Surviving the Workday

So I use Firefox, and I’ve developed a system of tagging my links that I’m still kind of working out the kinks on. What’s the only tag that has remained constant this whole time?

Yeah, that would be “Teachers”: In one of the weirder stories I’ve read this week, a mother was called into the principal’s office and informed that the school had filed a sexual abuse report about her daughter, because a psychic said a girl with the same initial was being sexually abused. Let’s repeat that: a “psychic” had a nebulous “vision” and the school took it seriously.

I’m sure you’ve all heard about the alleged high school pregnancy pact that allegedly wasn’t a pact but might well have been a pact. But in case you haven’t, here’s the latest.

A high school principal has managed to avoid disciplinary action over a student’s 7-week suspension (over a cell phone call which was to arrange a protest over a coach’s suspension.) Why? It would be too expensive to do anything about it. Right.

My next story segues nicely into my another frequent tag. This isn’t really weird per se, but it seems that teachers are having trouble teaching math because, well, their own teachers weren’t very good at teaching math I guess.

And in other studies: Two more studies to make me annoyed. Both are along the same lines. First, people are having to forgo lattes in this tough economy. And a recent survey from the No Shit Sherlock Institute shows that people with higher earnings are more likely to spend money on leisure activities. Now, I know that people spending less on luxuries is a bad sign because it means the middle class is getting hit by an economical downturn when it usually passes them by, but I’m still really tired of reading this story.

Where would WWN be without criminals: I think if I bookmarked all of the workplace criminals I read about, my folder would explode. But this tag is always good for a few paragraphs.

My nominee for most likely to be made into a movie is the story of a journalist who was arrested for reporting on his own murders. Well, that’s one way to do it. In a same-week followup, the guy has already committed suicide in his jail cell.

Then there’s the bank teller who helped herself to $300,000 of a customer’s money. In the first story, Chase Bank still hadn’t made good on it. But by the end of the week, they had been shamed into action.

Some police officers in Britain were disciplined after bragging on Facebook about car accidents they caused. Meanwhile, Metro employees in DC were arrested for running a prostitution ring in the Dupont Circle station. That’s almost as good as the Brothel Bus.

Well, that’s it for now. I’m off to enjoy my weekend and some barbecued animal byproducts. If you want to send us a message, you can email us at survivingtheworkday at gmail dot com.