All I Want For....

I loved Stewgad's post over at Pretty Hard Dammit about making good on her threat to answer any student cell phones that rang in her classes.  I can't resist repeating her delicious story verbatim.  It all began when one of her student's phone rang:

"The whole class looked at him, then they looked at me. He looked at who was calling, rolled his eyes, and said, "It's Jane,"* and smilingly handed the phone over to my outstretched and eagerly awaiting hand.

"John's* Phone," I said.

In a slightly bitter and hostile tone, a young woman's voice replied, "Is John there?"

I said, "He's in class right now and can't talk. He'll have to call you back."

She said, in an increasingly bitchy tone, "Well, he can't call me back. I'm not at a place where he can return the call. Can you just tell him that Jane called?"

I said, "Sure." Then I paused for dramatic effect and said, "This is his professor."

Dead silence. And then, " OH.... MY.... GOD...."

LOL LOL LOL

Now, thanks to the Chronicle, I know what to get Stewgad for Christmas: A CELL PHONE JAMMER.  Only $292 -- and who cares if it is illegal in the U.S....

I've got to say that there were several items listed in the CHE article that I'd like to purchase family members, clients, blogging friends.   If I join spoil a blogger can I request special items?

For those of you who are dirt-poor, for just $6.99 you may buy me a bar SHOWER SHOCK SOAP.  This desperately-desired cube is the world's first soap that contains caffeine.  No, you don't eat it, the stimulant is absorbed into the skin as you take your morning shower.  The description: "scented with peppermint oil and infused with caffeine anhydrous, each bar of Shower Shock contains approximately 12 servings/showers per 4 ounce bar with 200 milligrams of caffeine per serving."  And as the advertising copywriter at ThinkGeek points out "When you think about it, ShowerShock is the ultimate clean buzz ;) "

And for those of you with a bit more money -- at least $400 to be precise -- the academic coach would dearly love her own PERSONALIZED ACTION FIGURE.

Move over Barbie, here comes academic coach to the rescue.

What do you want for the holidays....

Comments

[Lisa]

I've answered student cell phones in class, too. It usually works out very well. But, alas, one day mine rang, and the rules of engagement dictated that I had to let one of them answer it. So I let one of my "meatheads" answer it. As it turns it out, it was my husband, and the class had a very good laugh out of it.

[academic coach]

LOL LOL LOL - was your husband surprised? Stewgad's "Jane" thought that "John" was perhaps engaging in some hanky panky. (Now when was the last time you heard the term "hanky panky?")

[Lisa]

Well, my longsuffering spouse is a regular in my studios, as I have MS and have touch-and-go mobility. So, my spouse (who is a writer, so his schedule is flexible) is around a lot helping me move stuff. He also spends long days in the university library, and regularly works as the Pizza Pick Up Guy for our class parties--so my students tend to know him and he them. And he's used to my foibles; the only issue was having to be teased for weeks on end by both him and the meatheads.

[Jacob]

I have a policy of answering phones as well (the first time, a second time, they get an absence for the day, and no leeway if it rings during a classmate's speech). I answered onr young lady's phone and it happened to be her boyfriend. I told him who I was and that she was in class. He said, "Oh, I guess I'll call back later. I was just going to break up with her". I closed the phone and just told the student that he would call back...