Bit of a rant here but I was just coming out of ds's nursery yesterday when there was another mum waiting at the (locked) door. Because I didn't recognise her, I asked her to wait for one of the staff to come(there is a sign that clearly asks parents not to let others in if we don't know them and she'd rung the bell so someone would have been there quickly).
The door is locked but not manned sometimes and if another parent is waiting often people going out let them in but most of us only do this if we know them.
I politely asked her to wait and she started saying 'you think you're the manager don't you?' repeatedly to which I calmly and patiently said 'obviously no I don't think I'm the nursery manager I'm just following policy of not letting people we don't know in for the sake of safety' etc.
She claimed I did know her as I had said hello to her once (this might be true but it is a big nursery with a lot of parents and if I say hello once whilst dashing out or in with ds that doesn't mean I'll remember them however much later). She also said 'but I've been here a year and everyone knows me'.
I even said it was nothing personal and was ultra polite but she started really ranting at me until some staff came and she was saying how upset she was and acting like I'd been totally unreasonable for not letting her in and again saying 'she thinks she's the manager'
At one stage she also asked me what I do for a living and I said I didn't see how that was relevant to which she said because I had spent 10 mins challenging her and discussing it (but erm so had she) and she was obviously trying to imply I had nothing better to do.
Anyway rant over but I was so afterwards as she was ranting about me to the staff once she had gone in and I stand by the fact that there is nothing wrong with politely asking someone to wait for a staff member.
That's reasonable right?