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Originally Posted by rubymoo
Hi everyone 
I've not posted in a while thought i'd get your views and stories on Jobsworths.
I ****ing hate them!
I'm at work and a boy who is none verbal always has a full cup of juice drink with his dinner, anyway, the catering assistant always gives half measures of drink. (But i always top his up because it makes him happy). I challenged her yesterday asking why the cups are only half full, she replies that the council have told her that juice must be watered down 50/50 and a drink measurement is measured in this tiny cup and then poured into a bigger cup making it half full. The cup holds 4 mouthfuls of drink (i've checked it!) Anyway, i ask her please may this boy have his cup filled as there's plenty in the jug at the back of her, she replies "no no no, that's his drink" then she proceeded to tell him to sit down, the boy is madly gesturing that he wants a full cup, i tell her again that he wants his cup filling, she then grabs the water jug and pours it into his cup thus watering his drink down even more, at this point i wanted to grab the jug off her and smash it across her bony little face! Well the boy isn't stupid he knows exactly what she's done and he looks very sad, he has no voice, i'm his voice but she's sticking to those rules like a limpet on a rock, and then she proceeds to shove/push/gesture him to his table.
My thoughts are what a rotten cow she is, would it have really killed her to have brought happiness to this child and fill up his cup, where's her common sense, her humanity, her heart.
What a ****ing jobsworth! |
...Ruby...
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...are you working with your child in a school or a nursery/pre-school..?..I know in many schools that caterers have to stick to their budgets very closely that their employers set because they aren't employed by the school itself and if they don't, which will show in their stock checks..?.. then they personally lose income because their salaries are also factored into their budgets.../that's how it is in our school anyway..plus all meals are balanced with things like sugar intake as well so that's also something that the quantities of things like juice are set by as well...any extra to that set amount would be water and non-sugar containing, which is much healthier anyway obviously and it's good for children to not get reliant on sugar in their drinks...if it was me though and I felt that juice was the only thing for some specific reason, I would just buy a bottle of juice myself and say that you'll organise his drink yourself just because it's not always worth it..
...(although I would encourage water tbh as an alternative..)...it doesn't sound as though she has great people/children skills but catering staff sometimes don't...there are some great and accommodating ones also I have to say and some who don't mind a lower salary by a little if they go over budget but I do think the balance of the meal that has been planned with the juice amount has to be considered greatly as well....
...if you brought in juice/squash for him yourself you'll obviously have to okay that with your head/or nursery leader as well to make sure they're happy with it all...I think the thing as well is that 'non verbal' children do have very high sensory of things or can do depending on them individually...and if he does look sad..?...it could also be because he's picking up on hostile vibes which would be so much worse for him than having to have water or a smaller drink..so it would be good if you and this person and maybe her boss and yours could work it out so that he has no negativity to pick up on between the two of you over drinks..you've obviously bonded with him and he's probably feeling your annoyance as well and feeling that would make him sad and unsettled in itself.. ./good luck anyway, I hope that you can get it all resolved in a way that suits all...
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