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To be peeved off at this......

8 replies

orangehead · 03/01/2008 20:13

I wont bore you with too many details. But ds's are aged 4 and 5 and they dad is a complete knob and has let them down so many times in their short little lives. They have not seen him for two years. They were supposed to start seeing him again today under supervised contact. The place that does it is not local, the other side of the city centre. Anyway we travelled all the way there today to find out the case worker forgot to tell their dad that contact was today. I have spent all week talking to them about they dad, they have painted him a picture each to give him. I am so annoyed, they dont need this, they need more dissappointment. I even rang yesterday to confirm that the contact was still on and they said yes . I am mostly upset for the kids, but also as I am on a very very tight budget and could do without wasting petrol that I struggle to affford to put in my car, and I have so many things on at the moment I really could of done with getting other things done today. I think I need to scream

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rantinghousewife · 03/01/2008 20:16

No, YANBU, my ds' dad is just like this, manages to see him twice a year despite living less than a mile away. (Ds is a teen now and his dad is still the same.
Can you complain about the case worker, that is very remiss of them to 'forget' to tell him.

HairyIrene · 03/01/2008 20:19

what a bunch of useless feckers
yanbu
hope your boys are okay now, its really unfair on kids to do this shit
(and you too)
can you not bill em for your expenses?
might stop them messing you around again..?

constancereader · 03/01/2008 20:21

that is crap
YANBU
complain to the case worker

skeletonbones · 03/01/2008 20:23

course your not unreasonable, Really bad practice on the part of the contact centre. I would complain in writing.

orangehead · 03/01/2008 20:31

Yeh thinking of complaing, although she was very apologetic. I am a right sucker when people are nice. Plus these visits are for ten weeks, then the case worker has to write a report about it to court to decide wheather their dad can carry on seeing them or not. Thinking that maybe I dont want to get on her wrong side, not at the mo anyway

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Janni · 03/01/2008 20:40

You are definitely not being unreasonable and I think you would be well within your rights to politely ask for your expenses to be paid, given that this was a mistake made by the contact centre and that you'd rung to check contact was going ahead as scheduled.

It's also HORRIBLE for you to have to deal with your children's feelings of disappointment.

minouminou · 03/01/2008 21:04

yep....get your petrol money....show them you're a live one
sorry you all had such a horrible day

Acinonyx · 03/01/2008 21:49

I'd be really furious - yes - get your expenses at least.

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