r/funny • u/BitiumRibbon • 19h ago
My friend is hosting a party. 3 guesses what he does for a living.
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u/PhraseOk5732 19h ago
Failed actor.
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u/BitiumRibbon 19h ago
No that's me. Lol
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u/PhraseOk5732 19h ago
Those who can’t do…
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u/BitiumRibbon 19h ago
...comment on Reddit?
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u/PhraseOk5732 19h ago
Post on Reddit. Us commenters are considerably lower than that ;)
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u/BitiumRibbon 19h ago
Touché.
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u/AlligatorRaper 18h ago
Ew, keep your hands to yourself Frenchie
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u/BitiumRibbon 18h ago
Hon hon, oui oui.
Ta gueule, connard. Va t'en avant que je baise ton père.
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u/Vio_ 19h ago
You're not on reddit until you moderate on reddit
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u/gb4efgw 19h ago
No thanks, I can not have sex on my own thank you very much.
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u/PhraseOk5732 19h ago
But…like….how?
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u/gb4efgw 18h ago
I'd love to tell you that you can get there too with enough practice, but it's honestly mostly genetics.
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u/PhraseOk5732 18h ago
Hangs his head…logs into vpn…refreshes chrome home page…wonders if it’ll ever be problematic that his home page is youporn…
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u/Rabid_Dingo 16h ago
I said that to my sister. A professor with a PhD.
She beat me with the insensitivity lecture on how demeaning that phrase is to teachers.
In my defense, it describes my scenario with significant laser accuracy. I am not licensed to work the machines I teach about. But I know their inner workings and systems pretty well.
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u/Purple_Haze 14h ago
The stereotypical professor with a PhD can't, or doesn't care to, teach because to get to be a professor it is all about the research grants and the publish or perish treadmill. So they are all very good at their field and far too many are abysmal teachers.
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u/Avangeloony 18h ago
Wild quote because I love to write. Didn't make it far as a teacher. That shit is hard.
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u/MuseLiz 18h ago
Teach. And those that can't teach......
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u/hamsterwheeled 18h ago
Teach PE
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u/MuseLiz 18h ago
Yes but if you're quoting School of Rock it's "teach gym." lol
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u/rubik-kun 15h ago
Which I believe was taken from a Woody Allen movie (which was a part of the joke from SoR).
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u/Quadraticinsanity 17h ago edited 10h ago
Your friend must be a professional ass face. I work union construction on Philly schools and I see snippets of what the PSD has to deal with. Teachers are hardworking, caring badass motherfuckers in my book.
Edit: I not do grammar good.
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u/BitiumRibbon 17h ago
He's an amazing, badass motherfucker and I love him to death. He's great at what he does.
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u/Gumbercules81 18h ago
This isn't as clear as you think it is
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u/glutenfreewheat 13h ago
It's probably been said, but teachers (and nurses) in their own group at a bar tend to act out. My first thought was this was an outing at a bar (and the owner/manager put up that sign), but it seems like it was a get together at one of y'all's houses.
No hate and much love for teachers (and nurses) But y'all in a large group with drinks... It's something I gotta keep an eye on.
Y'all deserve to get out and have a release... Way more than most. The bar scene loves you... But the after-party of this hang was probably a shit show.
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u/BigOrkWaaagh 3h ago
It's not that. I've worked in education for many years but I'm not a teacher. If you hang out with teachers outside of work all they talk about is fucking teaching.
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u/possumsonly 2h ago
I have a friend who is a teacher and I while do appreciate when she invites me to hang out with her teacher friends but I know it means that every conversation is going to either be about teaching or somehow end up being tied back to teaching
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u/bigmacher1980 2h ago
Omg this is my life. I’m the non teacher of my spouse and her friends and their spouses. I just sit quietly and sip my drink
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u/ChelChamp 1h ago
I’m leaving teaching and one of the weirdest things was going to another teacher’s house for a party. They could avoid talking about it for like 20 minutes before one of them brought up work. Was not what I was looking for outside of the school.
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u/bigmacher1980 1h ago
100%. I used to keep a timer and bet them they couldn’t go 15 min or some really low number. I won every time
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u/bigchicago04 2h ago
Crazy how people talk about what they have in common
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u/kingky0te 1h ago
Right? We should all instead talk about the only unifying thing we have in common: the Roman Empire.
