if you gave preschool staff a gift at xmas and got NO thanks....

[brimfull]

would you give an end of yr gift.
There are 8 workers covering the week ,only one thanked me for the gift \i gave them at xmas.
I was pissed off and vowed not to give them a present at end of yr.Am I being a bitch...would you?

Can I add a comment as a teacher?

loubes - we really don't expect gifts from anyone. And oddly, we've just spent an entire academic year thinking about kids and I can't recall once saying to myself, 'Wow, what a fantastic job I'm doing - hope I get LOADS of pressies to confirm how wonderful I am'.

If I get a gift, it's usually given to me by a child and I always thank that child straight away. As a parent, I give gifts to ds's pre-school teachers and to be honest, it's never occured to me that I should get thanks in return. It's like lemonaid said - where does it stop? I just want them to know that I am grateful for the care they take over my child. Don't give a gift if you begrudge it because no teacher wants one given in that spirit.

I would not expect a thank you. If half the parents give them a gift, it is probably going to be hard to remember who they had received a gift from and who they didn't if you see what I mean.

You never know, they might have said thank you, just to the wrong person .

So what kind of gift have you appreciated Slayerette?
I'm trying to come up with ideas for DS1s pre school teacher whos been just lovely to him.

I'm a teacher, flowers and wine are always good although I certainly don't expect them. I say thankyou to the kids or parents as they give me the gift and I certainly wouldn't make a thing about saying thankyou afterwards, its never occurred to me that parents might be ofended that I haven't personally thanked them for their thankyou.