Have you ever had to explain a situation to your boss, teacher, parent or even child? What was it about and why? What was their response?
#1 This One Bit Me Once When He Was Scared While At A Free Rabies Shot Clinic And My Left Hand Got Really Swollen And I Couldn't Bend My Fingers. I Had To Call My Manager On Monday And Tell Her I Couldn't Work That Day Because I Couldn't Use My Hand Plus I Write Left Handed So I Wouldn't Have Been Much Use To Her Anyway
4points
#2 I Was Hired To Do It For A School System. A Colleague Called Me To Say Their Computer Wouldn't Turn On. I Asked If It Was Plugged In. Annoyed, They Said Yes. So I Drove Over To Their Office And Silently Plugged It In. It Worked Fine
3points
#3 First Day Of 10th Grade. Teacher Calls My Name "Andrea. Do People Call You Andy?". Me, With A Scowl: "Just The One Time"
3points
#4 Isn't It Obvious?
1point
#5 Had To Explain To The Staff At My Special Therapeutic School As I Was Helping Set Up The Behavior Reward Raffle For The Younger Kids That Girl In Pieces Is A Particular Awful Book Choice For The Setting. I Have No Pictures From There Because Hipaa So Here's A Cool Fungus I Found Instead
1point
#6 Used To Argue With My Parents About Cleaning My Room When I Was Little (6yro, 7yro, 8yro, Etc...), "But Daddy/Mommy! Humans Throw Their Trash Around Earth And They Don't Pick It Up!" My Parents Would Reply With, "Well, You Can Be The One To Make Them, After You Practice Cleaning Your Room!"
1point