Special Snowflake Stories

[NyaChan]

If I were the daughter, I'd 1) ask her why on earth would she want to be in there and then 2) have a discussion about boundaries

[lady_disdain]

I heard this one on the radio the other day. The station had a segment with a child educator and parents had sent in questions earlier, to be answered on air. One parent said that his son, a high school freshman, disliked studying, did no homework and acted out in class. It was only the second week of classes but the school, which the son had attended his entire life, was already asking for a parent conference to address the son's issues.

The Snowflake expert was outraged at the school. How dare they blame it all on the parents? Note, the letter said nothing about blaming the parents, only that the school wanted to talk to them. The parents should immediately call the school and demand that they explain why THEIR student hated studying and why hadn't they taught him to enjoy learning. It was all the school's fault really and the parents should refuse to do anything about it.

[Jocelyn]

I'm a law student, so obviously I care about words and word choice quite a bit. My mother...not so much. 

I didn't know my sister had children!
I could not break her of the habit of addressing mail to me on Rosebud Lane. I did not live on Rosebud Lane; I lived on Redbud Lane. She considered it unimportant; if the mail got to me, what difference did it make whether she wrote Rosebud or Redbud?
I could not convince her that I wouldn't know how many letters she sent that did NOT make it to me...
And yes, she's always irritated to have anyone say they don't know what she's talking about, when she's using the wrong words.

[Jocelyn]

There is NO smell quite as awful as pig.  When my girls did 4-H, for many reasons they didn't get to do pigs, but a contributing factor was the stench.  All the kids on the pig project had to have clothing and shoes that never even got in the car, that stayed at the farm with the livestock, and they changed in the bathrooms.  Once it's in your clothing, you can NOT get it out again. 

FWIW, it IS possible to remove pig smell from clothing. My father was a hog buyer, and he devised a laundry method that involved presoaking for a day or two in the garage...by the time he brought his clothes into the house, they could be laundered with the rest of the family's clothes, and they came out smelling just as clean.
Unfortunately, I never learned what was in his special laundry solution...

[Jocelyn]

If I were the daughter, I'd 1) ask her why on earth would she want to be in there and then 2) have a discussion about boundaries

She's planning on being Father's co-therapist. Obviously, she knows everything there is to know about running a marriage!

[jedikaiti]

I used to think my pants were crazy until I got to really know about some of my friends' parents. Then I thanked mine for being sane and reasonable - and confused them.

Then I started reading eHell......

[MerryCat]

If I were the daughter, I'd 1) ask her why on earth would she want to be in there and then 2) have a discussion about boundaries

She's planning on being Father's co-therapist. Obviously, she knows everything there is to know about running a marriage!

Is it weird that I read that as "she knows everything there is to know about ruining a marriage?" LOL

[Elfmama]

I worked as a manager in fast food.  We had a chicken salad pecan sandwich that we were required to cut with a different knife.  One time, I caught an employee cutting it with the same knife as everything else.  I told he him couldn't do that and had to cut if with a different knife.  He got flippant with me and said mayonnaise really wasn't that bad and so what if a little go on everything else?

I had to tell him it wasn't just the mayo, it was the pecans!  People have severe peanut allergies and the cross contamination could likely kill someone.  He blinked at me and I could see the weight of what I was saying dawning on him.  If it had been a cartoon, he would have visibly gulped.  The guy hadn't even thought of that!  He never did that again...

One of DD's friends had a severe nut allergy, and nearly died because the sundae maker at Friendly's allowed a single bit of nut down at the very bottom of her sundae glass.  His comment was "So it makes her sneeze.  Big effin' deal."

The server was clearly wrong, but I do have to say that my mind was a little boggled by the idea of going to Friendly's with a nut allergy that severe.  The potential for cross contamination there is so high with the peanuts, and peanut butter sauce and walnuts for the sundaes. I don't know if they use peanut oil in the fryer but if so there's that too, and then are the tables wiped carefully enough in between each group... It just seems like it's high on the "top ten do-not-go places" for nut allergies at that level.

This girl wasn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier, and wanted to be with her friends.     I agree with you.  In fact, if I had a severe allergy to foods that don't have a strong odor, I wouldn't go near a place that used lots of it and had mostly teen workers, for that very reason. Between the lack of understanding about food allergies and the general attitude of "do it the easiest way", it would be very dangerous.  (Mustard sensitivity here -- but barfing is nowhere near anaphylactic shock, and  mustard has a very strong odor and is generally easily spotted on a hamburger or other sandwich.)

[Katana_Geldar]

His response "Well, I WILL be a librarian if you guys will just HELP ME DO MY HOMEWORK."
I'm afraid I walked away at that point and he avoided me all evening.

