No emergency contacts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a school post, though it's peripherally related: our kids were denied bus service (private school) because DH and I couldn't provide four (!) local emergency contacts. I work from home, so I don't have local colleagues, and he could only find two to agree. We have no family in town. Don't know our neighbors. The school said we can sign up once we come up with two more names, but I feel like such an utter failure. No question. Just a vent.

get to know your neighbors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not a school post, though it's peripherally related: our kids were denied bus service (private school) because DH and I couldn't provide four (!) local emergency contacts. I work from home, so I don't have local colleagues, and he could only find two to agree. We have no family in town. Don't know our neighbors. The school said we can sign up once we come up with two more names, but I feel like such an utter failure. No question. Just a vent.

get to know your neighbors

How? We've lived here three years and have seen them like a dozen times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems discriminatory against loners.

I'm not a loner. I'm desperate for human contact and a RTO but it's not in the cards right now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not a school post, though it's peripherally related: our kids were denied bus service (private school) because DH and I couldn't provide four (!) local emergency contacts. I work from home, so I don't have local colleagues, and he could only find two to agree. We have no family in town. Don't know our neighbors. The school said we can sign up once we come up with two more names, but I feel like such an utter failure. No question. Just a vent.

get to know your neighbors

How? We've lived here three years and have seen them like a dozen times.

Knock on their doors. That’s how I met my neighbors when I moved to my house.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not a school post, though it's peripherally related: our kids were denied bus service (private school) because DH and I couldn't provide four (!) local emergency contacts. I work from home, so I don't have local colleagues, and he could only find two to agree. We have no family in town. Don't know our neighbors. The school said we can sign up once we come up with two more names, but I feel like such an utter failure. No question. Just a vent.

get to know your neighbors

How? We've lived here three years and have seen them like a dozen times.

Knock on their doors. That’s how I met my neighbors when I moved to my house.

Also, I had a neighbor who I’d chatted with a few times but wouldn’t consider a friend ask me if she could put me down for an emergency contact for her kids and I said yes of course! It can be done, OP.

[Anonymous]

Ha when they tried to do that to us years ago we put my parents and used their cell phone numbers. No issues.

[Anonymous]

Yeah - I can relate as a single parent in a new town. UGH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can put me down:

Jenny 867-5309

Thanks. Trying to write a proposal and all I can hear in my head is Jenny, I've got your number ...

Seriously, though, write down Mickey Mouse [phone]; Donald Duck [phone] ... These emergency contacts are ridiculous. I gave them my eldest son's name and number but he's away at college and much less likely to answer the phone than me - and wouldn't have a clue to do even if he did!

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Anonymous wrote:Not a school post, though it's peripherally related: our kids were denied bus service (private school) because DH and I couldn't provide four (!) local emergency contacts. I work from home, so I don't have local colleagues, and he could only find two to agree. We have no family in town. Don't know our neighbors. The school said we can sign up once we come up with two more names, but I feel like such an utter failure. No question. Just a vent.

get to know your neighbors

How? We've lived here three years and have seen them like a dozen times.

Knock on their doors. That’s how I met my neighbors when I moved to my house.

Also, I had a neighbor who I’d chatted with a few times but wouldn’t consider a friend ask me if she could put me down for an emergency contact for her kids and I said yes of course! It can be done, OP.

Do you really want a strange neighbor - who may or may not be a nice person - knowing if you have an emergency? I just moved to the neighborhood and I'd rather the police hold on to my child for a couple of hours if there was an emergency.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not a school post, though it's peripherally related: our kids were denied bus service (private school) because DH and I couldn't provide four (!) local emergency contacts. I work from home, so I don't have local colleagues, and he could only find two to agree. We have no family in town. Don't know our neighbors. The school said we can sign up once we come up with two more names, but I feel like such an utter failure. No question. Just a vent.

get to know your neighbors

How? We've lived here three years and have seen them like a dozen times.

Knock on their doors. That’s how I met my neighbors when I moved to my house.

Also, I had a neighbor who I’d chatted with a few times but wouldn’t consider a friend ask me if she could put me down for an emergency contact for her kids and I said yes of course! It can be done, OP.

Do you really want a strange neighbor - who may or may not be a nice person - knowing if you have an emergency? I just moved to the neighborhood and I'd rather the police hold on to my child for a couple of hours if there was an emergency.

DP but I would totally take that risk and have. When it gets that far down the list, the person I put down has almost zero chance of ever being contacted.

[Anonymous]

I feel like I could ask on my buy nothing group and somebody would volunteer to be my contact. I would just ask.

[Anonymous]

Morris Day 777-9311

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I could ask on my buy nothing group and somebody would volunteer to be my contact. I would just ask.

I'm sure they would and while you are lying in the hospital, your random contact will be looking after your baby.

[Anonymous]

Put down the names and numbers of the parents of your kids’ friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put down the names and numbers of the parents of your kids’ friends.

They might be in need of an emergency contact, too.