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    For those who don't know me, I'm Eevie and I've only joined recently. I'm really happy I did as I've never seen such a great community in a forum before! I really hope to get to know everyone here!

    Anyway...

    I'm a high school student office aide, a rare job that is given to only a few students that sign up for it. I work in the front office where you see all kinds of characters. Usually on a weekly basis I'll have someone worth talking about.



    Wait, so the dress code only applies to staff and students?!


    Holy... It was only my second day on the job when I saw this classy woman.

    Came in, said she had a meeting with a teacher, no big deal. It was only when I looked up I saw what she was wearing; A hot pink and zebra print shirt that was completely torn up in such a way where I saw WAY more than I ever needed too.

    And then she had these ridiculously short shorts, you know the kind where everyone behind you gets a clear view of your rear? Yep... And sadly these shorts didn't go up too high either. I got a nice clear view of her tramp stamp when her shirt was riding up.

    I will say she walked pretty well in the high heels though, far better than I could.

    Not only that, but please note that this lady was not exactly skinny.... Far from it really.

    Good lord! I've never seen anyone who was so fine with going to a school dressed like a prostitute. I mean, I get she was probably having a mid-life crisis, but come on! Have a little decency! One could only wonder what she was meeting a teacher for... I really hope I'm not familiar with her offspring...



    The office is not a changing room

    I wasn't even working when this happened. But I had business in the front office and as I went to the back, I heard this incredible screaming and arguing. Turns out, some delinquent boy wasn't in dress code (shirt didn't cover enough and his pants had spikes on them) and he had been such a pain that the administrators had to deal with him. He was pretty much fed up by the time I walked and I managed to get a full scene of this.

    ""Fine I'll just change right here!!!

    And I kid you not, he starts yanking his shirt off IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE!!! If the Head of Security wasn't right there to stop him, I think he may have taken his pants off too...

    Kid sits down, nurse brings him a change of clothes (where he changed in the bathrooms, thank god).

    Me in all of this? I actually ducked down to avoid seeing anything I didn't need to, all the while shaking with silent laughter.



    "It's against the law!!!!


    Well this happened a few years ago before I started working, however it's too short to have it's own thread, so I'll just go ahead and put it with the others.

    Ms. Wendy (my boss I guess you could say, she is actually in charge of the front off itself) told me this one. The first year the school was open, a parent had come in to drop off a good chunk of money for her kid's lunch.

    Well at the time, there was a rule where the office would not take money for the risk of it being stolen. (At the time students were told something was in the office for them through message. All it took would be for someone to see the message and beat the real owner to the office and claim the money for themselves) Most parents were okay with this, usually they'd just wait in the office while their kid was dismissed from class for a few minutes to pick up the money, or they would go down to the cafeteria access the student's lunch account, and deposit the money themselves.

    This mom however, apparently had places to be and didn't have time to wait or do it herself. She yelled and screamed obscenity's along with a few things such as what the school was doing was illegal and that she'd get her lawyer. Finally, school security had to escort her out. Her kid never did get his money. Nowadays while we're still not supposed to, we do take money, but the parent has to let their kid know it's there through text or whatever method they have.




    "I demand you do something that you already said you have no control over!"


    So I was in the attendance part of the office is where I saw this happen. Parent comes up with his (clearly freshman) kid. The guy clearly looks pissed beyond words. And he starts talking in that sort of "calm before the storm" sort of tone. Apparently his kid who was in ROTC was supposed to go on some sort of trip, but he was pulled for a random drug test and missed the bus for the trip. He was marked absent and received a zero for not attending.

    Dad was clearly beyond irritated. He wanted the absence cleared and the zero changed to a perfect grade (even though the kid wasn't there). Now, he's talking to the people in charge of attendance; they can change an absence as anything they put into the computer overwrites what a teacher puts in. And the absence was actually change before the dad even came in.

    However then he demands the grade be changed. The poor attendance lady (AL) he was ordering around had to tell him several times she has no access to grades, can't even look at them. Every time she repeated herself, the man's voice started getting louder and louder, until I was on the other side of the office and could hear him. It finally got to the point where AL was so fed up she just sent him over to the administrators so they could deal with him.

