OT: the worst part about Joyce's call
So I'm out here in Oregon when my father calls me and tells me about Gallaraga's perfect game bid with two outs in the ninth. I feverishly try to log on to my mlb.com account so I can listen to the end, when my dad said, "Here's a groundball ... he GOT HIM! Oh wait, no....no..."
About five minutes later, I'm on my way out the door when I check my phone and see there's a text message for me that says: "Your boys have a perfect game going against my Indians."
Thinking it's one of my good friends from Cleveland, and I simply type back "fuck me."
Then, I realize that I just texted someone whose name didn't come up in my phone; just their number. It turned out, it was a high school student of mine who I reluctantly gave my number (along with the rest of his classmates) when we were attending a national convention.
I immediately texted him to explain that this was a mistake, and that it was intended for a friend. Then I started to think about the fact that one of my 15-year-old students now has a text message from his teacher that says "fuck me" without the benefit of voice inflection.
Panic ensues.
I called my administrator, the kids parents and apologize profusely, and now I'm sure this kid will get some great mileage from my cyberfaux pas.
So not only will I remember this blown perfect game call as the day another hometown team cup-checked me; it was the day I unwittingly made an improper proposal to a student of mine.
Feel free to laugh at my expense (fuck me).
Dude that is funny stuff there. +1 and I seriously hope everything works out.
Or the picture you sent with it?
You certainly earned them.
my first thought... "really ANOTHER Joyce thread?"
my second thought... "good luck with that!"
Same. Except this was hilarious and it made me brighten my doom and gloom mood. Kudos to the high school teacher with Barney and a beheaded Teletubbie as their avatar!
Failed to make the connection between HS teacher and crazy avatar. That's nice.
I was about to electronically bitchslap you through the interwebs for yet another thread about this. Then I read the post and I am dying laughing. +1 for you.
on a serious note. I hope everything stays ok. People are so sensitive and so unwilling to forgive a mistake sometimes. It is kind of scary.
Given the event and reaction to said event that served as a catalyst for this unfortunate situation, this post is just dripping with irony.
LOL.....I was first thinking a goody yet another thread about the worst ump ever...but then I read your post....
One of my Dad's friends who taught at my middle school with him got fired a few years for having porn on his computer. I would tread lightly.
He said don't worry about it, which is a relief. Still, I feel a bit like Steve Carrell in "The 40-year-old Virgin" when he's dreading the next day at work after he is exposed as a virgin. I have that kid in my first period class tomorrow.
"Yep, this is going to be bad."
You know, when you, like, you grab a woman's breast and it's... and you feel it and... it feels like a bag of sand when you're touching it.-40 Year Old Virgin
lol i got admiration for anyone who teaches, it's not for everyone..
Thank You!
Oops.
On a serious note, make sure you document that you apologized. You never know what parent is going to get a hold of what. (Yeah, I'm about the 50th person to mention something like that, but too late now).
Great story nonetheless.
I hope all goes well for you aswell, a serious matter all jokes aside....
Please keep us posted....
+1 to you
Sometimes, you get really f-cked up with technology. It falls back to what my dad used to say, (and I rarely heeded, of course): "Engage your brain before putting your mouth in gear."
Like I just wrote, I rarely heeded his advice ... And still don't (apparently) ...
A few years ago, I got cc'd on an email from a prospective business partner that my company had been trying to entice for several months. The email went to a colleague, and it was full of spelling errors, grammatical mistakes, etc. Frankly, it was appalling.
Naturally, trying to be funny, I replied to my colleagues and wrote: "I are a collej gradute." Then, I promptly hit <send>.
At that point, I realized I'd hit "Reply All". So, my little email not only went to my colleagues, it went to the guy (the prospective business partner) who sent the original message. Needless to say, no one found it funny, and I got a serious ass-chewing by my boss, which I freely admit that I deserved. Then, the fall-out from the business partner came, and it wasn't pretty. We never did any business with them.
Ah, well. Its a "teachable moment", as they say. You'll survive. You may have another hole in the vicinity of your ass, but you'll make it.
Funny story.
You might have to start wearing thick glasses and a pocket protector in order to convince everyone that you're asexual.....
You may want to change your avatar.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Looks like you'll be fired but Jim Joyce won't.
Well, I feel slightly less terrible about that call given the terribleness of what you described.
If you get fired perhaps you can become a Major League umpire.
That would really suck. Im glad your administrator finds humor in it. Thats a good sign.
...your name will live in infamy at your school for some time, I'm afraid. Good thing summer break is coming!
At least you didn't say "fuck you."
Given the context (that this was written to a student), I think writing "Fuck me" is worse.
That really sucks, but thanks for sharing. Maybe you can give yourself an in-school suspension for the remainder of the year to avoid the awkwardness of seeing the student. Thanks for the chuckle.
Oh man . . . I'm sorry to hear that. Hang in there. At least the school year is just about over.
This made my day! Thank you for sharing!
HATE when that happens!!!