Is this teacher banter ok?

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My friend’s daughter was spraying perfume in class. The teacher jokingly said “come on now put it away, no one cares what you smell like right now”. I think the teacher was managing the situation without a power struggle but my friend thinks differently.

what are your thoughts?

I’m trying to figure out what could be wrong with it!

Banter is fine within reason but that wasn’t banter that was just facts.
So it’s a complete non issue.

Your friend sounds like a twat.

Perfectly ok I work in education

I'm struggling to see how anyone could take an issue with this.

Why was she spraying perfume in class?

I don't think it even reaches the level of banter or a joke, surely he was just stating a fact.

I can't believe this is interesting enough for the DD to have told her Mum and her Mum to have told you and you to have started a thread (and now I've responded!).

Rather a calm measured response to someone spraying perfume in the classroom.

What else should they have said? Seems perfectly fine to me!

When I was at school we would have had a bollocking for doing that.

I agree with PPs, I don’t see how this would be banter. It’s just a fact - this is a lesson and you don’t need perfume for it

Sounds fine considering she shouldn’t have been spraying it and he probably didn’t want to cause a big thing of it. A good response

Your friend needs to tell her daughter that she shouldn't be spraying perfume in class.

The teacher didn't use banter, just told her to put it away in a friendly manner - probably to avoid the daughter kicking off if the teacher had spoken to her firmly about her behaviour.

why would a child have perfume in class or in school period??
that shit could cause an asthma attack or migraine

How is this banter?

The comment is perfectly fine, though.

That’s not banter

It's facts. Your friend should be telling her daughter to stop spraying perfume in class.

Are all posts on this site rage bait?

Is your friend thinking the teacher implied the girl is smelly? If so, it's a reach.

I’m struggling to see what’s wrong? The kid should not have been spraying. In my days as a teacher I would have probably said come on love you smell like a tarts handbag. But that was before everyone became soft and cried at the slightest thing

Everyone ACCEPT the teacher in this scenario sounds like a dick.

I find the students that tend to spray are the more difficult ones. They are aware they aren’t to spray in school but they “forget” every lesson and act offended when told they are doing something wrong and to put it away. Unfortunately your friend seems to be encouraging this.

I don't see a problem with it.

Your friend’s daughter sounds like a right pain in the arse

No need to be spraying perfume in a classroom! At my school, the perfume would have been confiscated, I reckon!

A child spraying perfume in the classroom!! Unacceptable.

What does your friend think was inappropriate about what the teacher said? Is she suggesting it was a reference to something sexual?