Personally I do not give a tuppenny toss whether this teacher was overstepping her terms of employment of working hours.. like Gayle has said between her and her employer. She bloody cared, that's all I can see !!
Repeating myself I know, but as a parent, would have gone in the shop, like a banshee, getting any child of mine out of that shop and their mates to get them to school ... headline would have read "Fury as parent bursts into cafe". Not quite get the same ring to it has it ? Would not have had any space in the Observer then, would it ?!? At least the Headmaster has added his comments on the matter (have you actually read it Jambutty ?)
As for us middle-aged women spending time on Accyweb Blazey .. what you like ? I am old-aged now ... have spent the last 45 years getting up at 6.00 a.m. to get kids off to school on time with a good breakfast in their bellies, before I had to travel most of the time 30 miles to work, 300 miles minimum when on the road, never been late, except in unusual circumstances ... feel can indulge myself a little now...
.. aplogies for being self-indulgent and personalising.