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I'm pissed off right now. Mookie has spent probably 40+ hours as a student volunteer doing stage managing work for a show put on tonight by her school choir, including 12 hours just in the last few days.
Burney, the choir teacher, didn't see fit to say thank you to her or the other three kids who ran the stage and handled lighting and cues. Not even a mention in the program. He did give the kids what they took as a veiled threat before the show about not screwing it up.
The title of this post is Google-bait. I want anyone who looks for "GarField" or "music" or "choir" or "Burny" to find this.
Mookie would probably say something like, "Mr. Burny, you suck.", because she's too polite to flat out call you an asshole. But I'm not.
In fact, the phrase "ungrateful cocksucker" comes to mind.
Posted by Ted at June 3, 2005 10:32 PMWell, it's not a nice phrase but it happened to come to my mind to before I got to the end of the post!
Posted by: RP at June 4, 2005 06:47 AMMaybe it would be a good idea to make a formal complaint to the Principal concerning this socially-retarded pinworm's behavior? I'm sure the other kids--and their parents--would gladly back you and Mookie up on it, too. Sounds like this kid-threatening sack of putrid pig's pustules doesn't need to be pulling a paycheck, if you ask me.
--TwoDragons
Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at June 4, 2005 11:43 PMAs a (former) overachiever myself, I kind of got accustomed to never being acknowledged for all my extra helpfulness, but god forbid some child who's a bona fide oxygen thief remembers to say "Excuse me" after he leaves a fart in class, the teachers burst into rounds of applause that Special Ed managed to not pinch a loaf into his shorts. I agree with you, Ted, but this is a life lesson in the making -- Mookie is a fantastic gal and she's going to go far in life, but this is one of many pinheads she will encounter in life who will expect her to excel yet who will reward those who manage to get most of their shirt buttons fastened correctly.
Posted by: dawn at June 5, 2005 01:44 PMThis post was very much my venting over the situation. Mookie almost immediately invoked the 3-day rule (stay mad for 3 days, then move on 'cuz it's just not worth it). There's other background story that I didn't include which just added to my anger.
In my opinion, school programs ought to make mention of every person even peripherally involved, right down to the janitorial staff that makes sure the closest bathrooms to the stage are left unlocked late on rehersal nights. Everyone likes to feel appreciated, and that's such a simple way to do it. It's about the students, and the asshat should've been looking for ways to include more of them.
As it is, he's alienated the technicians and stage managers that he depends on for his choir shows, and they won't work for him again.
If this were a real problem, Rachael knows that I will work at it to get things made right. We both know that this is small stuff in the grand scheme of things.
Posted by: Ted at June 5, 2005 05:40 PMHe sounds familiar...
Is his first name "Bob?"
Is he former Navy?
Posted by: Rob@L&R at June 6, 2005 08:19 AM