Life Update

[scheherazade_79]

Lucky - I'm fit and fine now. I had a miracle recovery as soon as the final bell rang...

Salvor - Thank you

Rob - Your hugs always come at the best times

EL - Not all schools are like that, so don't let it put you off if you ever get the urge. * Hugs *

Jammies - No, I didn't barf on my boss! There was a time, though, when she had a really bad dysentry-type stomach bug and was in school with it. The irony was that she yelled at me to supervise behaviour outside the toilets, while she stayed in the school canteen. And she didn't like it when I suggested that maybe it would be better off if she was closer to the toilets than the food...

Moonlight Elf - Thank you

Earl - I love you, too! Try here for sample reports

Summer Morning - - Thank you

Kendo - Wow, I'm turning polyamorous all of a sudden! I love you, too!

Roxanne - I might think about that little project. I certainly wouldn't ever run out of things to say...

Stella - Don't get me started on tractors. There are millions where I live, and it's one of the few things that's guaranteed to give me road rage. I think farmers who take out their tractors at peak time, or leave shit all over the road should be horse-whipped.





Anyway, thank you for all your support. I don't think I would have coped so well with this if it hadn't been for your back-up

Forever indebted, guys. You've all been magnificent

 

[scheherazade_79]

Epilogue

Last night I went to the beach and set fire to all school-related stuff.

I sent the following picture to my ex- head of department, along with the caption: "Bureaucratic bullshit burns so well"

I went to bed with a smile on my face.

 

[Guest]

Last night I went to the beach and set fire to all school-related stuff.

I sent the following picture to my ex- head of department, along with the caption: "Bureaucratic bullshit burns so well"

I went to bed with a smile on my face.

did ya dance naked round it too??

 

[scheherazade_79]

did ya dance naked round it too??

Truthfully? I can't remember

I got thrown into the sea at one point, and I had to strip to dry off. I don't remember dancing, though. I probably didn't. I lack co-ordination, and if I had, I probably would have ended up falling in the fire or something.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Well, it's all over. I walked away with my dignity and my integrity intact, and I didn't shed a single tear - which is a first for me when it comes to leaving a job.

I got double-teamed by the principal and my line manager in the middle of the corridor over the reports. I can't remember what they said, altogether, but I stood there and took it - even when there were kids walking past and the principal was screaming at me.

I was polite. I pointed out that I had a right to dignity in the workplace, and I didn't feel I was getting it. Then they dropped the real bombshell - which was formal disciplinary action unless I had the 60 reports done properly by lunch time.

It pissed me off a little bit. The principal was smiling as she said it, and the penny dropped that this was what she'd planned all along. She'd never expected me to be able to do the reports in that time scale, and was using it as an excuse to 'get' me on something.

So I walked off and wrote them - every single last fucking one. I have no idea how I managed it. It was just one of those Incredible Hulk moments.

I wasn't thanked for it and I wasn't congratulated. In fact, the principal looked like she wanted to strangle me. But at least I can walk away now, knowing that I've really done nothing wrong.

There were other things that happened during the day that put the principal in a very bad light, but I can't be arsed to go into them anymore.

It's over and that's what counts.

Damn! Good show, lass. Dignity indeed, and class. Well done. x 12.

Mom said it well: "Stand up for yourself - you're more qualified than any of them, and you make me proud."

 

[TheEarl]

Well, it's all over. I walked away with my dignity and my integrity intact, and I didn't shed a single tear - which is a first for me when it comes to leaving a job.

I got double-teamed by the principal and my line manager in the middle of the corridor over the reports. I can't remember what they said, altogether, but I stood there and took it - even when there were kids walking past and the principal was screaming at me.

I was polite. I pointed out that I had a right to dignity in the workplace, and I didn't feel I was getting it. Then they dropped the real bombshell - which was formal disciplinary action unless I had the 60 reports done properly by lunch time.

It pissed me off a little bit. The principal was smiling as she said it, and the penny dropped that this was what she'd planned all along. She'd never expected me to be able to do the reports in that time scale, and was using it as an excuse to 'get' me on something.

So I walked off and wrote them - every single last fucking one. I have no idea how I managed it. It was just one of those Incredible Hulk moments.

I wasn't thanked for it and I wasn't congratulated. In fact, the principal looked like she wanted to strangle me. But at least I can walk away now, knowing that I've really done nothing wrong.

There were other things that happened during the day that put the principal in a very bad light, but I can't be arsed to go into them anymore.

It's over and that's what counts.

<laughs out loud> I love you even more.

Are you going to screw them over right and proper for bullying and constructive dismissal? Personally, I'd find that fun in a vindictive kinda way.

The Earl