Thursday, January 20, 2011

More "books" e-mails...

Dear [Five Professors At Once],

     I am [Sunshine Special] and I am registered for one of your courses. Could you please tell me what book we will be using so that I can order it as soon as possible?

-S.S

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It literally says "one of your courses".  It doesn't say which courses.  We teach three and four at a time here.  So let's count the things Sunshine is too lazy to do:
  1. send five e-mails to five professors (a minor transgression)
  2. go to the book store to find out what the book will be (I'll grade this one also "minor")
  3. write out what the fuck classes she wants the books for (dysfunctionally lazy)
And after #3, her expectation is that I'll look through my rosters to find her so I can figure out what book she needs.  I swear to god, if I look her up, it will only be so that I can know what book she doesn't need and then suggest a different one so I can play dumb later. 

7 comments:

  1. Contingent CassandraJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Sit on it for a while and hope one of the other professors blasts her (and/or is kind enough to give her a link to the bookstore website).

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  2. Contingent CassandraJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    And yes, the "one of your courses" thing takes chutzpah. I get "your course" pretty frequently, which suggests they think I only teach one (which explains a lot). "One of your courses" is worse, I think.

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  3. SnarkygirlJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    When I get a request like this, I simply say "you will find that information on the university bookstore website. Best Wishes, Snarkygirl"

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    When I get a question like that I usually answer "yes."

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  5. Ack-ademicJanuary 21, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    Dear S.S: Good idea. I suggest you order it from Amazon.

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  6. AdjunctSlaveJanuary 21, 2011 at 4:12 AM

    I have gotten e-mails in which I cannot identify...

    - who the student is (because of "cutesy" e-mail addresses and so signiture)
    - which course s/he is in
    - which university s/he is at (I can understand students not realizing that some of us juggle several jobs.)

    ...and asking me when "the assignment" is due.

    I just answer back:

    - Who are you?
    - Which class are you in?
    - Don't you have the syllabus?

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  7. UnknownJanuary 27, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    LOL I've done stuff like this before - only difference is that I am considerate enough to 1) change the name (who it's to) and 2) mention the name of the class and when it meets.

    Also, ya'll must get hounded at the start of term but at my campus bookstore, they do not list the books until the week of classes. Therefore, my chances of scoring an online deal become quite slim during the B2S rush. Just sayin'.

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