    I mean I get where he's coming from, I'd be pissed too if I was in his shoes, but really?


    One of the best!


    So wait, you want to file a complaint with the police to us?! A school?


    I actually witnessed this while not working in my usual post. Right place, right time, I guess.

    So I'm helping another secretary with some work (filing stuff, using the mechanical hole puncher [first time ever using something like that, it was so cool! ], and helping organize folders; basically the reason I consider this a job, not paid for it, but oh well). While I'm working, the phone rings and when the secretary (S) answered it, the following exchange occurred (Note: she was having a conversation with Head of Security (HoS) when the phone rang so he's in this too);


    With S:
    S:"Hello, Administrators Office."

    SC: (condescending tone): And you are?

    "I'm the secretary"

    SC: Never gathered exactly what she said here... I was kinda piecing together the conversation as S and HoS were discussing it when it was done.

    "Well ma'am.... Ma'am.... MA'AM! Tell you what, I have the Head of Security right here with me, you can talk to him if you'd like."

    SC: Oh please, don't waste your precious time.

    "No, it's fine, he's literally right in front of me."



    *HoS picks up phone*


    Hos: "Hello?"

    SC: "I don't know what you people are doing down there but you need to fix the problems with the police!!! We have the students and adults breaking the law and no one's doing anything!!!!!"

    ".......Okay....."

    SC: "I want you to fix the problem and give orders like you're supposed to!"

    "Well I could make that suggestion but...."

    SC: "NO! NO SUGGESTIONS!!! ORDERS!!!!"

    "Well ma'am, they're the police I don't have authority over them...." (Me at this point: Remember I can't hear any of what the SC is saying.)

    SC: "Well what am I supposed to do then?!"

    "Look you can file the complaint with the police department if you want, but I can't do anything."

    SC: "Well who's the officer in charge then?"

    "Look ma'am I don't know who would've been in charge on that day, I don't have my schedule with me."

    SC: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR TEACHERS ARE?" (Oh, so she does realize she's calling a high school.... Which only kinda makes it worse)

    "Well, we have different officers every single day of the week."

    SC: "Oh..." *hangs up*



    Amazing.... And this lady used that condescending voice then entire time. What a bitch.


    You mean these are the people in my graduating class?!

    This happens not 10 minutes after the previous story. The administrators and secretary stepped out for a second to discuss different matters not meant for student ears. So a bunch of students had been called in to discuss to amount of tardies and absences they had on record. And naturally as soon as any form of authority is out of the room, they start talking.


    Stupid student 1(SS1): "Yeah, like, so I'm going to teen court this weekend."

    SS2: "What for?"

    SS1: "Stupid reason."

    SS3: "What did you do man?"

    SS1: "Threw a chair at a f******* cop."

    SS3: "Yeah, that's retarded."

    SS2: "You shouldn't have to go to court for that!"



    I'm pretty sure my IQ dropped just listening to them... Oh why am I in the same generation as these idiots.... But then again I'm in the office because I'm an honest, hardworking person who has never missed a day without a good reason. So it makes sense why I can't relate to these imbeciles.


    Other best story!

    Flipping off the Head Assistant Principal

    So short one, still hilarious.

    So again, not even a full week of me at my post when this comes up.

    Assistant Principal comes in looking like he wants to punch something. This is so weird since normally he is, while serious, a pretty happy and easy going guy. I've known him for five years.

    So he goes up to Ms. Wendy and tells her if a blonde haired woman with a strong southern accent comes in, to get her name.

    Turns out, he was patrolling the student parking lots and a woman with no parking pass drives in and parks right in front of him. He let's her know that without a pass, her car will be towed, and that the space she's in belongs to a student (it was even painted, a clear sign it belonged to someone!) who paid for it and then they'd have to park in another person's spot and so on.

    The woman looked at him and just screamed, "WELL F*** YOU TOO!" She drives off nearly running over AP's foot and all the while shows him the middle finger while doing so.

    I guess she drove home or something, because I never got to hear how this one ended.

