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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If one parent is having a hissy fit about a snack, they are probably just a rude person or having a bad day or whatever. If multiple people are complaining, you should re-consider your snack. In most leagues, any kind of packaged crackers/chips/pretzel/granola bar kind of thing is perfectly acceptable. I have seen people have issues with things that aren't store-bought -- i.e. cut fruit or veggies - I'm guessing because they wonder if things were washed etc.[/quote]

People would actually complain about this?  I'm in a playgroup with a bunch of toddlers - who arguably would have weaker immune systems etc than older kids - and a few of the parents have brought cut-up fruit etc.  We all loved it!  Who in the world would be like DONT EAT THAT, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN WASHED!?!?!?  F'ing crazy parents.[/quote]

Raises hand: I would because some people aren't as careful about cleanliness and food safety. For example, their house might be clean, kitcehn might be clean but they might not wash their hands before handling food or they will wash their hands and on the way to cutting the fruit have no problem petting their dog or cat etc... I just don't need the headaches of worrying about it.[/quote]

Well -- people are polite so they may not complain but they may just say "no thanks" and not take any for/give any to their kid. It is a legitimate issue because not everyone has the same standards for cleaniness. I'm not suggesting that restaurants are clean either but at least they are more "institutional" -- i.e. employees in gloves, no pets etc. Whereas with individual homes, you never know who is obsessive about food safety and who thinks it's ok to take to be making a snack, gets interrupted to change a diaper and then just returns to the snack without hand washing. The issue is not as rare as you'd think -- it's one of the reasons that many schools now ask for store bought treats for birthdays, teachers politely accept homemade thank yous like cookies/cakes etc. but generally discard them etc. [/quote]

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