Had ANOTHER food program inspection (they come WAY more often than required-ugh). There's a new inspector. She tried telling me that NONE of my meals were creditable because I told her that I don't post menus a day ahead of time. I have been told since I started with the food program that my menu for the day has to be available for parents by pickup time the day that the meals were served (and they are). She was frustrated that I don't use cycle menus (I don't like serving the same things over and over, and I make meals according to what's available that day and what I have time for-if it's a busy day, I'll make something easier).
Anyway, a whole month of meals aren't creditable now because I didn't circle the meals I served on my paper copies (why, I don't know, but I just quit doing it). I know this has been a rule with our program, but does everyone have this rule? It seems REALLY stupid to me, since in and out times are recorded, and I told her that. That's not an issue with her-it's always been that way, and I don't agree with it-my issue with her when it came to this is that she told me that if a child refuses to eat, that I can't claim them and that is the reason I must circle that the kid was here for breakfast, lunch, and snack (NOT true, I know). I told her that all I have to do is put the food in front of them, and she told me that the kid has to actually eat it. This was her third time at my house, and she's such a rude witch when she's here (and wrong about half of what she tells me) that I'm been thinking of quitting the program. She's not just annoying to me, but aggressively rude and argumentative. I pretty much threw her out of my house the last time she was here. She was arguing with me about not having records for days that I didn't even claim (I had a crisis in my life, and didn't record meals for about 2 weeks because I, frankly, had better things to do-caring for the kids was almost too much).
I just DREAD visits now (I really enjoyed everyone else I have dealt with from there).
Has anyone else heard that a kid had to actually EAT a meal in order for it to be claimed? Seriously, it wouldn't pay to be on the program in that case-nearly every day, at least one kid skips a meal because they're not hungry or holding out for something better.
Anyway, a whole month of meals aren't creditable now because I didn't circle the meals I served on my paper copies (why, I don't know, but I just quit doing it). I know this has been a rule with our program, but does everyone have this rule? It seems REALLY stupid to me, since in and out times are recorded, and I told her that. That's not an issue with her-it's always been that way, and I don't agree with it-my issue with her when it came to this is that she told me that if a child refuses to eat, that I can't claim them and that is the reason I must circle that the kid was here for breakfast, lunch, and snack (NOT true, I know). I told her that all I have to do is put the food in front of them, and she told me that the kid has to actually eat it. This was her third time at my house, and she's such a rude witch when she's here (and wrong about half of what she tells me) that I'm been thinking of quitting the program. She's not just annoying to me, but aggressively rude and argumentative. I pretty much threw her out of my house the last time she was here. She was arguing with me about not having records for days that I didn't even claim (I had a crisis in my life, and didn't record meals for about 2 weeks because I, frankly, had better things to do-caring for the kids was almost too much).
I just DREAD visits now (I really enjoyed everyone else I have dealt with from there).
Has anyone else heard that a kid had to actually EAT a meal in order for it to be claimed? Seriously, it wouldn't pay to be on the program in that case-nearly every day, at least one kid skips a meal because they're not hungry or holding out for something better.
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