Yea just to make something clear, this wasn't a situation that would have been better if I shut my ringer off. I can only speak for the school my kid is at but if your kid is sick and they tell you to get them you are obligated to come and are told that at enrollment. If I didn't answer, they would have kept calling my SO - who was at work and whose ringer was on (but she ignored the calls because she was in an important meeting). Eventually though, when the nurse calls 87 times she will pick up. And then? She will go crazy, that I'm supposed to home, yet am not answering my phone when there is an "emergency". The situation would have been much worse if I didn't answer, so thank god I did.
I only wish they never called my SO. That is why I asked the nurse (smart on my part, I must say). Because if not she wouldn't have found out until that night after everything was fine. Unfortunately they did call her though first before they called me. When I spoke with the nurse (and while I can't guarantee this. I said it hoping she would do as I asked) I instructed her that I should be the first point of contact, not my SO who is working at a company and gets in "trouble" for personal calls (all bullshit but again I'm attempting to manipulate her into doing what I ask in the future). Always trying to close loose ends, the problem is, it's impossible to close them all if you have SO and family. Always wild cards. But, I do my best to minimize them, hopefully that helps me if there is a next time.
I only wish they never called my SO. That is why I asked the nurse (smart on my part, I must say). Because if not she wouldn't have found out until that night after everything was fine. Unfortunately they did call her though first before they called me. When I spoke with the nurse (and while I can't guarantee this. I said it hoping she would do as I asked) I instructed her that I should be the first point of contact, not my SO who is working at a company and gets in "trouble" for personal calls (all bullshit but again I'm attempting to manipulate her into doing what I ask in the future). Always trying to close loose ends, the problem is, it's impossible to close them all if you have SO and family. Always wild cards. But, I do my best to minimize them, hopefully that helps me if there is a next time.