I work sometimes at a daycare, this involves lots of children (A- DUH) ...and little hands....and germs. SO MANY GERMS. I love what I do though so it's okay--until things like this happen. Then I get a little frustrated, because I did everything right. I washed my hands, and all of my little children's hands. We (the other teachers and I) Lysoled, we Cloroxed. The problem is- we can't fix stupid.
Thanks to that, when I arrived for my shift yesterday I was updated by some other staffers that two kids were out with Pink-Eye like symptoms. YAY!
Thus we all had to be on 'red alert' and really crack down on face touching today--I'm good with that anyway. My little lovelies need to learn to keep fingers out of noses some time. However, just after lunch, the mother of the young, allegedly pink-eyed, duo calls. "Yes, I took them to see the doctor. He thinks its just a cold and not pink eye. I'm going to bring them back".
This is where I get angry. Not only is it more time consuming to drive to pick up your kids, take them to the doctor and then drive them back to daycare, to leave to go to work, to only come back again at the end of the day. While they may not have pink eye, they both have colds! They're still sick! And miserable one look at your two-year old as he came through our door told me, mom. I know life is busy and I know you probably didn't want to have to miss work ---and as I don't have children who am I to judge you and your hectic life. I can't---I can complain however when you make my work situation risky. Not only do I have a cold now--I can almost guarantee some of the younger more vulnerable children will too.
And that could have been prevented.
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