AIBU to expect nursery to replace coat?

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MNMcoating · 24/02/2023 19:37

DS is 3 and goes to a nursery attached to a private school so has a uniform including a coat. He came home in a coat that had another student’s name in it so we returned it and said it wasn’t his. We assume that his went home either with this child or that multiple coats have been switched up. His coat hasn’t been returned so we’re now expected to buy a new coat from the school for £45. His coat was named in multiple places. AIBU to think that, seeing as they lost it, we shouldn’t have to pay to replace it?

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Triflenot · 04/03/2023 20:16

Can you remember the name of the child whose coat came home with you? Have you asked nursery to check their coat or ask the parent?
I wouldn’t hold your breath though, my DD came home in too small shoes from nursery, and although I asked the parent of the child with identical style shoes whether they had got mixed up they totally denied it.

Manthide · 05/03/2023 08:11

Itawapuddytat · 04/03/2023 19:34

The good ol' days at the nursery! DD and two other little girls had identical jackets (yes, with names written inside, pricey Boden ones, what was I thinking??? a mistake I never did again btw!) and at least once a week mine will come home with the jacket of another little girl. Who probably went home with the jacket of the third girl We, the mums, even stopped messaging each other at some point about it, the jackets just got swapped the next day. This went on for about a year, until the girls grew out of them and we all bought different jackets this time Cheap ones, from supermarkets

The stuff left behind at school, later on, was something else. Water bottles, cardis, jumpers, gloves, scarves, hats, lunch boxes.... yup, very seldom recovered from the "Lost property box". What worked for us in the end was threatening the kids that the 3rd or 4th replacement item will be bought out of their pocket money if they don't look after their stuff and and insisting with "before you leave the classroom check if that you have x, y,z ".

Making dc pay for anything they lost also worked with my dc in the end - really concentrated their minds! Unfortunately they were considerably older than the OP's child when it became reasonable to enforce this. My 15 year old dd3 lost her lacrosse stick last year and really seemed to think I'd magic a new one for her. Eventually, a couple of months later she managed to locate a depository for assorted orphaned sports equipment and it was there. ( She borrowed one in the interim)

Hoolihan · 05/03/2023 08:22

My Yr10 15yo son announced last week that he's lost his glasses - for the third time since Sept.

Good luck OP.

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