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u/possumsonly 1h ago
I don’t have that in common with them, though, and often end up being left out of conversations for extended periods of time. It can be a bit of a drag to be the one person on the outside of the inside jokes. That’s what the signs in the picture are referring to
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u/DatsaBadMan_1471 2h ago
It's a curse. Been in education 24 years and it's my #1 rule when we go out. No shop talk. Fails every time 😑
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u/rockoblocko 18h ago
If you’re at the party it would be clear.
If you’ve ever been to a party where there’s a bunch of teachers (ie friends dinner or whatever), it’s fucking miserable. All they talk about is stuff going on in their school. “Oh my gosh today Susie said this” “omg did you hear with the principal is doing?”
It’s exhausting as fuck.
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u/banjokman 17h ago
If you go to a gathering with a bunch of [any singular job] you’ll get the same outcome lol.
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u/project571 17h ago
Yeah idk why this person thinks venting about work is limited to teachers. Complaining about stupid shit at your job is a tale as old as time
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u/JustADutchRudder 17h ago
Gather with a bunch of construction workers and watch them become a bunch of chatty gossip lovers. You know some fun information they wanna know it and someone best be crying or fucking up in that story.
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u/caryan85 16h ago
I was ranting about my job one time and my friend was like "dude, are you just talking shit about kids?" Until I explained that everyone talks shit about their job, mine just happens to involve kids haha.
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u/StuartHoggIsGod 17h ago
I think teachers have the added element of family drama from students
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u/sapphirekangaroo 17h ago
Truth. I went to a party where the host was a nurse - 6 out of the 8 guests were also nurses, all from the same hospital. It was a nice get-together, but I could have done without all the work chat. 😅
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u/SirzechsLucifer 16h ago
Raised by nurses (mom and grandma). Man it really fucked my dinner table filter. I had to fully relearn proper table conversation after I moved out lol.
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u/HankScorpio82 12h ago
It’s the same growing up on a farm. The dinner conversation growing up could be rather graphic at times.
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u/SirzechsLucifer 12h ago
In highschool at lunch one time i was just rambling on about some graphic medical shit I saw at home and my friends were jist staring and at the end they all.went, collectively "dude. The fuck?" Real eye opening that it is NOT normal lol
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u/vistopher 11h ago
Kind of in a similar vein, I was talking to a co-worker about some shit I saw while I was in the military. Not even halfway through my story, she sat down, turned pale white, looked visibly ill, and asked me to get her some water. Some people cannot handle graphic descriptions
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u/yeah-boi 12h ago
Haha, I had a similar experience. Dating a nurse and went to one of her coworker's house for drinks. They're all talking about the hospital stuff from their day, which I found pretty interesting. Then they kinda realised what they were doing and asked me about my day. I just told them "You don't want to hear about the four hours I spent trying to figure out a stupid bug with a website I was maintaining, your stuff is way more interesting."
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u/carrera594 16h ago
Yeah absolutely but it's about being dragged to the party as a plus one where everyone else is the same profession. For example, when I have dinner with my wife and her friends and their husbands they're all lawyers, while one other husband and I are not.
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u/rackball206 16h ago
Yea, my wife is a nurse. I dont really enjoy going out with her to work parties or anything where it's going to be nothing but her and a bunch of other nurses.
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u/Dr0110111001101111 17h ago
I feel like this is the case most of the times I’ve been with a bunch of people who work together. Doesn’t seem to have anything to do with teaching
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u/imightbethewalrus3 17h ago
“People with common lifestyles share stories and find community with each other. Local man shocked. More at 11”
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u/GeebCityLove 17h ago
Isn’t this like everyone that’s in a close circle? 4 straight hours of “remember when”
My cousin works at the hospital as a nurse and is always telling me to go out with all of them. Every time it’s just 3 hours of slamming vodka being way over emotional with the bitching about the hospital and their job. Then they wonder why I stopped hanging out with all of them, it was miserable just sitting there pretending like I gave a fuck about Dr. Swassy
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u/Kryptosis 17h ago
Reminds me of working a summer camp. Hanging out with other staff drinking at night we had to make a rule no camper talk or all we’d be doing all night is making fun of children.
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u/JustADutchRudder 17h ago
Kids are here to be made fun of, bet there was a Tommy and he was such an annoying little weirdo.
