The Mass Straw Lid and Boot for Hydro Flask Wide Mouth and Other Brand Insulated Water Bottle https://a.co/d/58WbHnE FYI this will give HF a second life. These colors match perfectly! |
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OP said her daughter did as well. So you’re wrong again…yeah? |
This is really odd and gross to me. You don’t pick up someone’s used water bottle off the “street” and start using it as your own. My kids would never do that. Are you raising a wild animal? |
A kid gets a pass b/c they don't know any better. They're also known to eat their own boogers. What's your excuse? |
Happens all the time. |
Hmmm….did she find it on the street or at the mall? You say on the street, but then reference the mall closing. And why would a cleaning crew look at planters on the street?
My concern would be that a kid put it in the planter to hide it and was coming back for it. Maybe they wanted to go into a store and the store would not let them bring it in. Maybe they got tired of carrying it. Or went to use the restroom and did not want to carry it on. |
So you admit you were wrong. That’s progress. |
All kinds of stuff get deposited in planters. How do you think they’re cleaned? |
What are you talking about? Kids need their parents to teach them better. It's pretty clear you're just trolling. |
Kid did nothing wrong. Your insistence that she did, while calling her a thief and a liar, is the problem. |
Let it go |
Buy a new straw and lid. Honestly, I’d be happy she is ok with using someone’s old water bottle. There was no lost and found to turn it into and it is way more likely that it would have ended up in a landfill. At least it’s being used.
At our elem school, the amount of North Face and Patagonia fleeces and jackets in the lost and found are staggering. And despite the office constantly asking parents to look at the lost and found, very few people do. All that stuff (as well as Hydroflasks) just get donated or worse, thrown away. |
I get you would be proud of your kid for doing all this. Different strokes. |
Yes. Exactly this. Office admins find so many coats and water bottles that they dump them. Especially if there are any liquids in them. It’s gone. I think there is a policy for moco school district to toss out lunchboxes and water bottles with any liquid and food the moment they are turned into the office. They don’t want it leaking in the lost and found bin. Such a shame. In this case I support OPs daughter. She wanted the bottle (bitten straw or not is clearly an issue for some but not others.) and it would have likely made the trash |