Shoes- WWYD

[The Foozzler]

So what would you do? Also, am I overreacting?

T went to camp at his gym last week. He went morning and afternoon session all week but some kids did one or the other or just some of the days. Everyone takes off their shoes to go into the gym and leaves them under a table. He wore his blue size 9 crocs on Monday to camp. When I went to pick him up that afternoon, he went to put on the blue crocs and he complained that they didn't fit right. I looked on the bottom and they said size 10/11 and they also looked very well worn. But there were no other shoes left, so he wore those home. He kept saying they weren't his but I started to second guess myself that maybe I bought a size up. Still, he wore them to camp each day hoping his shoes showed up. Thursday I wasn't paying attention when we ran out of the door and he wore different shoes. I go to pick him up and sitting with the shoes is a pair of size 9 blue crocs in good condition. The gym staff figures out who they belong to and they said she did come Monday but only for the morning. So she must have grabbed the wrong shoes when she left.

So I wait for the mom to come and pick her up. When she comes in, the gym director asks her what size her daughter wears, and she says 10. I explain that I think that she accidently took my sons pair on Monday because those are a size 9 and we have the 10/11 pair. Of course it is the one day that we didn't bring them. The girl won't be at camp on Friday but she has another kid enrolled in the gym and she said she would be there a few days this week. I offered to bring the shoes back the next day and I asked the gym to call me when the mom returned T's shoes because we live close and I would come pick them up. 

It's been a week. We returned her shoes but she still hasn't returned ours. I called the gym to ask and they said they would remind her again. I am a bit frustrated with this mom. She took the wrong shoes on Monday. I just want our shoes back. I don't want her very old worn out shoes. Both of my kids have been going to this gym for their whole lives and we love it there. How much do I keep bothering the gym staff about this? What would you do if the other mom still doesn't bring back the shoes?

[CrazyLucky]

I'd be pretty annoyed at that. Do you have any contact information for the mom? I probably wouldn't keep pushing the gym staff. There's not much they can do. But if I had contact info for the mom, I would bug her every other day until I got my damn shoes back!

[sandj82110]

I'd keep asking until you get them personally. They're yours, she acknowledges that she has them and even though she may have genuinely forgotten it doesn't mean you should just let it go. Keep reminding until you get them!

Totally unrelated but Daniel has tiny feet too, he just moved to a 10, it seems like most kids his age are 12/13 at least.

[ktstorm]

That's pretty annoying. I'd keep up with reminders to the gym. Maybe you could write a note reminding her, and even include your contact info for them to give to her?

I like having a physical reminder - note, email, or text otherwise I have a tendency to forget.

[Deleted]

Can the gym put a note in the kids bag? Or email the parents? They have to notice they have 2 of the same shoe at home.

[blane12]

So she currently has both pairs of blue crocs? I'd keep bugging the gym to get ahold of her, or ask them for her contact info (I'm not sure if they're allowed to give that out or not). You've been more than accommodating. I get accidentally grabbing the wrong shoes, and even forgetting to bring them back once, but she needs to make it a priority to get them to you. That's really annoying, and if he's anything like my boys, their crocs are their favorite shoes, so I'd imagine he's upset he can't wear them now.

[The Foozzler]

Aug 24, 2017 22:53:06 GMT -5 @lindy said:

Can the gym put a note in the kids bag? Or email the parents? They have to notice they have 2 of the same shoe at home.

The class her child goes to is a parent/child class, so she is there too.

[The Foozzler]

I have no idea if she has both pairs. I returned her pair last Friday. I don't know if she took them.

[The Foozzler]

Aug 24, 2017 20:18:48 GMT -5 sandj82110 said:

I'd keep asking until you get them personally. They're yours, she acknowledges that she has them and even though she may have genuinely forgotten it doesn't mean you should just let it go. Keep reminding until you get them!

Totally unrelated but Daniel has tiny feet too, he just moved to a 10, it seems like most kids his age are 12/13 at least.

My kids are 5th percentile for everything. They are tiny!