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Congratulations, sir, you have broken my brain.
I wasn't sure where to put this - do students count as customers?
Our students have been doing writing exams this week. However, those who failed their reading exam in March are resitting that while everyone else takes the writing. So, you've got some people in the group doing a writing exam, and some doing reading. The writing exam people have 10 minutes reading time before the start of the exam, but the reading people don't. I gave the writing people their papers first, and after reading time was over, gave out the reading papers and said "Everyone, your time starts now. Good luck!"
Now, it's pretty boring invigilating an exam - after the first 10 minutes, there's not that much to do, so I take my German homework and do that, which means I'm not watching the students like a hawk every second (they're adults, and there's no need to). I came to collect the papers at the end, and had this conversation with one of my reading people:
Me: Is your name on it.
Him: Yes, but I haven't written anything.
Me:
Why not?!
Him: I was waiting for you to tell me to start!
Remember I said "Everybody, your time starts now"? He thought that was only for the other people, and he spent a whole hour reading the reading paper.
I'd been looking around every 10 minutes or so to make sure nobody was doing anything they shouldn't be, and he had a pen in his hand, was looking in the dictionary, muttering to himself, etc., so I didn't for one second think that there was anything amiss. These are intermediate-level English students, BTW 
You, sir, are an idiot.
Our students have been doing writing exams this week. However, those who failed their reading exam in March are resitting that while everyone else takes the writing. So, you've got some people in the group doing a writing exam, and some doing reading. The writing exam people have 10 minutes reading time before the start of the exam, but the reading people don't. I gave the writing people their papers first, and after reading time was over, gave out the reading papers and said "Everyone, your time starts now. Good luck!"
Now, it's pretty boring invigilating an exam - after the first 10 minutes, there's not that much to do, so I take my German homework and do that, which means I'm not watching the students like a hawk every second (they're adults, and there's no need to). I came to collect the papers at the end, and had this conversation with one of my reading people:
Me: Is your name on it.
Him: Yes, but I haven't written anything.
Me:
Why not?!Him: I was waiting for you to tell me to start!
Remember I said "Everybody, your time starts now"? He thought that was only for the other people, and he spent a whole hour reading the reading paper.
I'd been looking around every 10 minutes or so to make sure nobody was doing anything they shouldn't be, and he had a pen in his hand, was looking in the dictionary, muttering to himself, etc., so I didn't for one second think that there was anything amiss. These are intermediate-level English students, BTW You, sir, are an idiot.
- Angelspit, '100%'
if needed too.
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