Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
This should help you break the ice...
"Lubbock is so flat you can look at the horizon and see the back of your own head...Lubbock is so flat you can watch your dog run away for 3 days."
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"Lubbock is so flat you can look at the horizon and see the back of your own head...Lubbock is so flat you can watch your dog run away for 3 days."
"Commode"She's a princess?
It's a very loud commode. Very high water pressure/suction. On the plus side, I can throw a whole roll in there and know it's not going to plug. Cleaning out the leftovers in the fridge is kind of fun.
"Papa"
Are you older than Tanner?
bentley
Footballguy
What they really like is if you walk around town singing the Mac Davis classic "Happiness is Lubbock, Texas in my rear view mirror"
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Tomorrow I have to listen to a 3 hour presentation on some market research, and then lead a 2.5 hour brainstorming session which includes things like giving everyone in the group 10 stickers they can use to vote for the best ideas (all ideas will be written on a giant post-it note) but plot twist you can use as many stickers as you want for one idea. 10 stickers for one idea. 5 for 2. Even something crazy like 5 for one, 3 for another, and then 1 for two others.
Seriously this makes me want to die.
Seriously this makes me want to die.
-fish-
Footballguy
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Damn, I haven't seen a single Girl Scout all year and would love some Tagalongs and Thin Mints right now. :(
(This sounded a little like a Homer post, except without the cookie references.)
bentley
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
'ninja, is it true that we're going out on Saturday? And thanks for the link--did not know.
As for TBell's post, I'm still pretty freaked out about this Walrus and the Carpenter guy's bank robbery in drag/shootout/death thing. It's very weird and creepy, and that was a cute little guy shucking oysters when we went there. It's just all so odd.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
This sounds made up. No way do grown adults with any authority think this is a good idea.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Frostillicus
Footballguy
I'm seriously shuked. This doesn't remotely fall under my job description, other than we'll be talking about selling movies.
Ignoramus
Footballguy
It happens, guy.
kevzilla
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I can't even go into that suicide thread. The whole thing kind of terrifies me.
But it did remind me of a radio commercial that plays here. It's some PSA about depression but seems totally ridiculous. It has some lady going on about how devastated she is that her husband committed suicide and that she had no idea that depression could lead to suicide.
How is that even possible? Is there a single person in the US that seriously doesn't know that depression can lead to suicide? It stretches all plausibility and discredits the entire commercial. What do people think cause suicide then if not depression?
/end rant
But it did remind me of a radio commercial that plays here. It's some PSA about depression but seems totally ridiculous. It has some lady going on about how devastated she is that her husband committed suicide and that she had no idea that depression could lead to suicide.
How is that even possible? Is there a single person in the US that seriously doesn't know that depression can lead to suicide? It stretches all plausibility and discredits the entire commercial. What do people think cause suicide then if not depression?
/end rant
Abraham
Footballguy
I am the keynote speaker for a sales conference with 90 attendees tomorrow at 1pm at the Domain. I am drinking with my cousin and watching the rockets game. I have not given a thought to my speech. Good luck to you tomorrow Bentley. Tpw.
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
So I sent my principal an email about an hour after I got home. After I left the meeting with crazy mom she stayed to talk to him.
Me: Is there anything I need to know about the conclusion of the meeting today with Mrs. [crazy mom]? I mean am I going to have to look over my shoulder for something else or is this thing dead?
His reply: I will stop by so we can discuss it tomorrow. Really it is hard to tell. She may file a formal complaint.
My reply: That is fine. I will own up to what happened. If that is the worst thing in my file I can live with it.
Thank god I get paid the big money for this.
Me: Is there anything I need to know about the conclusion of the meeting today with Mrs. [crazy mom]? I mean am I going to have to look over my shoulder for something else or is this thing dead?
His reply: I will stop by so we can discuss it tomorrow. Really it is hard to tell. She may file a formal complaint.
My reply: That is fine. I will own up to what happened. If that is the worst thing in my file I can live with it.
Thank god I get paid the big money for this.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Yes, yes it is.
It is messed up on so many levels. Earlier today I was telling the wife "the worst part is that one facet of my job, aside from all of the other obvious things, is to try to make these kids better people. I may only have them 45 minutes a day but I do whatever I can to help them become better people. No just 'more successful' in the traditional sense but just better human beings."
But when you run across parents like this that absolutely have no clue or totally deny that their kid is major dooshspout it's like a kick in the nards.
As cynical and "miserable" as I come across on this board I am an idealist. I wouldn't be in this business if I wasn't. Having this kid go through 95% of the school year with me and then knowing he's leaving without improving one iota in terms of his behavior/attitude/outlook on life bugs the piss out of me.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Frostillicus
Footballguy
T Bell
Footballguy
####, that makes me want to die too. Thanks.
