So, it's really not a big deal but it HAS really bugged me. Lastnight i lined up with the rest of the kinder parents to register our children and choose the sessions and thus the teacher that would be teaching our children next year. It was a first in best dressed situation so i arrived an hour before the doors opened as i REALLY needed the 'apple' sessions, and REALLY wanted Kaye to be Heaths teacher for the year. Many people had arrived 3 hours before me, also keen to make sure they secured the places they wanted, this was SERIOUS business to those of us that had preferences! But what bugged me, is the lady who lined up directly behind me, we got chatting and she took great joy in telling me that her best friend is the president of the parent committee and she had tried to cheat the system so her friend wouldnt have to line up with the rest of us, but she wasn't able to do it. Within minutes this friend arrived and chatted with her friend in the line briefly before dissapearing inside, only to come back out minutes later with some paperwork (not very cleverly hidden) under her arm, she stood directly in front of me, with her back to me and said to her friend in a manner which reminded me of primary school secretiveness .. "I need to show you something in my car" .. and with that the 2 ladies dissapeared for a few minutes, leaving her husband and 2 children still standing behind me in the line. When the mum and friend returned, the president of the committee returned inside to her duties, and the mum .. well she gathered her husband and her 2 children and returned to the warmth of her house, having her childs place secured already, ahead of the rest of us who were all lining up as the letter instructed us, in the freezing cold, drizzling weather ..
Am i wrong to let this bug me? .. i find it frustrating as to ME, this was a big deal .. i needed these sessions, and i NEEDED this teacher as i dont just let anybody be in charge and responsible for my children. So THIS was my first experience of the 'kinder mums' .. i wonder what the year shall bring .. can't wait!!!
2 comments:
you're right to be annoyed- I think I would be too. However, anyone given the opportunity will cut corners to avoid standing in line. Perhaps this lady should have just recognised how irritating it is to everyone else and should have been more discrete about it.
Ange.
Your right Ange, if i stop to think about it i absolutely would have cut corners if i was offered the opportunity. I just would not have flaunted it in other peoples faces. Ah well, another life lesson has been learnt, i obviously need to start offering sexual favours to get some friends in high places .. *sigh*
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