How Petty Can One Person Be?

Let me tell you a story in case you have not already heard it on the news.

There was a gas main break right across the street from my sons daycare on Tuesday at 12:30pm. For safety concerns they evacuated the daycare and moved the children to a rec center. That was fine with me - IF THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED ME AND LET ME KNOW!!!

I was at work until 4pm and when I went to pick my son up there were fire trucks and police cars everywhere. I went into the daycare and then found out what happened. I asked them why I was not called - they told me they have been trying to call all the parents. Yeah right. There were 57 children evacuated and alot of them are siblings so you only have to contact one set of parents for them. So they did not have to contact 57 sets of parents. It took them 4 hours and still I had not been contacted neither had several of the other parents. When the news interviewed me they asked if I was angry - I said I was angry, that I was very angry. I said I have a cellphone for a reason and NOONE called me. Well, now comes Wednesday and I take Isaac to the daycare in the morning, when I pick him up all of a sudden now they are saying if he acts up on the bus one more time, he is going to be kicked out. Now this is the same daycare that was just telling me last week how much better he is doing. But because of what I said - he may very well be kicked out. I don't want to press the issue much more in fear he will be kicked out. I do not have another daycare that can take him right now. I am looking into alternatives - but nothing yet. So anyway I pick him up today - Thursday - and ask how he was on the bus. You will not believe the story I heard. First she said he was getting mouthy on the bus, then I went to the bus driver and asked her directly. She said he was fine. So I went back to the lady and said - the driver said he was fine on the bus. Then she tells me oh, well there was a lady that road the bus with all the kids today and she does not speak very good english, but she said he was getting mouthy. I wanted to ask so badly - if she did not speak english then how in the hell does she know what he was saying? But I did not, I just got Isaac, let out a rather large sigh and walked out.

I have made myself a promise - if he gets kicked out over this - I will call the news back and give them a full report of what happened and then I will call the daycare registry and report them. That is for sure. Will keep you all posted.

So I ask you - HOW PETTY CAN ONE PERSON BE?