That's the point at which I would put pants on my head and pencils up my nose.

I love the image!  I never had to deal with an MLS student but, I can easily believe the story of Bean.  You do have to wonder how some Grad students got through High School let alone be awarded their Bachelor degree. 

He's only just starting on an associate's degree at the local community college.  We can't wait until he starts with the real library stuff.....I think I will put in a supply of pencils and pants at the reference desk.

If he's like at now, what's he going to be like with MARC, DDC or LCSH?

I'm studying to be a library technician and you need to know your stuff. No one can do it for you. You either know it, or you don't.

[Yarnspinner]

His response "Well, I WILL be a librarian if you guys will just HELP ME DO MY HOMEWORK."
I'm afraid I walked away at that point and he avoided me all evening.

That's the point at which I would put pants on my head and pencils up my nose.

I love the image!  I never had to deal with an MLS student but, I can easily believe the story of Bean.  You do have to wonder how some Grad students got through High School let alone be awarded their Bachelor degree. 

He's only just starting on an associate's degree at the local community college.  We can't wait until he starts with the real library stuff.....I think I will put in a supply of pencils and pants at the reference desk.

If he's like at now, what's he going to be like with MARC, DDC or LCSH?

I'm studying to be a library technician and you need to know your stuff. No one can do it for you. You either know it, or you don't.

Yikes!  Hadn't even thought of that.  (As someone who only took one cataloging class, I can admit that MARC and I have a nodding acquaintance that I became more comfortable with only AFTER I had been on the job for about fifteen or more years.)  Most of us think Bean believes that, because he sees us parked at the reference desk most of the day, he believes that we sit down for a living.  My supervisor said "Wait, is that the guy [followed by long, accurate description of Bean}?"  We said "Yep."  "Yeah," said Supervisor, if I'm still here when he applies for a job, I'm going with NO.  I don't want a coworker who spends his free time on [name of revolting, lascivious website]."

Given the titles of the movies Bean keeps asking me to buy (and which I keep rejecting because--ewww) I believe it.

[Hmmmmm]

Does the MOB have any idea what topics are covered in that counseling? 

With a tip-off from the church secretary, I'm sure the first topic will be "keeping your in-laws from interfering in your marriage."

I would certainly hope so!

/wonders if the church secretary is an E-Hellion.

When friend's sister started teasing her mother about her blunder, Mom tried to cover it up with she misunderstood what type of "counseling" the secretary was referring to and she thought it was a discussion on the marriage ceremony, like whether to have full mass and some of the more Spanish wedding traditions like the lasso or coins. But none of us are buying that. We are pretty sure she thinks she could give some "third party" insight to the priest about friend are her fiance.

Mom will never live this down. Friend's sis and MOH is trying to figure out how she can include in into her wedding speach.

[Virg]

ladyknight1 wrote:

"Does the MOB have any idea what topics are covered in that counseling?"

Maybe I'm missing something, but since we're discussing pre-marriage counseling I assumed it would be the priest getting a feel for whether they were both prepared and willing to be married, not any sort of "how-to" for married life.  While it's not something I'd expect a parent to be involved in, it never struck me that they'd cover something in pre-wedding counseling that would necessarily be extremely intimate.

Virg

[pierrotlunaire0]

I used to think my pants were crazy until I got to really know about some of my friends' parents. Then I thanked mine for being sane and reasonable - and confused them.

Then I started reading eHell......

Odd, for me, it has always been my shoes that are a little psychotic.   

[Thipu1]

I used to think my pants were crazy until I got to really know about some of my friends' parents. Then I thanked mine for being sane and reasonable - and confused them.

Then I started reading eHell......

Odd, for me, it has always been my shoes that are a little psychotic.   

Mr. Thipu has a piece of headware I call his orthopedic hat.   

[wolfie]

ladyknight1 wrote:

"Does the MOB have any idea what topics are covered in that counseling?"

Maybe I'm missing something, but since we're discussing pre-marriage counseling I assumed it would be the priest getting a feel for whether they were both prepared and willing to be married, not any sort of "how-to" for married life.  While it's not something I'd expect a parent to be involved in, it never struck me that they'd cover something in pre-wedding counseling that would necessarily be extremely intimate.

Virg

From way back when I did pre-marriage counseling it was intimate stuff in that it was things I would not want to discuss in front of anyone - especially my parents. We took this quiz that had a bunch of basic questions about what we expected from married life - things like wanting kids, how you expect chores to be distributed, how much free time you expect to spend together. Then the quizzes were compared and areas where there were differences were discussing. So if I said I expected the housework to be 50/50 and DH said he expected I would do it all that would then be brought up as an issue that should be resolved ahead of time. So now - it wasn't that "intimate" but it also wasn't anything anyone else had any business being a part of.