Childcare worker's behaviour outside work?

Buzzybee90

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I'd just quietly correct them. I wouldn't laugh at them.

I'd expect someone to laugh at me, so I extend that to other people. I'm sure they'll get over it.

paulineb_2

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Why not? It was only highlighted in that way because half their post was already in bold.

It's funny - it makes no sense - everyone makes these silly mistakes but why do we want people to go on making the same ones...

Don't know me from atom makes absolutely no sense, I can see how it sounds similar but that's not really the point.

Wouldn't you find it funny is someone kept saying "don't look a gift w-h-o-r-e in the mouth"

:rotfl:

In great big font? Was there a need for that?

I'm Scottish. Am sure some people might think I pronounce some words differently.

If someone has a strong accent, the written and the spoken word could be very different if you typed what you heard.

I know you think it's funny. I just didn't see the need to do what you did.

thorsoak

Reverting to the original point of the thread (upon which I hadn't commented - my comment has only been about the atom/adam point) - my advice would be not to comment to the Nursery Manager, but direct to the childcare worker herself - by saying something like "oh you were at such and such playcentre the other day weren't you? I was with my friends and saw you there" no more - no less - just letting her know that you'd recognised her. Might bring her to realise that how she behaves outside work could have an impact on her work place.

notanewuser

thorsoak wrote: »

Reverting to the original point of the thread (upon which I hadn't commented - my comment has only been about the atom/adam point) - my advice would be not to comment to the Nursery Manager, but direct to the childcare worker herself - by saying something like "oh you were at such and such playcentre the other day weren't you? I was with my friends and saw you there" no more - no less - just letting her know that you'd recognised her. Might bring her to realise that how she behaves outside work could have an impact on her work place.

The OP has already spoken to the nursery manager.

thorsoak

notanewuser wrote: »

The OP has already spoken to the nursery manager.

In that case - there should be nothing more to say on this thread! :j

MothballsWallet

IrishRose12 wrote: »

Ermm no offence but the nursery can't do anything about it if it happened OUTSIDE the workplace and she was with her own child. And if they did so something about it, then I hope the girl in question tells them where to go!

Yes she was out of order, but who isn't at some time??

Not to be rude but those of us who work in education/childcare sector don't have to be as good as gold every minute of the day. We are allowed to let of steam and we are allowed to live our own lives outside of the job.
As for the girl who was visiting nurseries and saw something she didn't like and cancelled just because she saw a worker, We are also allowed to smoke, drink, we are allowed to curse, and we are allowed to say whatever we want to our own children.

We do have our own lives outside of the workplace, and our actions shouldn't reflect on our workplace. If it was inside school then yes, but in our own, free personal time we can dance up and down the street naked if we wanted to!
Just because this is how this girl behaved to your friend, does not mean that she is like this when she is in work. What most parents need to realise that 98% of the time we have a mask on and are being nice because we HAVE to, not because we want to. Once we cross the doors of that workplace, we can behave and treat our children as we see fit.
I wouldn't speak to the leader of the nursery at all regarding this as it has nothing whatsoever to do with them, had it happened in the setting itself then yes, by all means go and complain, but not when the girl was on her own personal time. We have to be able to live our lives at some stage you know without being told what we can and cannot do!

International Convention on the Rights of a Child - I think everyone involved in childcare should be required to read and take a test on it.

Nowhere in there does it say that a child has a right to be sworn at by an adult.

IrishRose12

Well this thread went a bit odd last night didn't it :eek: I'm confused on so many levels:o

daisiegg wrote: »

I don't think the reactions were so much because she made a mistake,but the fact that after it being pointed out, she stuck doggedly to it and claimed it was a regional variation...had she just said 'oh how funny, I have been saying it wrong all these years, silly me!' no more probably would have been said about it.

If you read my reply to my mistake being pointed out I openly apologised for my mistake.
I also clearly stated on here that after saying both words out loud they still sound the same.
I did say that I had posted it on Facebook asking my friends and family what they thought it was, Atom, or Adam, and the majority said atom.

However I didn't appreciate being laughed at and being made to feel belittled.

I also don't find it funny making fun of people's way of speaking and their accents. That's can actually come across as a bit racist IMO. I'm not saying that it was, but to others that's how it could be read.

MothballsWallet

redcard wrote: »

Why did you think it was atom? It's just bizarre you went through your whole life without ever questioning this!

Sad that you and your fake friend are helping bring up the future of this country

In that case, we are so, so, so, so screwed....

MothballsWallet

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

No idea??? Surely no one in their right mind would go to that much trouble?

You might be surprised to find out that some people have done that before, yes. Naming no names as I'm not a stukach

Vejovis

This thread is hilarious.

To the OP, people act differently in work and out of work, when it's their won child involved and when it's not. That doesn't excuse their behaviour, but it doesn't mean it'd be mirrored at work.

Adam/atom, why would it be atom which might sound similar in some accents, it makes no sense whatsoever.