Wanted to get your opinions on an incident that occurred this evening. There are 3 kids I drive home from sports practice every Thursday. Today, one of the boys was not waiting at the curb with the other 2 students when I got to the school. I asked where this boy (Thomas) was. One of the kids, his good friend (Ben), told me he was not riding home with us today. I waited and looked for Thomas but did not see him. I asked Ben why Thomas was not riding home with us. Ben said "He said his mom is coming to pick him up because he has to go to Boy Scouts." Now, this happened one other time when I came to the school to pick up Thomas after practice. Thomas did not get a ride home with me and was not waiting at the curb with the other kids. Again, it was his friend Ben that told me his mom was coming to pick him up and take him to piano lessons. So today, when Ben told me Thomas was going to Boy Scouts, I left the school. An hour later, I received a voice mail message from Thomas's mother saying Thomas was still at the school. I immediately called her back asking what was going on. She said, "I don't know why my son did not get in the car with you." I proceeded to tell her what I was told by his friend Ben to which she replied, " He was very confused. It's not your fault." Not sure if "He" meant Ben, or her son Thomas. I apologized and before I could finish speaking, she cut me off saying she was at the school and had to get her son because he was with a stranger. She never called me back or sent me a follow up text message or anything. I feel like she was blaming me. If it's not my fault, then why did she call me? To me it seems that there was a miscommunication between Ben and Thomas. Or Thomas really did think he had Boy Scouts and his mother was coming, but he had his days mixed up. Either way, how was I to know any of that? It makes me feel bad that Thomas was stuck at the school, but I don't feel I did anything wrong. Honestly, I think it was rude of Thomas's mother to call me and insinuate blame towards me, hang up on me, then not call me back or send a follow up text if nothing else than just to say, "Sorry for the confusion". I'm feeling bad about the whole thing. Is it me that's at fault?