Would this annoy you or am I being too sensitive?

[MrsSnape]

I've just had a call from the school. DS2 is in a bit of state after being caught trying to make himself sick

Basically what's happened is, during lunch time another kid picked something up from DS's plate to "look at it". DS is VERY touchy about this stuff and refused to eat anymore because it had germs all over it.

The dinner lady then told him to eat it and he said "No because touched it" so she told him to stop being ridiculous and eat it otherwise he'd be having no pudding DS then said "I won't have anything else then" and so the dinner lady shouted at him to 'stop being cheeky (???) and if he didn't eat it she would take him to the head mistress.

DS got upset and asked the kid in question to show him where he'd put his fingers so he could eat around it. The dinner lady heard him and told him off again (by the sounds of it, winding herself up on purpose) and in the end DS reluctantly ate his lunch. They then caught him trying to throw up in the toilet and told him off again!

I'm so annoyed that

a) some kid has not been taught not to touch other people's food
b) the stupid dinner lady forced him to eat it despite knowing someone had touched it and
c) they told him off for being sick!?!

I am thinking of making an apointment with the head, am I over-reacting?

Agree with Wannabe and SorenLorenson - a trip to your GP re. you and your DS's phobias and anxiety might be the best approach to this.

Those who would not eat food that other people had touched - have you never bought a sandwich then? How do you think it got put together?

You are naive if you assume that these various laws and codes of practice are strictly adhered to in practise

did anyone see the programme on c4 a while back about the preparation of sandwiches?

I agree that the real issue here is the phobia not the school.... would def recommend a trip to the gp for both of you. Take care

StayFrosty - that really is just a wild guess. And at least primary age children do not usually stick their hands down other people's pants. Or clean communal toilets.

I worked in a very well known fast food chain as a teenager. If burgers or burger buns fell on the floor, as they sometimes did, they quickly got picked up and put together for customers to eat. Nobody wanted to get in trouble for wasting supplies.