mimi asked:
my first grader had her christmas party at school yesterday. they all have a gift exchange. i (like a dutiful parent) sent in gifts for her teacher and her bus driver. i sent in gift bottles of wine. they were wrapped and i securely packed them in her book bag.
today, (just a minute ago) i got a call from the school. they want to see me to discuss my gift. i told them no need to thank me…but then i got the attitude and was told to come in NOW. should i bother? you would think they’d have been appreciative and thankful! what should i do?
just to let you know…i am not giving the thumbs downs….i was tempted to give stackers one though!
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Is this a joke?
Why would you think for one second that it’s ok to send alcohol (of any kind) with your 6 or 7 year-old?
Edit: looking at your other questions, I see now that it IS supposed to be a joke.
Well, it’s not even funny.
It is illegal for minors to possess alcohol at any time.
Yes, I think you need to go in and discuss it. I am not trying to criticize you, as much as it was a nice gesture and people do enjoy wine.. you really should have know not to send alcohol to school with a first grader. You should have sent something else.. like an ornament or a fruit basket.. otherwise, delivered the gifts in person. Shame on you.. go in and fess up to the mistake now. Best Wishes!
thats a hard one. wow. I personally think that I would go in and explain my feelings of the gift.
If you dont go in and settle the conflict they may treat your daughter differently. she will stand out for the rest of the time she is in that school. Not a good thing for any student
You never send alcohol to a teach and to a bus driver who drives students. Yes you were wrong.
Perhaps they think, as I do, that it was inappropriate of you to send alcohol to school with your child. And alcohol…..for a BUS DRIVER? Maybe not the best idea. You should go in and see what they have to say. I think you should have maybe picked your child up after school and THEN taken the gifts in. Better idea for a bus driver would’ve been chocolates.
Alcohol is not allowed on the premises of most schools and transportation vehicles. Yes, you may have something to answer to. Hopefully they won’t make a big deal of it, and counsel you. You should not have given the gifts to your child also, I wouldn’t have given alcohol to a minor to bring to school, it’s not appropriate.
A parent in my city sent non alcoholic jello cups to her daughters elem school, she was expelled, because of what the jello cups represented. They were in the same cups as you would put jello shots in a bar or club.
Nah, don’t bother. They’re just being precious.
I send my second grader to school with wine all the time – sometimes when we’re out of wine, I’ll give her vodka. Little scamp.
If you go in now, they’ll try to take your kid away. I assume you’re drunk now, right?
Let’s just have a drink together – your kid can always get a job if she’s kicked out of school.
I hope they do not get CPS involved! What if your child would have opened it up and had a drink, this is what they are going to toss at you.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions!
WOW! You need to go and tell them you were COMPLETELY WRONG with your choice of gift and APOLOGIZE PROFUSELY!
Well I probably wouldn’t have giving the wine to my first grader because then he/she could ***** it open and guzzle. But as far as the gift itself I see nothing wrong with it.
I think they are just pissed it wasn’t whiskey. You should put her in a Catholic school.
Oh, Sweetie!
A teacher’s life is so very stressful;
they can’t handle the temptations of the juice!
Y’ought try to blame this one on the kid
and tell ‘em she grabbed the wrong baskets.
At worse, she’ll be suspended,
but it’ll save you a lot of embarassment!
I think you better go into school and talk with them. That is the responsible thing to do.
Sounds like you need to take a few joints with you to calm there @ss’s down. I’m guessing its because you sent her to school with glass containers. Next time send boxed wine instead:-)
You sent wine to school in your childs backback? That’s not at all appropriate. If you wanted to give wine, you should have handed the bottle to the teacher after school.
I know from having worked in a grocery store the law concerning alcohol sales and it is ILLEGAL for a minor (in this case anyone under age 21 to carry alcohol) to carry alcohol. It is also illegal to for it to go onto city school property. Yes you are definitely in huge trouble. A school bus cannot transport any kind of alcohol or anything resembling alcohol, I was also a school bus aide. The bus driver could have lost their license the the school district have lost their previlege to transport children. You will be lucky not to be placed under arrest.
They’re just pissed because you went too cheap on them. Next time splurge for the $3.00 bottle of wine.
Maybe they’re just trying really hard to get you to attend their holiday-parent-appreciation party. Bring cookies just in case.
Homeschool your kids; then you can drink your own gifts.
They weren’t such wine-ers when I sent the same gift to
Bartles and James Elementary in Napa Valley, a very exlusive pri-vat school . They pressed me for a reason, but I had them over a barrel with my wit and sparkling personality. Next time, Mimi, just tell them to put a cork in it, sounds like sour grapes to me.
Ahhh….I see the faux paus here. Not everyone is a wine drinker. But EVERYBODY likes Jaeger Meister. Remember this for next year.
How thoughtful of you. I admit I didn’t get my daughters bus driver a dang thing. You really are generous. I would love a bottle of wine. Tell them at the school that if they aren’t in the xmas spirit, that u want ur wine back so i can drink it. how rude is that to seriously not be appreciative like that? No doubt the school district is just upset that their bus driver was on the 12 stepper program, only to fall off the ol’ wagon yet again.
When you go in to discuss the gift, bring a couple of glasses, since you sent the wine as a gift, it would be rude of them not to enjoy it with you, if they’re going to make you come all the way to the school. Next year send liquor in flasks, it’s far more discreet, especially for drinking on the go (as the bus driver will probably do).
If it was white wine, you erred. The proper wine to drink whilst grading homework is red.