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| Hold this for me. I've been up all night sneezing! |
As you may recall, this drama resulted from two students who were disrupting class the other day. One of them tried to tell the Dean that I came to class drunk and puking everywhere. It turns out that the third person involved had made a comment in class that served as a catalyst for the allegations. This dude wants to be a firefighter too.
If you can't tell the difference between a person sneezing and a drunk person, then you have no business being a firefighter. It's bad enough that our current first-responders can not tell the difference between a drunk person and a diabetic.
who's the second person?
ReplyDelete2 girls and a guy (the future firefighter).
Deletewait - if the 2nd person was 3 people, does that mean there were 5 all together, or are all of the people 3 people? Are there 9 people?
ReplyDeleteOr the difference between withdrawal and epilepsy. :( Too many seizures end up in jail rather than hospitals.
ReplyDeleteWait, is sneezing a symptom of diabetes? I think we need the whole story. What was the trigger for their accusation?
ReplyDeleteAbout three weeks ago. I had sneezed while lecturing and got snot on my hand. With my hand still over my mouth (so the students wouldn't see the snot) I excused myself to go outside and clean up.
DeleteWhen I came back, the firefighter made the snide remark, "What is this? happy-hour?" His comment eventually snowballed into the lying-bitch's allegation. The Dean had me write-up all three individuals, including the firefighter, because his poor choice of words helped fuel the false allegations.
Also, I think the college helps firemen get their license so the college probably wants to think it helps instill integrity on those people.
Oh and, um... I got to be present at the tongue-lashing. When he was finished with them, the two girls were crying and all three gave me an apology.
DeleteAnd they're CHOOSING to stay in your class?
DeleteYay for your Dean! Rarely is uppance so deservedly come.
DeleteEMH, it must have been hard to keep a poker face while being a spectator to some Epic Smackdown.
DeleteYour mistake was having manners. If you had publicly wiped off the snot, you could have avoided all this trouble.
DeleteThe 'flakes don't have manners; they don't even know what they are. So you're safe.
Good on ya, mate.
ReplyDeleteI still don't see the connection to diabetes, but I'm glad they at least were reprimanded.
ReplyDeleteThere is no connection between the sneezing and diabetes. EMH's comment said that not only do campus firefighters mistake sneezing for drunkenness, campus first responders also mistake diabetic reactions for drunkenness.
ReplyDeleteCan't. Believe. This. Happened. To. You. EMH.
But good for your Dean.
I'd send a thank-you note/email to the Dean. Nothin' wrong with using a bad situation to earn yourself a few brownie points.
ReplyDeleteNoted.
DeleteAwesome. I'm glad the little snots (heh) were sufficiently cowed.
ReplyDeleteOh, my. I'm very glad the Dean was supportive. And I will try to avoid calling 911 in your jurisdiction.
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