A Grim Task Completed

I loved your interpretations of the pictures, especially from those who hadn't read this post!

I didn't want to complain to the deputy principal about our snarky lollipop lady.  I don't like complaining, and I didn't want to be "that Mum."  But her serial unkindness to children and their parents was really bothering me.


The toilet picture referred to my childish hopes for her career, not a half-baked plan to give her a "swirly."  (A what?  Yes, I wondered that too.  Thanks be to Urban Dictionary for filling me in on what a "swirly" is, and also some frightening alternative meanings for that term.  Always enter Urban Dictionary cautiously.)

It's funny how sometimes facing the meeting you most fear turns out to be the best thing you could have done in the situation.  The deputy principal understood my concerns, assured me that there were similar concerns from other parents, and said she thought it was time to have "another" chat to the lady with the stop sign about her approach to diplomacy outside the school gate.

Thankyou for supporting me and urging me to go to the school with my concerns.  I know that I can rely on my friends to give the right advice, and where patient negotiation fails, I know I always have some great friends to give her the stink eye as they drive past.  Thanks BB!  I'm glad you're on MY side!

Next up - a post about a cool new shortcut I've found to toilet training.