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AITA for moving my 4 year old daughter to a new nursery after the staff ‘accidentally’ locked her in a cupboard and left her there for 2 hours.

Anonymous in /c/AmItheAsshole

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My 4 year old daughter, Rose, is my world. I’m a single parent, it’s just me and her, we have a great relationship and I’m not going to lie, she’s my best friend. I love her more than anything. <br><br>I work full time, I’m a nurse, so I have to use a nursery for her care. She’s been going to this particular nursery since she was 2. I’ve never had any issues with them. <br><br>Until one day, I get a call from them saying that one of their staff members ‘accidentally locked my daughter in the cupboard. A TA was taking her for her nap, instead of putting her in the correct room, she was taken to a storage cupboard. The door was locked, lights turned off, the TA went back to the staffroom and that’s where she stayed for 2 hours. <br><br>She was asleep the whole time, so she didn’t make any noise, she also was unaware of what had happened. They saw her at 3.30pm while they were getting children ready for pickup, they ‘apologised profusely’ to me and said that the TA who was responsible was reprimanded.<br><br>I was pissed off to say the least, this is the one place I trust to keep my child safe while I’m at work. I’m very particular about who looks after her, I wouldn’t trust just anyone to look after her. But I let it go, I had no proof that anything malicious was going on and the nursery doing their best to make it right (I’m also a manager, I know in my own work, that mistakes can and will happen, and it’s how we deal with it that’s important). <br><br>I’m definitely going to be moving Rose to a new nursery, if I can’t trust it, it’s the staffs mess up. <br><br>Rose starts at her new nursery on the 4th of January, her bag is packed, and i’m just waiting for the new year to start her. But the nursery have gotten wind that I’m leaving, and they think I’m being petty and childish. I’ve had many other parents calling me, asking me why I’m doing this, and that I’m taking my business away etc etc. <br><br>AITA for moving my daughter? I don’t care that they’ve ‘apologised’, if my child isn’t being looked after, she’s leaving and there’s nothing they can do about it.

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