I enjoyed Aware and Scared's post about Snowflakes' lack of phone courtesy. But why, oh why, were you surprised by this, Prof. A&S? I had assumed everyone in this profession knew that Snowflakes expected us to be available 24 hours a day, just like 7-Eleven.
My favorite inappropriate phone call came a few years back, just after enjoying the Saturday pancake ritual with my kids, thankful that the combination of pancakes and bacon was helping my hangover subside. I get a call from a master's student.
Floyd: Hello?
Master Snowflake: Floyd, this is Master Snowflake. My wife and I are on break from our Saturday morning class and we have realized it is not giving us what we need. Can we still sign up for your class?
Floyd: Why are you calling me at home on a Saturday morning? Can't this wait until Monday?
Master Snowflake: No, we need to know if we can get into your class.
Floyd: I don't really care one way or the other. You do realize you've missed two out of the fifteen total meetings? {Editor's note: I taught a once a week class}
Master Snowflake: Yeah, but we will catch up.
Floyd: Okay. {Hangs up. Starts drinking early.}
What, oh what, seems to be missing from the conversation (or thought process) of Master Snowflake?
Glad you enjoyed, Floyd.
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I guess just lulled out of a blissful oddity of not having been inundated with a blizzard for some time.
Of course, first major paper and midterm exams will take place over the next two weeks which means the honeymoon will be over with a thud, the love will go out of the room, and tenor of my classes will change significantly. If it helps, blizzards are forecast for the next 2 - 4 days as my two campus-based classes come up against their paper deadlines.
As for your Master Snowflake, it seems obvious that the missing link is that MS hadn't yet learned to start drinking right after (during?) pancakes on Saturday!
My solution would've been to take a .22 target pistol, load a blank into the chamber, let the guy ramble, then fire the gun into the mouthpiece. Sh#@heads call, sh@%heads get f&$ked with.
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