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AIBU?

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To think support worker shouldn't vape around my child?

6 replies

ALoveOfBattenburg · 30/09/2022 12:29

I'm looking for others thoughts on this as I'm not sure if I'm overreacting or not.

My young primary school aged child has support workers that take them out and about. We see quite a few different ones and have never had an issue but there is one who turns up 5/10 minutes late quite regularly and on one occasion I went outside with my child to wait as the support worker being past normal collection time was unsettling them (ASD). When outside we saw the support worker by their car smoking which I wasn't very impressed by as they were already late but let it go.
However lately my child has begun to make comments on wanting to smoke and vape like the support worker does and is asking about it a lot, although they have said the support worker doesn't "blow it at them" but blows it in the other direction.

I'm not really happy about this as I hate smoking and vaping and don't really want it done around my child. I do appreciate that others do smoke and vape and I can't control that but I would have thought they could not do it when actually out with a child but wait until their shift is over. AIBU?

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Violettaa · 30/09/2022 12:41

God that’s disgusting. I’d immediately speak to whoever manages the .

CrustyFlake · 30/09/2022 12:43

It's not appropriate for them to be doing this when caring for a child. Of course they should wait until their shift is over. I would complain about it.

mamabear715 · 30/09/2022 12:44

That's awful, & I'm a smoker! Totally unprofessional.

Fitzfatsfeist · 30/09/2022 12:52

Totally unprofessional to do it in front of a child, and the fact your child has picked up on it is concerning.

Mybumlooksbig · 30/09/2022 13:52

Mega unprofessional

SacredDeer · 30/09/2022 13:54

Christ I'm a smoker and I find this appalling behaviour by the social worker.

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