March 9, 2006
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I’m home this morning, and for all day for that matter. I think I
need to vent about school cos it’s a major pain in the ass and I feel
it as an underlying cause of sickening stress. I currently have a
recurrence of excema on my lips (I feel it but others don’t notice it)
that I have only had since school has gotten worse. I also have a
light rash on my arms.this is a new school, just a year and a half old. they haven’t
really gotten it straight what will be the best way to run it. I
get that. however, changing the rules constantly for a year is no
way to run anything. the rules are always punitive and geared
toward the lowest common denominator. so this is to say that if
someone is a habitual trouble-maker instead of addressing them as an
individual, and at the time of the offense, they make a rule to fix
it. and they don’t necessarily let us all in on it until one of
us runs afoul of the rule and gets slapped by it. the individual
who routinely screws up tends to have moved on to something new and
rarely gets disciplined… they only seem to confront those of us who
are genuinely trying to help things run smoothly.so this morning I had a schlemmozzle with the kids and realized I would
be ten minutes late. if you’re one minute late you can’t clock
in, can’t leave, and have to wait till theory’s over to join the class
(one hour later at 9:30). normally I have a ten minute window for
things to go wrong and still make it on time. today my problem
exceeded the ten. anyway, I’m never late. I attend every
day. if my kids are sick I call in before school starts. in
other words, I am far more responsible than most at school, at least in
terms of attendance.so I called in to say I would be late so I’d just show up at
9:30. the receptionist said, ‘hold on,’ then a teacher came on
and said I couldn’t come in till 11:30 because that was the late
rule… and that Beth and someone else had already had to do that
(probably anticipating a challenge from me). so I had a long
pause and I said that really throws a wrench in my day… so I guess I
just won’t come in at all. she said okay.crap. I am so sick of this stupid-ass shit. I’m not even
mad; I’m just sick to death of the moronic bullshit they so
condescendingly offer up as reasonable. have fun scrubbing the
toilets today, answering the phones when the receptionist’s at lunch,
logging and putting away inventory, etc while I’m gone. never mind all
the rest of the stuff I do without asking that makes things run
smoothly… I do it because it needs to be done… do it without being
asked. never mind the the kids that just never show up, never
call, cos boy you really got me I was going to be late and called
before I was supposed to be there…
Comments (18)
My therapist calls this type of rule-making “chicken-shit management”. It means they are chicken shit (scared) to address the outlying person who causes the majority of the problems, and instead institute “rules” that penalize all for the one person’s wayward actions. It’s infuriating.
I don’t have a lot of background on this school you attend… and their crazy ways. All I know is that things happen, unforeseeable things, and if an otherwise reliable person has something happen, they deserve leniency. Has no one in that school ever had to be late for anything, ever?
Hmpf. Screw them.
That is exactly the type of bullshit that management pulls where I work. Instead of dealing with whomever the asshole is, they treat everyone like crap. Especially since we were bought by a new corporation.
I would tell them that since you are basically paying thier salary with your tuition that they can go screw themselves and you will get there when you damn well please. {{{HUGS}}}
i’ve always found it difficult to understand this way of thinking; treating adults like children doesn’t make them act more adult, it pisses them off and makes them hate you. so you’re a few fucking minutes late; how is it better to miss the whole lecture? and is the teacher really so flighty that she can’t recover from the oh-so-disruptive flurry of you opening the door and sitting down? all these after-the-horse-has-left-the-barn rules are so fucking retarded. all they accomplish is making a few people feel important, while everyone else suffers for the stupidity.
How fucking frustrating.
I think I would have just showed up too, and then when a fuss was thrown at me walkign in late, I’d have said “Well, get back to teaching the class and shut up about me being late, you’re the one disrupting shit here.”
And then I’d get kicked out and want to go home and make a bomb.
Not really. If I had the cleaning solvents necessary to make a bomb, I’d probably just clean my apartment with them. It’s gross here.
that’s pretty fucking stupid. see what being responsible gets you? Nothing! great lesson for the kids. yep.
Same spineless “One Rule to Screw them All” crap at my work also.
They’re so afraid that somebody will sue their asses off, they avoid individual confrontation like the plague.
damn kids. Don’t they know you’re on a schedule? Oh wait, that’s MY kid. Nevermind.
How stupid! Grr. Did you pour yourself a margarita?
Oh shit…
I hope they find a direction soon…
-M
I can’t say that I understand all of this, but I sure do love the word schlemozzle.
what a day! want me to rub your feet?
Its an unfair world. The prodigal son who reforms is always made much more of than the one who always acted responsibly. Bake them some nice cookies with ex-lax chocolate in.
that’s a supid rule.
Ugh. I feel it. Nothing annoys me more than arbitrary rules and micro-management. The world needs a chill pill.
Chicken Shit Management, that is a perfect way to describe it. What bullshit.
BAhhh! This makes me so mad! You’re a responsible adult and this is how they treat you? As a fellow responsible adult, I can only suggest….. prank calling the school.
Rachael
See, this is exactly where my issue with authority stems from. Stupid people just shouldn’t be in authority. And that’s the new fuckin’ rule.