Nursery workers drinking at lunchtime.

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Had a rare day off yesterday so went for a pub lunch with my sister. In there I saw 2 nursery nurses from my child’s daycare having lunch and they each had a glass of wine. There were also 2 empty glasses in the table but possibly from previous customers. I wasn’t happy but my sister says it’s there lunchtime they don’t get paid for and 2 glasses won’t make any difference. They saw me and looked a bit sheepish but it means I can’t report them anon now. I’m scared if I say something they would treat my child differently. Am I being ott thinkinb they shouldn’t drink while caring for kids?

Plus very few people have an hour lunch break most have half hour. They most likely did a 6 - 2 ish shift and went out after

As a retired Nursery Nurse this would no way be tolerated! WTF are they thinking? I would not be happy at all!

Are you sure it wasn't alcohol free? Most pubs serve a selection of AF wines & beers

I often have a glass of AF wine or peroni when out for lunch & prefer it to water or soft drinks.

I take it all of those who replied never ever drink alcohol when I'm charge of your own children.

Well quite..

No i didn't. Being employed to look after others children means you are responsible for their safety, and your contract would no doubt state that you couldn't be under the influence of alcohol.

What a mean spirited thread. The OP has no evidence that the nursery workers were rostered to work that day, no evidence apart from empty 'wine' glasses to suggest they were drinking alcohol, just a pathetic childish need to report them for supposed wrongdoing.

Please, before you go in and make a complete twat of yourself by telling the nursery manager about her drunken workers, make sure you know the facts. Otherwise you will carry the label of shit stirring fool of a mum, someone to be avoided, for the rest of your days, if you stay living in that area.

They won't treat your child any differently as they will no doubt lose there job!!! I work in a nursery and you are not aloud to drink even on your unpaid lunch hour that's absolutely crazy that people think it's fine to go look after someone else's child after having a drink.

Why will they lose their job...they were NOT bloody working.

Honestly how anyone thinks that one staff member would go and have a drink mid shift let alone two in the pub right next to the bloody nursery is just mind boggling.

The staff will be fine to the child. They will gossip about the mum that reports them to the manager for things they do on their days off.

Completely different!! You put the child in nursery because you want the best care possible for the child. Can you imagine if something happened to your child in nursery due to staff negligence because they had been drinking. Pretty sure it wouldn't go down to well with ofstead either!!!

O I missed the part that said it was there day off, I thought I read they were on there lunch break which if that is the case and they go back to work under the influence then yes they can be fired!!!

No there is absolutely no indication in what the OP writes that they were working or on their lunch break or even drinking. It appears she just wanted an nice click bait title.

She's got no idea either way. They could have been having a cheeky drink on their lunch break, or they could have been relaxing after a morning shift. The latter seems somewhat more likely.

So you have no proof they were on lunch break, no proof it wasn't a non alcoholic drink .
My friend was reported for drinking at work , the person reporting them felt pretty stupid when told they were actually off shift and the client had invited them for drinks as a thank you for all his hard work.

What was your friend's job?

If she was a forklift truck driver say, then reporting her just in case, and letting her be exonerated because she could explain that she was actually off shift would be precisely the right thing to do. You don't feel stupid if you report something that looks like it could be dangerous and it turns out to be OK because of an unknown factor: you feel relieved.

In the OP's case it does seem so unlikely that two employees would go back to work under the influence that it's probably not worth reporting. But if instead of nursery workers they were bus drivers then I'd report them even if I was almost sure they were off shift.

They were drinking wine and there were empties on the table.

OP doesn't know if they were working afterwards, but they were drinking (unless they were paying for non alcoholic wine, which tastes nothing like actual wine).

Yeah I literally don't know any nursery where 2 members of staff can leave the premises together on break because staff are used to cover breaks

if you're too drunk to drive you're too drunk to mind other people's small children.

Being over the limit to drive is not "drunk". The limit is (rightly) set way below the level that any normal person could be described as drunk.

You said you can't be tipsy and in charge of other people's children, which means you think you can be tipsy and in charge of your own children. So I'm asking you what the difference is.

Didn’t expect so many replies! As I said before I will not be reporting as it’s been pointed out to me they could have been on a day off (my gut feeling disagrees with this but there is no proof) also anyone worried about me being in a pub going home smashed to care for my kids rest assured it didn’t happen as I’m pregnant 🤣. Strictly Diet Coke for me.

The difference is one person is getting paid to look after their children, that's their job.

You wouldn't expect a teacher to be tipsy would you? But parents can drink and still look after their children.

'Strictly Diet coke'..... hmm so you say...
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"Aibu for reporting a parent from nursery to SS?
I was on a day off and went to a pub lunch with my friend, and the pregnant parent of one of the kids at my work, was in, DOWNING vodka and coke! Who can I report this to?!'

People on here seem to be really
confused about what ‘under the influence’ means. It does not mean ‘had a single or even two’ glasses of wine. It means that the alcohol is influencing your behaviour. So yes, unless your contract states you should
not consume any alcohol, you are perfectly entitled to have a small glass of wine, or even a gin and tonic with your lunch and the. Go back to work. So long as it doesn’t ’influence’ you. Now I personally hardly see the point of having one small lunch time wine as it would be expensive and make me tired. I hardly imagine nursery workers are earning enough that a pub lunch with wine would be their daily lunch habit. So it really does seem as if they were not at work.

Indeed. All NHS staff on Agenda for Change get 30 mins. If we are lucky!