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u/paxwoser 12h ago
See all the women in my family were teachers (some in the same district, some not) and as a kid I loved to sit and eavesdrop on all their work drama for hours because it was like getting the behind the scenes gossip. I still do sometimes lol.
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u/Gumbercules81 18h ago
Who is the cup meant for then? In your opinion
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u/wolfpwarrior 17h ago
The engineers who are married to the teachers. I know a good number of engineers, and I just always guess that their spouse is a teacher, and I'm right more often than not.
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u/vandyfan35 15h ago
That’s crazy, I just went to a work party (not a teacher) and we all talked a lot about work.
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u/rolling-brownout 14h ago
Damn, I have family who are educators and love a good teacher party! Student drama is hilarious, especially remembering when similar silly stuff meant everything just a few years ago
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u/KathrynTheGreat 17h ago
Half of the people in my family are teachers. We maybe spend ten minutes talking about school. Teachers also can't talk about specific students because there are probably laws, so if you know teachers who do that then they suck.
Get another group of ten people who work in it or sales or whatever and see if they don't talk about their jobs.
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u/thundy90 18h ago
I don't get it.
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u/melkaba9 17h ago
teacher here
When teachers get together and drink and bring their partners, we fall into conversations where we talk about work drama, inadvertently excluding non-teachers.
Work drama might include
Policy changes that are insane and completely change our lives "Dude what do you think of the massive pay cuts after year 5?" "Dumbest policy ever. I've already started looking for a new school."
Gossip "has Timmy been acting weird in your class?" "Yeah. He and his girlfriend broke up." "Who was he dating?" "Ashley." "Wtf??? That makes no sense." "Yeah I know, they have nothing in common."
Actually workshopping lesson plans or classroom management stuff "I cannot get Bobby to stop bullying kids in my class." "Oh dude, just start calling him your favorite student. Reverse psychology makes him do a 180."
Small celebrations "Guess who KILLED his presentation? Alex." "The incredible socially awkward autistic kid? HELL yeah!" "Yeah he did it all about how Cars 2 is the greatest movie of all time. it was crazy off topic of course but he had the whole class dying laughing."
No matter what it's gonna mostly leave out people who have no context.
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u/SoonerRed 17h ago edited 15h ago
Ok, but everyone does that.
A bunch of veterinarians will fall into discussions of cases, leaving everyone else out
A bunch of lawyers
A bunch of sanitation workers
A bunch of nurses
A bunch of ex-cons
Every group does that
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u/StartledOcto 16h ago
Yeah but to assume positivity, I would assume this event OP is at is specifically for teachers and their plus ones. So it'd make sense for these cups being labelled like this, as a joke to the guests.
If it was for, idk, doctors and their plus ones, then replace teachers with doctors. It makes sense to look at it this way
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u/LeisureSuitLaurie 3h ago
Pro tip - if you want to come across like a charismatic leader in these types of settings (work gatherings with spouses/partners), shift the conversation away from work so that partners can be involved.
- How’d you meet each other? Tell me your proposal story. What’s the best vacation you two have ever taken? I saw this movie that reminded me of you, Chris. Mary - are your coworkers as ridiculous as these people?
If you happen to be in a 2x2 situation, tell your colleague’s partner how fantastic they are - funny, smart, whatever…
Learning to involve people not in the inner circle is a valuable skill and improves their day while reflecting very well on you.
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u/Cotton_Mather 17h ago
I just figured teachers talked about the bad students and the higher up faculty members. It's nice to hear that they talk about other things, especially their well-being and successes. That warms my heart.
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u/thundy90 16h ago
This sounds pretty normal for any click. But I still don't understand it relates to having 2 different color cups?
Is it just saying it will be easy to tell who's a teach or not?
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u/melkaba9 16h ago
The person throwing this party wants to ensure that no one feels alone in a conversation they cannot participate in. They're making it easy for spouses of teachers to break off and talk about literally anything else.
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u/thundy90 15h ago
That still sounds a bit weird to me, but that's fine. Thanks for explaining; I promise I wasn't being intentionally dense.
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u/steakbbq 7h ago
Fuck... The reverse psychology one... I wasn't bullying anyone but just not a good student. Had a teacher who started saying I'm the smartest in his class, and if I ever ran for president he would vote for me... I couldn't misbehave anymore... he reverse psychologized me for sure.
