Teachers, teaching assistants, pastoral, etc, school work colleagues

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AIBU for being a little peeved.............

I started work at a school about 6 months ago, on the school site support team (care taker / handy person type role).

I walk round everyday and say hi etc. to every adult that works there, and around only 5% acknowledge me; the rest totally blank me. Thats teachers, teaching assistants, pastoral, etc. After I have walked past them and they have ignored me, I can hear them say hi to a teacher behind me. For clarity, the office and kitchen staff do say hi.

I just think thats so rude; do they think they are better than me and my long standing colleagues, as they ignore them too???? My previous job titles have included Operations Manager and Office Manager. I'm in my latter years and wanted to get out of the office and have a more active role, hence this current job. (Alzheimers scares me, and being more active is supposed to be a good thing).

So, AIBU for being a little peeved.............

Wouldn't happen in my school. Sorry it's like that where you are.

This is just mot typical of any school I have taught in.

Sadly there are a few teaching staff at my work who dont acknowledge us support staff. I always say hello from the cleaners to the teachers. A few of the cleaners have commented how much they like cleaning my office as I am always friendly to them, whereas there some rooms that staff are not so friendly.

The teachers I work closely with are lovely though, not just because most of them know I have more qualifications than some of them.

But the ones who arent friendly, forget that the school needs the cleaners just as much as it needs the teachers. In fact the support staff outnumber the teachers, we are needed that much.

People are odd. I once had a classroom next to the school kitchen and so walked past the kitchen staff every morning for about 4 years. I have a cheery good morning every morning and no joke, they ignored me every single day. I found it absolutely bizarre! Who doesn't respond good morning to someone?! A lady said 'good morning' to me at 4pm today and me and the man next to be both replied 'good morning' back, despite the fact it clearly wasn't, because that is what we're socially conditioned to do!

It is strange because we are all part of a staff team. I stay till 6 and am usually the last one there and enjoy being distracted from my marking or planning to have a chat with whoever is still around so usually our cleaner and site manager. I only started there in September so they were an amazing support and an absolute hive of information about everyone and everything! I will so miss them when the school closes at the end of the year and we all go our separate ways. I will have to find a new school and make new relationships there.

Ime, teachers live totally immersed in a world of yampy children and pedagogical double-dutch. They’re either in survival mode or preoccupied with marking, prepping, trying to still prove themselves Head Girl, hiding from angry/needy parents, tedious governors or Ofsted scrutiny. They often don’t know how to relate to the real world and people who say normal things like hello. It’s a step too far when they’re ’in the zone’.

It is cuntish behaviour but I wouldn’t take it personally op.

YANBU

People like this are unkind. I'm a teacher; I'd never talk down to anyone. Who do they think they are? It's just basic politeness. Everyone contributes to the running of a school, and makes a difference, but even if they didn't, humans are humans.

Hi Wonderingwhatlifemeans, the best of luck to you.

YANBU - a caretaker/handyman is worth their weight in gold!
We love ours at my school and he never moans when we ask for something and is amazing!

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