We all have our share of playground memories, but this one takes the cake! A babysitter’s past encounter with an overbearing mom at a playground has resurfaced in an unexpected way. The babysitter, now a teacher, found herself face-to-face with the same mom who once tried to ban her babysitting child from the playground. Little did she know, this chance meeting would lead to a dramatic turn of events.
Babysitter’s Fond Memories
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Playground Showdown
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Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number
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Climbing Frame Controversy ♀️
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From Babysitter to Teacher
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Job Interview Twist
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Principal’s Decision
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Angry Confrontation
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Escorted Out ♀️
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Moral Dilemma
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Language Disclaimer
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Playground Past Comes Back to Haunt
This babysitter-turned-teacher never imagined that a past playground confrontation would come back to haunt her. When she discovered the overbearing mom from the playground was interviewing for a job at her school, she shared the story with her colleagues. Little did she know, this would lead to the mom not getting hired. The mom, furious and accusing the teacher of sabotaging her job prospects, was escorted out of the school. Now, the teacher is left wondering if she’s to blame for the mom’s misfortune. ♀️ Let’s dive into the internet’s thoughts on this dramatic situation…
Woman’s aggressive behavior towards employee justifies job loss. NTA.

NTA for giving an honest reference. Playground bully is at fault.

Trust your gut feeling when hiring, NTA for rejecting candidate.

Boss made the right call, drama queen is to blame

Commenter and replies agree that the woman is not fit to work with children.

Dodged a bullet! NTA, don’t feel guilty.

Commenter clears their name in playground drama job loss ♂️

Commenter defends OP’s innocence in hiring decision, criticizes banging door

Bullying kids? Not a great quality for a teacher. #NTA

Standing up for body positivity. NTA wins the day!

Honesty wins: Commenter defends truth-telling and predicts entitled attitude.

Principal dodged a bullet, NTA comment agrees with decision

Commenter defends job loss decision, suggests candidate wouldn’t have been hired.

Protecting students from unfit staff: NTA made the right call.

Commenter believes they’re not the a-hole for reporting bad teacher.

Clear judgement!

Dodging a bullet: School’s lucky rejection didn’t lead to disaster

Clear judgement!

Consequences for bad behavior: NTA comment section agrees.

Standing up to playground bully saved school from terrible hire.

Standing up to a bully: NTA did everyone a service

Commenter defends the teacher and gives a verdict: NTA

Standing up to a crazy coworker: NTA wins the day

NTA saves other kids from rage.
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Commenter defends teacher’s job loss, praises principal’s decision

Not the a**hole for protecting children from harmful behavior.

Principal’s reaction confirms NTA’s job loss was justified

Commenter praises decision and criticizes behavior of job applicant.

Candidate’s unprofessional behavior justifies job rejection. NTA.

Reporting public behavior is fair game for job applicants

Commenter defends not hiring problematic teacher, NTA wins

Commenter believes woman in article would abuse actual authority

Commenter defends OP’s decision to not hire harasser.

Standing up to bad behavior is the right thing
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Not the a**hole and the woman’s behavior is concerning.

Teacher berates applicant for not getting job, proves principal right. NTA

NTA saves school from legal troubles, but loses job

Fairness questioned in job loss after playground drama.
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Setting boundaries is important in professional and personal relationships.

Principal had a bad feeling, commenter thinks teacher isn’t cut out for children

Hero teacher saves kids from lunatic parent.

NTA stood up for themselves against a bad role model.

Teacher candidate confronts student, loses job. NTA verdict.

NTA stands up to terrible teacher and saves the day

NTA made the right call, dodged a bullet with nightmare candidate.

Dodging a bullet: Commenter praises school’s decision to fire terrible teacher.

Commenter defends OP, implies coworker’s actions led to job loss.

Karma strikes: commenter blames job loss on playground drama.

Commenter defends OP’s actions with a thumbs up emoji.

Commenter praises company for not hiring entitled person.

Unhinged behavior leads to job loss. NTA dodges a bullet.

Commenter thinks lady hasn’t changed, not the a-hole.

Commenter believes woman’s behavior was unhinged, not getting the job.

Applauding the commenter for thanking the school teacher for standing up against bad behavior.

Entitled job candidate rejected, office saved from misery

Karma strikes: NTA comment gets straight to the point.

NTA for calling out woman’s behavior with children.

Principal Skywalker predicts trouble in playground drama

Wise words to reflect on in this unfortunate situation.

Employee praised for preventing toxic work environment and protecting children.

Character references matter in hiring. NTA for job loss.

School owes them a favor? Find out why in comments.

Not the a**hole for exposing the principal’s behavior.

Sexual harassment at work: NTA quits old job, new boss tells church

Standing up for kids and facing a threatening ex-employee. #NTA
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Commenter believes the woman didn’t deserve the job.

Teacher praised for protecting students from dangerous woman.

Teacher’s behavior raises red flags in interview and at work

NTA comment suggests prior issues with job candidate

Standing up to entitled behavior and protecting the workplace.

Not the a**hole for trusting gut feeling about coworker’s behavior.