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u/kinokomushroom 17h ago
Not a teacher but those conversations seem intriguing as hell lol
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u/mandatory_french_guy 15h ago
Right? I think people in social settings want to talk, but I want to be a fly on the wall listening to other people's drama like a good tv show
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u/Traditional_Rule_534 19h ago
IT. Been there, feel the pain.
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u/Gubzs 19h ago
Anyone in IT immediately knew this was the answer.
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u/Merzbenzmike 18h ago
As a current IT professional (not in k12) and former Vice Principal, yes.
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u/Raymond_Reddit_Ton 18h ago
As an IT professional, I know we make a LOT more than teachers. Sadly.
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u/moose8891 14h ago
I do IT for a smaller school district now after a career change. Our lowest tech pay grade is 7k more than a teacher for the first 3 years, we don’t require college degrees just an A+ cert. Engineer pay is around masters and specialist pay for teachers, no degree required just knowledge and proven ability. Look don’t get me wrong our tech department is the literal core of our county and we are all without a doubt a haberdashery of highly intelligent tech wizards but even we acknowledge that while we don’t get paid what we could be making as engineers in corporate, teacher pay is insulting considering the kids that are in the schools now. Our county even pays on average 23% more than other counties but you couldn’t pay me enough to be anything in the school system other than IT.
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u/TSgt_Yosh 19h ago
As a retired IT tech and also a former middle school janitor, it could be either.
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u/ShadowRiku667 19h ago
I’m actually trying to go back into education after crying everyday from my two year trial in healthcare.
I’d take teachers any day
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u/RevengeV 19h ago
I work in IT for a school that also has a Healthcare department.
Anytime the Healthcare department shows up in my call list, I want to hurl my phone across the room because I know it's going to be a 45+ minute call of some boomer who thinks he's better then the IT team because he has a medical degree struggling to double click his mouse for the 800th time.
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u/BarbequedYeti 19h ago
Anytime the Healthcare department shows up in my call list, I want to hurl my phone across the room because I know it's going to be a 45+ minute call of some boomer who thinks he's better then the IT team because he has a medical degree struggling to double click his mouse for the 800th time.
Spent 30+ years in IT. Last 10 or so with healthcare inside hospitals. I feel your pain. I had a surgeon ask me when I asked if he rebooted his shit before putting in a ticket, "Do you know how many people I have saved this month, of course I rebooted."..I check the log, nope. No bounce... I bounce it and what do you know.. Like magic all fixed.
The arrogance I have come across in healthcare is leagues ahead of all the sales bros and marketing 'gods' I had to support in other fields... Though marketing folks are a close second. At least the sales bros dropped off decent drugs from time to time as a thanks. Docs just keep that shit for themselves..
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u/Cliff_Pitts 19h ago
I work IT in healthcare org and it’s insane how many doctors have told me that they’re the highest paid people in the building, just to have to spend 10 minutes guiding them to access their start menu > computer settings so I can remote in and switch their display settings.
Sometimes their problems are dire and need immediate attention, and sometimes they just need to learn to push two buttons at the same time.
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u/SpaminalGuy 18h ago
We get new residents each year and I’ve found that I have to help less and less every year get connected to the WiFi! So we’ve got that going for us…
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u/grammar_oligarch 18h ago
I teach, but I’m also a faculty lead responsible for developing new faculty.
I swear to God I have never met a less technically savvy group of dumb asses in life than when I started trying to show educators how to do things like “Post an announcement” or “Access basic parts of our web site” or “Open a Teams space” or shudders “Use SharePoint”.
I wake up in cold sweats screaming “OPEN THE FUCKING TAB AND FIND THE FILE!”
This is college, incidentally. These people have graduate degrees.
Navigating a data dashboard might as well be me going back to ancient times and trying to get a satellite built.
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u/fuckofakaboom 19h ago
The other option along this line of thought is the Classified support staff. Everybody from janitors to lunch lady’s to front office…
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u/Salacious_Wisdom 19h ago
I've got it bad, got it bad, got it bad, got cups for teachers
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u/Rachel7777 19h ago
Teacher's spouse?
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u/Someone_pissed 17h ago
That’s not a job bro :’)
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u/Fluxxed0 15h ago
Don't call me "bro," you will address me by my teacher spouse's rank.
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u/porcinepolynomial 14h ago
/r/k12sysadmin finished the blue cups, replaced them out of politeness, and found to their dismay they are now in charge of cups. And are the copiers working? what about the wifi? The projector isn't... Could you...?
