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5thOfJuly · November 2011

So I don't feel like the lone jerk, please!

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Dear Student,

This paper is pretty good. It really is. BUT it reeks so badly of smoke that it's making me feel ill. Seriously. In 8+ years of teaching I've never been able to smell a paper before...until now. It's making me frown, and a frown is not the expression you want me to have when I'm grading.

With Concern but Grossed Out,

Dr. 5thOfJuly

ShansBride · November 2011

no letter, but I don't think you're a jerk. I hate the smell of smoke. I took my ancle to the airport last week and I was not happy that my whole car smelled like smoke from all his stuff. Yuck!

drillerswife · November 2011

I'm jealous you've went 8 years before you were able to smell a paper! I smell smoke on papers, folders, backpacks, and coats almost every day. Yuck.

WendyToo · November 2011

I have paperwork from my mom's house that still smells like smoke. She's been dead for like 4 years now.

+buttercup+ · November 2011

drillerswife:
I'm jealous you've went 8 years before you were able to smell a paper! I smell smoke on papers, folders, backpacks, and coats almost every day. Yuck.

Im highly disturbed by this. Especially factoring in the age you teach. Which means its probably coming from the parents. It's sad that kids are exposed to that much second hand smoke.

5thOfJuly · November 2011

drillerswife:
I'm jealous you've went 8 years before you were able to smell a paper! I smell smoke on papers, folders, backpacks, and coats almost every day. Yuck.

I suspect it's because most of them type their papers at home but print them in the (free) computer lab before handing them in. This one...not so much

I feel badly for your kiddos having to be around that much smoke!

BlinkingLight1 · November 2011

Dear self,

Step away from the ice cream. No matter how hard you workout, you have to stop eating CRAP to lose weight.

Signed,

Fatty McButterpants.

fuzzylogic · November 2011

Dear parents of my students,

I work long days sometimes, the longest of which are usually basketball game days. I arrange for your children to have time to do homework AND have dinner on those nights so you don't have to come and pick them up and bring them back before the game. I love doing this; it's fun and your kids are great. However, they are YOUR kids. It is ridiculous that I have to sit with them for 30 freaking minutes after the game ends, when they called you at halftime, for you to come and pick them up. Act like an effing parent and be there when your child tells you to be there. They don't know how to manage time so well yet, but I do, and when I say 9:15, I freaking mean 9:15. I worked a fifteen hour day yesterday. And then I work up to this:

Dear H,

Don't use all the hot water on the rare days that you get up before I do. It's unfair that I now may not have enough time to wash and dry my hair after the above fifteen-hour day, four of which were spent in a hot gym. It's selfish and immature. The hot water has to be shared. I should not be punished for sleeping an extra half hour because I don't have to be in early for once, as I normally have sectionals but today I do not. Selfish, selfish, selfish.

WendyToo · November 2011

fuzzylogic:
Dear parents of my students,
I work long days sometimes, the longest of which are usually basketball game days. I arrange for your children to have time to do homework AND have dinner on those nights so you don't have to come and pick them up and bring them back before the game. I love doing this; it's fun and your kids are great. However, they are YOUR kids. It is ridiculous that I have to sit with them for 30 freaking minutes after the game ends, when they called you at halftime, for you to come and pick them up. Act like an effing parent and be there when your child tells you to be there. They don't know how to manage time so well yet, but I do, and when I say 9:15, I freaking mean 9:15. I worked a fifteen hour day yesterday. And then I work up to this:

Dear H,
Don't use all the hot water on the rare days that you get up before I do. It's unfair that I now may not have enough time to wash and dry my hair after the above fifteen-hour day, four of which were spent in a hot gym. It's selfish and immature. The hot water has to be shared. I should not be punished for sleeping an extra half hour because I don't have to be in early for once, as I normally have sectionals but today I do not. Selfish, selfish, selfish.

To be fair, it sounds like your H was just doing his normal thing and your schedule is the one that changed. It's probably a little one sided to call him selfish and immature for not realizing you wanted him to change his routine to accommodate you.

ETA: the word not

drillerswife · November 2011

Dear H,

I'm sorry I'm a bed hog. I don't do it on purpose (duh, I'm sleeping) and I'm sorry you were cranky this morning due to me not staying on my side of the bed. Please don't be in a bad mood when you get home. Thankssomuch.

Love, your bedhoggingwife

fuzzylogic · November 2011

WendyToo:
fuzzylogic:
Dear parents of my students,
I work long days sometimes, the longest of which are usually basketball game days. I arrange for your children to have time to do homework AND have dinner on those nights so you don't have to come and pick them up and bring them back before the game. I love doing this; it's fun and your kids are great. However, they are YOUR kids. It is ridiculous that I have to sit with them for 30 freaking minutes after the game ends, when they called you at halftime, for you to come and pick them up. Act like an effing parent and be there when your child tells you to be there. They don't know how to manage time so well yet, but I do, and when I say 9:15, I freaking mean 9:15. I worked a fifteen hour day yesterday. And then I work up to this:

Dear H,
Don't use all the hot water on the rare days that you get up before I do. It's unfair that I now may not have enough time to wash and dry my hair after the above fifteen-hour day, four of which were spent in a hot gym. It's selfish and immature. The hot water has to be shared. I should not be punished for sleeping an extra half hour because I don't have to be in early for once, as I normally have sectionals but today I do not. Selfish, selfish, selfish.
To be fair, it sounds like your H was just doing his normal thing and your schedule is the one that changed. It's probably a little one sided to call him selfish and immature for not realizing you wanted him to change his routine to accommodate you.
ETA: the word not

He admittedly let the water go for 30 minutes.

SunnyDaze31 · November 2011

Dear H,

I know you really enjoy your new video game, but if I have to spend several more hours per night for the next few weeks listening to swords "clanking" in battle and medieval fairy-ladies talking in some fake English-fairy hybrid, I think I'm going to lose it. Can you please go back to playing your football game instead?

Thanks,

Your non-video game loving wife

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Dear dogs,

Please stop jumping the blockade to the side yard. I know it's only chicken-wire, but it kept you out for several months until this past week. The mud back there is always in the shade and takes a month to dry. You don't like having your feet cleaned off anymore than I like doing it, especially when I'm running late to get to work.

K, Thanks,

Your Favorite Person

kayleeb · December 2011

Dear OSU fan co-worker,

Seriously, stop trash talking OU!!! Angry Not a single OU fan here at work has made any negative comments about OSU. The game isn't until tomorrow. You could AT LEAST wait until OSU beats OU (if that's what happens) before you start bragging about how awesome OSU is and how horrible OU is.

Sincerely,

the girl who smiles and nods at your stupid, rude comments even though she's really screaming SHUT UP! inside her head Smile

mrsGilB · December 2011

Dear Nursing student that I did not ask to precept,

Please take a shower and wash your scrubs before you come to "work" tomorrow. I'm not sure what planet "clean, professional appearance" includes being able to smell your pits from 3 doors down, but I seriously cannot contain the gag much longer. Also, deoderant is your friend. And while we're "discussing," please don't touch me. I don't really know you, and you don't really know me, so keep your mitts to yourself. Thank you!

Your b!tchy touch-me-not preceptor.

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