    Now we have a visitor's parking. All she needed to do was ask. but she's an SC, it's hard for her to act like a mature adult.





    Well these are my stories so far, I hope to share many more during my time here!
    Some people just need a high five...

    In the face with the back of a chair....

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    • #3
      Oh why am I in the same generation as these idiots..
      Every generation has those type of idiots. It's sad.

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      • #4
        I still have the image of that first woman in my head Why would anyone think it's ok to dress like that at any time? If you are old enough to have a high school age child then you are old enough to know better.
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        • #5
          Quoth telecom_goddess View Post
          I still have the image of that first woman in my head Why would anyone think it's ok to dress like that at any time? If you are old enough to have a high school age child then you are old enough to know better.
          Careful at your next PTA meeting, though, hon.

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          • #6
            Quoth Tama View Post
            Careful at your next PTA meeting, though, hon.

            /reference
            Harpet Valley PTA?
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            • #7
              Quoth depechemodefan View Post
              Every generation has those type of idiots. It's sad.



              Yeah I know. But something about thinking you shouldn't have to go to court after throwing a chair at an officer.... Eh, call me crazy but I'd rather not be in the same room with them.

              Also, nice to be here!
              Some people just need a high five...

              In the face with the back of a chair....

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              • #8
                Quoth Eevie View Post
                Yeah I know. But something about thinking you shouldn't have to go to court after throwing a chair at an officer.... Eh, call me crazy but I'd rather not be in the same room with them.
                We've had those morons back when I was in high school back in the 80's.

                There was one senior who - just a couple of weeks before Graduation - got kicked out for throwing a chair at a teacher. Served him right in my book.

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                • #9
                  to ! As you've seen, we're a friendly bunch.
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                  Harper Valley PTA?
                  Fixed that for ya Close enough, as keyboards go.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth MoonCat View Post
                    Harper Valley PTA?
                    I'd go more for Harpy Valley PiTA
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                    • #11
                      Quoth DGoddessChardonnay View Post
                      We've had those morons back when I was in high school back in the 80's.

                      There was one senior who - just a couple of weeks before Graduation - got kicked out for throwing a chair at a teacher. Served him right in my book.
                      We had somebody blow up a locker.
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Pagan View Post
                        We had somebody blow up a locker.
                        For our senior pranks last year, were had people throwing around half gallons of chocolate milk, throwing water balloons filled with baby oil, throwing confetti eggs, and all kinds of food. As well as releasing canaries, snakes (oh mother of god I'm glad I didn't run into one of those), rats (only one of the animals I did see, they released 8 of them apparently), and mice. I left school in a mild panic attack.

                        From what I heard, it got worse as the day went by, police ended up having to put the school on lock down. It was awful. Naturally though, school has hired extra security for this year.
                        Some people just need a high five...

                        In the face with the back of a chair....

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Eevie View Post
                          For our senior pranks last year, were had people throwing around half gallons of chocolate milk, throwing water balloons filled with baby oil, throwing confetti eggs, and all kinds of food. As well as releasing canaries, snakes (oh mother of god I'm glad I didn't run into one of those), rats (only one of the animals I did see, they released 8 of them apparently), and mice. I left school in a mild panic attack.

                          From what I heard, it got worse as the day went by, police ended up having to put the school on lock down. It was awful. Naturally though, school has hired extra security for this year.
                          The best senior prank I've heard of was when the seniors released three pigs into the school, and had painted numbers on the pigs' sides: 1, 2, and 4.

                          Which drove the faculty and authorities crazy because they were wondering "where's pig #3?"
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                          • #14
                            Amateurs. The senior class a year ahead of me (back in 19*AHEM*) had baby ducks, geese, and -- somehow -- a Jeep stuck halfway up an external-corner stairwell.

                            Naturally, OUR senior class lost off-campus priveledges all year because of their stunts. Yeah. That'll teach those guys, won't it ~_~
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                            • #15
                              I didn't participate in any senior pranks, but my year was putting trash cans on the roof. At my old high school, my friend told me she saw a guy dressed up as pacman chased by guys in different colored sheets going "wakawakawaka"

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