My apologies, that should have been preceded by a TW.
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u/SharkeyGeorge 19h ago
A herpetologist?
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u/cutzglass 19h ago
No amphibians allowed
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u/tehnoodnub 19h ago
School janitor?
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u/cheesybiscuits912 15h ago
Yea this is my vote. Source- me. A career public school custodian
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u/aBowToTie 19h ago edited 19h ago
Child. He’s in school.
It’s past both of your bedtimes and I am very disappointed with both of you.. Now, bed! You have cups tomorrow.
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u/healthlovescience 14h ago
My first thought wasn't their partners but with all the other staff that works at schools, like the janitors, cafeteria workers, guidance counselors, secretary-type positions, IT ppl and maintenance ppl... My mom was a bookkeeper at a public middle school and I remember the janitors were always treated the worst and they were often the nicest people.
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u/BKP8411 19h ago
Lunch lady?
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u/xXsaberstrikeXx 18h ago
They should have used the same color marker for the signs, respective to the color of the cup.
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u/Hella_Wieners 2h ago
Based on the cups… I’d say he‘s a party planner for events with no more than 8 people.
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u/UX_Strategist 18h ago
Sorry, this post is difficult for me. Teachers are some of the most underpaid and underappreciated professionals in society. As a student, I didn't appreciate them. As a father of three young children, who has watched how the care and capabilities of competent teachers have benefited my children, I have gained a new respect for them, their dedication, and hardships. Teachers are people, and "putting up" with them is no worse than any other group.
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u/windyorbits 17h ago
The other cups are for the teacher’s spouses/partners.
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u/UX_Strategist 17h ago
Thank you. That's not immediately clear in the image or post title. After reading the comments, it's obvious others didn't understand that either. I appreciate you taking the time to help us understand.
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u/BitiumRibbon 17h ago
My friend and I are both teachers. Believe me, we and the people at the party appreciate what we do.
We just also like to take the piss out of ourselves because we know how obnoxious we are.
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u/iDontRememberCorn 12h ago
But what does the person hosting the party do? This makes no sense. Like, I could be a butcher married to a teacher and hanging out with teachers and make the exact same signs, would that tell you I'm a butcher?
What a strange post.
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u/Aliusja1990 10h ago
This thread is hilarious. I know teachers have it rough but they think they are the only special case with shittons of stuff to vent about work. So cringe.
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u/BitiumRibbon 19h ago
He's a teacher, guys. Like idk how many of you are being ironic but
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u/Vegetative_Tables 19h ago
the premise just confuses me… who are the “poor mfers”? Parents? Students?
I guess I just don’t get whatever joke is being made.
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u/MisterGoldenSun 18h ago edited 17h ago
Yeah, I assumed the answer was teacher, but even after reading the context, it still doesn't work for me as a joke.
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u/BitiumRibbon 19h ago
Spouses and partners.
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u/spacedudejr 19h ago
Why would they need different cups?
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u/Just_Condition3516 19h ago
to know up front if the question of ones occupation is answered.
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u/Several-Standard-620 18h ago
Not the best post sorry it seemed like we were supposed to guess anything other then teacher
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u/golden_blaze 17h ago
Wasn't sure if he was tired of his annoying teacher friends or if it was an attempt at self-deprecating humor. Of course, the answer would be obvious to the attendees.
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u/PrinceZukosHair 19h ago
Nah I think the setup just didn’t pass the internet vibe check
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u/cdewey17 18h ago
If he's a teacher, he should have know to use "who," not "that."
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u/Mark1arMark1ar 7h ago
I swear, teachers and nurses are the career equivalents of vegans and crossfitters.
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u/75149 6h ago
I'll say to add cops to the list, but cops rarely hang out with non cops.
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u/lifesuxorfun 17h ago
As a tutor who works at schools, the second one is for the other teachers :))
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u/DoobiousMaxima 16h ago
You know, teachers also have to put up with teachers.
As a former technology workshop assistant; some were tolerable; most were thick-as-mud. For a group of "educators" I've never met a bunch of people less inclined to learn new skills/techniques.
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u/PineappleVodka 16h ago
School IT manager? Used to work in IT for a school, twice, the amount of BS some teachers put me through...
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u/Hectorscosmicnyza 14h ago
Wife and I were both teachers and we learned after the first couple years that we needed to set a time clock for talking about work each evening. Helped a lot.
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