This is incredibly silly. So very silly. And even more silly that 5 hours after the telephone call I'm still pissed about it....
I'm given a HIPPA form filled out by a family that names the person that I am allowed to talk with at their child's daycare.
I call the daycare and ask for the person by the first and last name that is on the form. The woman cuts me off and asks me where I got that last name, it hasn't been her last name for 20 year, that she worked hard to get rid of that last name and that she needs to know who told me it was her last name bc it hasn't been for sometime and she wants to know who is still calling her that. I explain that it was on the form that was given to me and she says that well, she's gonna have to talk with the parents of the child that we're SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT BUT WE'RE NOT BC SHE'S SO TAKEN RUDELY TAKEN ABACK BY MY USE OF HER OLD NAME WTF???
(This conversation takes at least 5 minutes)
So, I say that I'm finding the conversation kind of bizarre and I wonder aloud if perhaps I should just call back and ask for her by her correct name so that we can start over....and SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE IS SUPRISED THAT I'VE BEEN SO "KNOCKED OFF OF" my "GAME" by this. that it doesn't seem to her to be that big of a deal... WHA??W?W????!?!?
Anyway, I googled her daycare center after we spoke and on more than one website (child care resource sites,) the woman is referenced as the daycare director WITH HER OLD LAST NAME!
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Jan 29, 2016 - 11:25am
This is incredibly silly. So very silly. And even more silly that 5 hours after the telephone call I'm still pissed about it....
I'm given a HIPPA form filled out by a family that names the person that I am allowed to talk with at their child's daycare.
I call the daycare and ask for the person by the first and last name that is on the form. The woman cuts me off and asks me where I got that last name, it hasn't been her last name for 20 year, that she worked hard to get rid of that last name and that she needs to know who told me it was her last name bc it hasn't been for sometime and she wants to know who is still calling her that. I explain that it was on the form that was given to me and she says that well, she's gonna have to talk with the parents of the child that we're SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT BUT WE'RE NOT BC SHE'S SO TAKEN RUDELY TAKEN ABACK BY MY USE OF HER OLD NAME WTF???
(This conversation takes at least 5 minutes)
So, I say that I'm finding the conversation kind of bizarre and I wonder aloud if perhaps I should just call back and ask for her by her correct name so that we can start over....and SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE IS SUPRISED THAT I'VE BEEN SO "KNOCKED OFF OF" my "GAME" by this. that it doesn't seem to her to be that big of a deal... WHA??W?W????!?!?
Anyway, I googled her daycare center after we spoke and on more than one website (child care resource sites,) the woman is referenced as the daycare director WITH HER OLD LAST NAME!
I get the need for working in groups... that's usually the actual point of the project though. Give them something to research in the library and write it up etc. and learn about teamwork. But the premise of the science project is to actually learn the scientific method. If the time is all used up on squabbling, trying to decide who does what, then fixing the other kid's mistakes so you don't get dragged down, wasting time with missed schedules and goofing off rather than working... all while the other kid's parents do squat... No.
I frickin HATED it when teachers made us work in groups (most of the time—sometimes it could be fun). I'm glad C has a choice.
I get the need for working in groups... that's usually the actual point of the project though. Give them something to research in the library and write it up etc. and learn about teamwork. But the premise of the science project is to actually learn the scientific method. If the time is all used up on squabbling, trying to decide who does what, then fixing the other kid's mistakes so you don't get dragged down, wasting time with missed schedules and goofing off rather than working... all while the other kid's parents do squat... No.
So we're into the middle phase of the science project now. The tears and yelling have come and gone, but we settled on a subject and Charlie's been meeting deadlines fine. Now yesterday he announces that it's a team project because his manipulative friend, son of Very Strange Parents, hadn't done jack shit so far and insinuated himself into Charlie's project. And all of this is okay with his teacher! Since when is the 5th Grade Science Project a team effort? I have enough trouble overseeing my one kid, I'm not the least bit interested in having my struggling student also shoulder the burden of getting a doesn't-give-a-shit friend thru, too. I stopped in to confirm with the science fair teacher (not his classroom teacher) and she's an idiot, no 2 ways about it, and told me yes, they'd agreed to work together, and if they don't want to anymore, then they need to decide that for themselves. So now I get to force Charlie to tell this kid (who's not allowed any candy, pop, Christmas gifts etc so he manipulates Charlie into buying him treats on the sly) that that kid's going to get a zero no matter what, so he better distance himself right now.
Oy, what a conundrum. Good move, though.
I frickin HATED it when teachers made us work in groups (most of the time—sometimes it could be fun). I'm glad C has a choice.
So we're into the middle phase of the science project now. The tears and yelling have come and gone, but we settled on a subject and Charlie's been meeting deadlines fine. Now yesterday he announces that it's a team project because his manipulative friend, son of Very Strange Parents, hadn't done jack shit so far and insinuated himself into Charlie's project. And all of this is okay with his teacher! Since when is the 5th Grade Science Project a team effort? I have enough trouble overseeing my one kid, I'm not the least bit interested in having my struggling student also shoulder the burden of getting a doesn't-give-a-shit friend thru, too. I stopped in to confirm with the science fair teacher (not his classroom teacher) and she's an idiot, no 2 ways about it, and told me yes, they'd agreed to work together, and if they don't want to anymore, then they need to decide that for themselves. So now I get to force Charlie to tell this kid (who's not allowed any candy, pop, Christmas gifts etc so he manipulates Charlie into buying him treats on the sly) that that kid's going to get a zero no matter what, so he better distance himself right now.
If that's the case then I am truly done with them. Amen.
Watch it. I'm tired and grumpy. And I still haven't let tonight's attachment disappointment go.
Yeah, I'm done with a lot of them. Others are some wonderful exceptions. They still know how to say please and thank you. And look at you when you're talking. And don't have one hand on their phone all the time.
Oh wait...I think you meant done with the niece/nephew-in-law...
So we sent our niece a nice big check for her wedding. We were unable to attend. We've never met the groom and there has been on contact with the niece since we moved out of NJ.
Today we got a postcard with a picture of the happy couple and hand-written words: "We missed you. xoxo." Pretty generic.
Am I to take this as a thank-you note, or should I keep holding my breath?
But seriously, am I out-of-touch with what passes as manners these days? The only acknowledgment I got was that the check cleared the bank.
EVERYTHING was working against me beginning at 5pm. All kinds of last minute orders at the second job made me late in closing, then I was doubly late for a VERY important writing workshop on character development...which I couldn't get into because the woman who said she'd let me in the locked entrance gave me a landline (not a cell #) that was no longer in service. I couldn't contact anyone to come down and let me in.
And of course everyone went slow as glacial ice in front of me on the way home.
There's a "letting go" lesson in this, I'm sure and not getting attached to things. It felt like a huge bitch slap from the Universe, though, especially when I'm wondering if I'm even supposed to continue on this novel writing path. Felt like a sad sign.
Refresh this page or search on it, until you find a plausable theory. "...When confronted with evidence exposing the truth about the death of Princess Diana, goats downplayed their role significantly."
Refresh this page or search on it, until you find a plausable theory. "...When confronted with evidence exposing the truth about the death of Princess Diana, goats downplayed their role significantly."
Oy, what a conundrum. Good move, though.
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