Are the Teachers Being Funny? Or Just Dim?

[NotQuiteCockney]

It's the Nursery Xmas party tomorrow. Each parent is given instructions for what to bring, which is fair enough, you can't have everyone bringing mince tarts.

I was told "selection of crisps for 10 kids". DS1 has never had crisps in his lunch, I just don't do crisps.

A friend, whose child (and household) is vegetarian, was told "chicken sandwiches". I'm sure her DD never has any meat in her lunch! And the mum never cooks meat, only eats it outside the house, so she's not best qualified to be cooking it, anyway!

So are they teachers being funny on purpose here?

Nope, they've just divided up a list and handed it out, probably at random. The vegetarian one does seem a bit of a slip-up, but I think that being asked to bring in crisps is fair enough tbh.

We normally say, 'who thinks they can bring such and such?' but then at nursery this is unlikely. Teachers rarely eat with the kids so probably have no idea of eating habits unless informed of a particular allergy or something.

Why don't you both swap?

The veggie thing is a bit tactless, but I think the crisps thing is reasonable. As Homemams says, the teachers will have little or no idea what children eat, except for allergies.

And I think that most primary teachers are a little too busy this time of year, with christmas cards and decs to make, concerts to organise, parties to arrange etc to go round and find out what your kids don't eat and then as you to send that it just for a laugh

The teachers do supervise them eating, so they do see their lunches ... but yeah, you're right, they have better things to do with their time.

Wouldn't it be simpler to put a list of foods on the door, and let us pick?

(I did offer to switch with the mum who got chicken sandwiches, but she wanted to do her duty.)

What ours do, is to put a list up on the classroom door and you initial what you want to do. Ranges from cakes and crisps to carrot sticks etc

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youve reminded me i m supposed to be taking cheese cubes in tomorrow.

i dont htink it wil hurt you to buy crisps thoguh will it?>

No no, not at all.

But (ha ha!) I'm bringing in Dutchy Organic Vegetable Crisps! That'll show them!

Or not.

But they look interesting, at least.

(Actually, I got a range of interesting non-scary-coloured-and-flavoured crisps, and will let DS1 choose in the morning.)