My kid loves stickers. You want to send me some?
T Bell
Footballguy
Yeah, the problem tends to be diagnosis. It's not like the lady's deceased husband was walking around with a flashing neon "DEPRESSION" sign.
Anyway, yeah, #### seems to get pretty real in that thread.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Or did, before the thread was destroyed and locked.
T Bell
Footballguy
drummer
Footballguy
northern exposure
Footballguy
Now it looks like the thread has been pruned and unlocked. It was a shame to see a serious thread, that seemed to be helping people,fall victim to the curse of the poster that shall not be named.
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Abraham
Footballguy
Guster
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GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Bad parents suck. When a kid is really bad at school, you can pretty well bet that the parents are either total losers or make excuses for their kid.
My guess is that you mostly deal with the product of that in dealing with hormone fueled bad behavior from the kids but mostly don't have to deal with the parents excepting situations like this.
At the primary level, kids can be pretty bad, but I think dealing with difficult parents tends to occur a lot more often. Bad parents tend to checkout after their kid is able to look after themselves a little more.
My wife's worst was a lady that should have been put in a straightjacket. Her kid was a nightmare that would stand on the tables and throw things at other kids, spit on them, lie, steal, etc. The mom continually blamed my wife. This is a woman that that lived in a $700k house and refused to send in a new folder for her kid when she destroyed the first one because she said that was my wife's responsibility.
Eventually the mom got to the point where she decided that the only explanation for what was going on was that my wife was racist. So she started telling everyone in the district that she knew that my wife was a raging racist. Fun times.
My wife would have actually quit if it weren't for an angel of a room mom. Luckily her room mom also happened to be black and absolutely loved my wife. Oh, and her husband was an ex-NFL player that was well known in the area so their family had a lot of pull. Room mom went off on crazy parent at the Little League fields and made sure everyone knew the lady was crazy and that Mrs. GD wasn't a bit racist.
But yeah, people can kind of suck. What really sucks is that in your case the kid gets off Scott free and thinks that all he has to do to get out of trouble is accuse someone else of wrongdoing. Probably headed down a path to jail eventually.
Gadzooks
Footballguy
I had to do this last month at a strategic planning retreat for the chamber of commerce. There was a giant lesbian sitting next to me. Without her noticing I put all my stickers on her back before I realized we had to put our stickers on the giant post it notes.
Gadzooks
Footballguy
I had to do this last month at a strategic planning retreat for the chamber of commerce. There was a giant lesbian sitting next to me. Without her noticing I put all my stickers on her back before I realized we had to put our stickers on the giant post it notes.
Gadzooks
Footballguy
I had to do this last month at a strategic planning retreat for the chamber of commerce. There was a giant lesbian sitting next to me. Without her noticing I put all my stickers on her back before I realized we had to put our stickers on the giant post it notes.
bostonfred
Footballguy
Are they different colors? You could trade your blue brown and orange dots to different women in the class and it would be your own little sexual harrassment inside joke.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
These stickers...will there be blue and brown dots?
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Ah yes. I've had the 4am wake up for flights to Indianapolis a few times in these past 5 weeks of new job. It's not fun.
I also had to do a little 10min presentation at our national conference yesterday. I had maybe 2 days notice I'd be speaking at all. Then its 200 people and I've done zero public speaking. Our SVP asked if I had been coached because it went so well. Makes me feel better overall.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
Link to the beginning of the Tanner - crazy ##### mom story?
Abraham
Footballguy
Just imagine a fat woman complaining that an old man is the reason her child is a poorly behaved moron.
I was overserved and had fun
Great production value and even though we paid $200 for tickets, we were farther away than I expected. My buddy got free $500 face value tickets from work and he said he could hardly see anything. It's insane how much money they generate. Was the single biggest revenue generating event in Superdome history. That's crazy. Ringside tickets going for like $10k. Apparently about 20% of the crowd comes in from overseas for every wrestlemania.
The serious wrestling fans we saw walking around before were your stereotypical fans....single male virgins who spent their life savings travelling to the event.
All in all, glad we went; but if it came back; wouldn't spend the money on the tickets.
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Abraham
Footballguy
Gadzooks
Footballguy
My buddy's wife is a teacher (5th or 6th grade i think) She said at her last parent/teacher conference she had one set of parents that after 5 minutes of discussing the normal stuff the father says "ok, be honest, is our kid an a##hole? Because if he is then that's a reflection on us. Seems like most kids are a##holes and I think it's because their parents are a##holes. Be honest, I won't be offended, it's not your fault if he's an a##hole." She tried not to laugh and told them that their kid was one the nicest students she has and the Dad looks at the Mom and says "I don't know, he could turn into an a##hole at any point, lets stay on top of this." She said it was the best conference she ever had.
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