep asking when they can come in so not exactly relaxing.

AIBU to be a bit fed up? We have hardly any time for lunch as it is.

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ShallWeTalkAboutBruno · 04/02/2022 21:09

I have to say this is a bit frustrating. You’ve got an issue, and it’s one that goes against your contact terms… so deal with it. Or don’t. But moaning on here won’t achieve anything. And it has very little to do with you being a teacher… people deal with difficult management and unfair practices in all industries.

Woodchiponthewall · 04/02/2022 21:11

Sorry Pumper, but you really have absolutely no clue what you are on about.

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Chickenavocadobacon · 04/02/2022 21:11

But the problem is @echt all they need to say is that I’m under no obligation to start actually teaching the kids until 2 o clock.

And of course I could go to the staff room (well, dept office) Or my car or sit on the toilet. Just a PITA I have to!

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Pumperthepumper · 04/02/2022 21:12

@Woodchiponthewall

Sorry Pumper, but you really have absolutely no clue what you are on about.
Why do you say that?

I’m a teacher, we need to get better at voting with our feet. As a pp said, every other industry has issues with contract terms. The solution is: do something about it. Moaning about it changes absolutely nothing.

Pumperthepumper · 04/02/2022 21:13

@Chickenavocadobacon

But the problem is *@echt* all they need to say is that I’m under no obligation to start actually teaching the kids until 2 o clock.

And of course I could go to the staff room (well, dept office) Or my car or sit on the toilet. Just a PITA I have to!

What do the fire regulations say about corridor use?
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Chickenavocadobacon · 04/02/2022 21:13

@ShallWeTalkAboutBruno

But I do say that it’s not a massive deal or anything. I’d had a rushed day and then I had five minutes earlier and posted about it to see what others thought.

I mean, it frustrates me as well and I can mention it to SLT during the next well-being meeting but as I’ve said I’m positive nothing will change! They’ll just say to make them line up outside.

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woodhill · 04/02/2022 21:14

Hide somewhere else till 1400

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AutomaticMoon · 04/02/2022 21:15

Blinds on window or curtain, tell them to be quiet in the corridor or if you let them in

Fredstheteds · 04/02/2022 21:15

Always the same as a secondary teacher and expected that at 2 we would be teaching

Woodchiponthewall · 04/02/2022 21:18

Right, great plan.

Did you not read where I have said I raised it? It was soon shut down. If you can raise a legitimate issue and it be resolved fairly through discussion, perhaps with a congratulations for being such an assertive badass for raising it in the first place, then you work in a very different school to me (and most others I’d vouch).

Pumperthepumper · 04/02/2022 21:19

@Woodchiponthewall

Right, great plan.

Did you not read where I have said I raised it? It was soon shut down. If you can raise a legitimate issue and it be resolved fairly through discussion, perhaps with a congratulations for being such an assertive badass for raising it in the first place, then you work in a very different school to me (and most others I’d vouch).

It’s only shut down when you decide to stop mentioning it.
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Chickenavocadobacon · 04/02/2022 21:21

Doing one’s best has nothing to do with lunch times!

@Pumperthepumper the problem is, I have seen you do this before on so many threads and it is like watching a fly buzzing endlessly at a window and nearly as annoying. You go on and on, repeating the same point and it doesn’t seem to matter how many times it’s responded to or explained to you.

This is not the huge deal you and a couple of others are making it out to be. It’s annoying and I was a bit put out today because the kids were ridiculously early and I teach all day on Fridays (and Tuesdays and Thursdays actually) and by all means I can mention it to SLT but as anyone who has ever spent time in a school will know mentioning something to SLT and SLT bringing about meaningful changes are hardly the same thing.

If you could STOP the endless ‘but have you’ it would be really good. Believe me, it’s more annoying than early kids.

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Chickenavocadobacon · 04/02/2022 21:21

@Woodchiponthewall

Right, great plan.

Did you not read where I have said I raised it? It was soon shut down. If you can raise a legitimate issue and it be resolved fairly through discussion, perhaps with a congratulations for being such an assertive badass for raising it in the first place, then you work in a very different school to me (and most others I’d vouch).

This is what she does. Time and time again.
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RockingMyFiftiesNot · 04/02/2022 21:23

You could leave teaching and hop over to my job where we don't have time for lunch?

Pumperthepumper · 04/02/2022 21:25

@Chickenavocadobacon

Doing one’s best has nothing to do with lunch times!

@Pumperthepumper the problem is, I have seen you do this before on so many threads and it is like watching a fly buzzing endlessly at a window and nearly as annoying. You go on and on, repeating the same point and it doesn’t seem to matter how many times it’s responded to or explained to you.

This is not the huge deal you and a couple of others are making it out to be. It’s annoying and I was a bit put out today because the kids were ridiculously early and I teach all day on Fridays (and Tuesdays and Thursdays actually) and by all means I can mention it to SLT but as anyone who has ever spent time in a school will know mentioning something to SLT and SLT bringing about meaningful changes are hardly the same thing.

If you could STOP the endless ‘but have you’ it would be really good. Believe me, it’s more annoying than early kids.

I don’t recognise your username, so it’s hard for me to judge your previous contributions to threads I’ve been on.

But the facts are, as teachers, if we want our working conditions to improve, we need to get better at making our voices heard. If you’re unwilling to do that, that’s your decision. But nobody is doing it for you.

Woodchiponthewall · 04/02/2022 21:26

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Pumperthepumper · 04/02/2022 21:26

@Chickenavocadobacon the personal attacks are a bit annoying though. And unnecessary, I haven’t done that to you.

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Chickenavocadobacon · 04/02/2022 21:27

@RockingMyFiftiesNot

You could leave teaching and hop over to my job where we don't have time for lunch?
Do you feel good now you’ve put me in my place good and proper?
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Pumperthepumper · 04/02/2022 21:27

@Woodchiponthewall

I think it might be because she is better than you. And me. And all the other teachers. I’ve met a lot of pumpers Wink Best of luck getting through the last few weeks of winter half term chickenavocadobacon.
Good luck with your career.
Sideswiped · 04/02/2022 21:28

@Pumperthepumper, would you care to share with the rest us lesser beings how you came to that conclusion? Because I'm clearly not seeing it.

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Chickenavocadobacon · 04/02/2022 21:28

Pumper, it isn’t actually intended as a personal attack. If you can’t see that your posting style gets peoples backs up and causes arguments and bad feeling - well, sorry, but it does. And it’s almost always on school threads. It’s pretty toxic tbh.

Fine to say ‘I think you should raise it with SLT.’ But when you repeatedly post the same thing over and over, it just turns the threads into tedious arguments.

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RockingMyFiftiesNot · 04/02/2022 21:28

That wasn't my intention, I'm sorry, but I'd give anything to lose only 5 minutes of my lunch each day

Pumperthepumper · 04/02/2022 21:29

[quote Sideswiped]@Pumperthepumper, would you care to share with the rest us lesser beings how you came to that conclusion? Because I'm clearly not seeing it.[/quote]
What conclusion?