The young lady caught her high school principal’s eye the moment she walked through the door of the building. She was seemingly swarmed by a crowd of boys who were more than appreciative of the dress she had chosen to wear to school that day. They were checking her “out” for sure.
The principal, who was in a race to reach retirement, was born in the “old days.” It seemed to his students and a lot of the community that the hospital, the nursing home, and the grave were in a race to see which would check him “out” first.
The aged principal abruptly called the young lady into his office. He was prudent to leave his door open so there could be no claims of impropriety. The principal directly stated to the young lady that she was breaking the dress code policy, the specific portion that said no clothing was allowed which would cause a disruption in the school’s learning environment.
The girl, who was indeed pushing the limits of “low-cut” and “high-riding,” was most offended at her “prudish” principal’s disciplinary decision to call her mother to come to school, pick up her too-scantily-clad daughter, and take her home to change clothes. Nevertheless, she called her mom in a huff.
The mother came to the school and signed her daughter “out.” Of course, the mother let the office staff know in no uncertain terms, and with prolific language to illustrate, what she thought of this “out”rageous disciplinary action. She announced, “I’ll just see what the !@#$%^ superintendent of schools has to say about this!”
The mother decided on a somewhat radical course of action. Mom was indeed thinking “out”side the box. When she got home, she had her daughter take off the dress. The mother then donned the dress herself, preparing for her impromptu visit with the superintendent of schools.
The mother arrived at the district office. The superintendent, who kept an open-door policy, told the receptionist to send the lady back. The mother sat in her chair, making sure the superintendent could see her from his desk. She crossed her legs, looked the superintendent directly in the eyes, and said:
“That !@#$%$^& of a high school principal sent my daughter home for wearing this dress. He said it was disrupting the school. Do you see anything wrong with it?”
The superintendent looked intently at the woman, thought for a moment, and said, “I don’t know what it did to the school, but it sure is disturbing me!”
The outraged mother ushered herself “out” of the superintendent’s office, muttering goodness only knows what under her breath.
Let it suffice to say that neither the girl nor her mother wore that dress in public again.
There was another occasion that involved a female teacher who wore shorts to school. This seemed to bother no one except for another female member of the community who frequented the school. The “out”raged community member confronted the principal about the shameful way the teacher’s shorts drew attention to her posterior, which, when coupled with her worn tennis shoes, gave her a sloppy, unprofessional, “out”landish image.
The community member asked the principal if he would like for her, as a community representative, to discuss the matter with the superintendent. The principal said he would be more than happy to hear what the superintendent thought about the matter.
Nothing more was said, even though the community representative had visited the school building several times since their conversation about the teacher’s attire. One day the principal asked the community member if she had broached the subject with the superintendent.
The community member giggled, saying, “Yes, I certainly did.”
“And what did he say?”
“He said he thought that woman ought to keep as much of herself covered as possible at all times.”
Amazingly, the community member no longer seemed “out”raged. The subject was never broached again.
Finally, a principal inherited a secretary who was not well received by the teachers in the building. Conversely, the secretary did not particularly care for most of the school’s faculty members.
The secretary said to the principal one day in the office, “You’ve got to do something about these teachers … etc.”
One day, during a faculty meeting, a teacher spoke on behalf of the entire faculty, telling the principal, “You’ve got to do something about that secretary … etc. We expect to see results.”
The principal did nothing to please either the secretary or the faculty, finding himself on the “outs” with both factions.
How hard it is in this life at times to figure “out” what is going on, and what path to follow! Thank God for weekends, holidays and the hope of retirement.
What is check “out” time at this hotel? I sure don’t want to miss it!!!
Answer to Question of the Week # 32
Who do most married people say has made their life worth living? Answer: At a wedding reception, someone yelled: "All married people please stand next to the one person that has made your life worth living." The bartender was almost crushed to death.
Question of the Week # 33
How can you save money on having suits dry cleaned? (See next week’s article in historicunioncounty.com for the answer.)
Email Tidbits
When I was in elementary school we learned about a shape called a rhombus, and that was the last time I ever heard about that shape.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
My tolerance for idiots is extremely low these days. I used to have some immunity built up, but obviously, there’s a new strain out there.