This Dad Says Parent Chaperones Left A PTA Event For Kids When They Weren’t Allowed To Drink
Most people who enjoy the occasional drink understand that there’s a time and place to crack open a cold one.
It starts to become a problem when you cannot get through a family-friendly event that is geared toward children without drinking alcohol.
Father and TikTok creator Daniel Patterson (@pattersonperspective) shares a story of the time he went to a PTA event and was super confused by the other chaperones’ behavior.
Daniel decided to be a chaperone at a movie night for his daughter, who’s in the 6th grade. While it wasn’t considered a school event, it was still a PTA event, and a lot of parents agreed to chaperone as well.
However, the majority of these “chaperones” resigned from their duties pretty soon after the night had begun.
At the start of the night, one of the parents walked in with a large cooler and asked the hostess if it could be put on some ice for the parents.
A bit confused, the hostess opened up the cooler to find it filled with alcoholic drinks and refused to put it on ice.
“The alcohol does not go on the ice; it stays in the cooler, and it gets put underneath the table. It goes into a timeout,” Daniel said.
“Because this is a kid’s event, this is not a family party. This is like a school 6th grade PTA movie night.”
Photo 123171404 © Kyrylo Vasyliev – Dreamstime.com – illustrative purposes only
Daniel wonders if the other parents saw the sight of 60+ “wild” 6th graders together in one space as too overwhelming and an unbearable event to be at without alcohol.
Before Daniel knew it, all of the other chaperones had fled the premises except for the hostess, her husband, and himself!
“Was it because there was no booze for them to drink? I don’t know what they were thinking, but I do know they were all ready, and then when there was no alcohol, they were gone,” Daniel explained.
Why would the other parents assume that bringing alcohol to this event was going to be okay, and why did they all storm off after they were told they couldn’t have any? What would you have done in this situation?
https://www.tiktok.com/@pattersonperspective/video/7230444673767214378
If true crime defines your free time, this is for you: join Chip Chick’s True Crime Tribe
In 2022, She Mysteriously Packed A Bag, Left Home, And Has Not Been Seen Or Head From Again
Want To Avoid Some Holiday Stress Later? Here’s How You Can Start Prepping To Host The Holidays Now
Sign up for Chip Chick’s newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox.
More About:Parenting