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?

I cannot fathom nursery workers having the time on their lunch break to go out and have a meal off site, let alone the piss up the OP is envisaging.

"they each had a glass of wine."

What made you think it was wine in the first place? Was it because it was in a 'wine'-type glass? You don't need me to tell you that was a pretty big assumption to make.

I'm genuinely puzzled that you could feel so immediately sure it was wine that you 'weren't happy', wished you could report them because by now you're certain it definitely was wine, but feel anxious that if you had they'd take it out on your child, and come here to make a thread about it because now the question suddenly is "Am I being ott thinking they shouldn’t drink while caring for kids?" as if it's a done deal that's what they planned to do?

I mean, maybe it was wine, maybe even their second glass each, maybe they were about to head back to work semi-pissed, WE don't know. But the point is, short of stopping by their table and sniffing the glasses or asking the server or indeed the women themselves, you have absolutely no idea either, but by now the tale has grown and grown in your head.

This didn't happen.

They will get a 30 minute break for lunch.

They had either finished for the day or this is made up.

I wasn't saying they were 100% drunk at work. I said it was not being a busybody to worry about whether or not they were. It's called READING.

This.

Every word - and don’t they just.

I suspect it was alcohol-free wine.

However, the optics aren't good.

I'd report it personally so nursery can check if necessary. Not worth the risk of leaving it.

No-one knows if they were even drinking fgs, never mind over the limit!

OH THANK YOU, IF ONLY I’D KNOWN.

Where did I say they did know for sure they were drinking, or that they were working?

You didn't seem to understand @ihaventfedthecat 's point, so I was clarifying it for you.

That’s so awfully kind, how on earth would I manage without you?

I have no idea why you're being so abrasive on this thread and wilfully misreading multiple posts just to have a go at other users.

Have you been drinking at lunchtime?

Yes!

Ok, good for you. Hope you had a nice time.

Maybe log off for a bit.

Wow I work in Education, and unless I was off work I would not be drinking at all. Very unprofessional.

As I said before, how on earth would I manage….

It's not unprofessional though because it appears they were indeed off work...

There is genuinely no evidence to suggest otherwise except for the fact they were together at a venue near the nursery it's all a load of made up nonsense based on nothing more than two women who work at a nursery enjoying a meal together...

Poorly, apparently.

Stop with the logic! Imagine they had a day off and were out as friends! The inhumanity of it. The mob are pitchforked up and here you are with logic @BallerinaFall

Well actually, I’m good.

My worry would be that even if they were not at work,or it was not an alcoholic drink, that because of the optics staff will be discouraged from going out in the vicinity of work, or drinking anything that could appear alcoholic during work hours.

If I was one of the nursery workers and read this thread, I would be trolling her by drinking squash in a wine glass every time I saw her.

Op so you were also on the lash, inebriated and not fit to be responsible for your children too weren't you?
I mean you were in a PUB!!

They probably will be. And more nursery staff will think fuck this, and get a better paid job in a supermarket.

As you don't know if they had 1 or 2 glasses of wine or even if going back to work

Say nothing