Tuesday, Al, a regular at Starbucks, passed me a note asking me if I wanted to see a movie. I was very unsettled and repulsed. Al is twice my age, greasy, loud, obnoxious, fat, New York italian and he has been divorced more than once (rumor says it is 5, but I doubt it is that high.) What was he thinking??? and a note, are we 10, should I check yes or no? Anyways, he came in twice yesterday and needless to say it was quite awkward.
I highly recommend watching this past week's Office, you can see it on Hulu. It was SOOO hilarious. I did some cleaning this weekend too. It felt good. Now I need to grade some tests, an unfortunate part of my job. I need to figure out how to do it faster (easier tests??) I also need to call all the Sbuxes and see if I can find a replacement for Saturday, so that I can go to Monica's bridal shower.
Funny/odd things the kids (my students) said this month include:
"Miss Hoffman this was the best class ever, I love it when teachers get hurt!"
( I didn't really get hurt, I was leaning on the podium. You can adjust the height on it. The lever was loose and it shrunk down to half my height and I nearly fell over it.)
"12 kids!!!, that must have been painful back then, especially without any drugs." (boy said this after we learned that Jacob had 12 sons)
"My mom stood over me and hit me in the back of the head until I finished my homework."
(this kid often mention his mom hitting him, he thinks it is funny, I dont)
One of my students like to say, "Miss Hoffman, that is not very nice!!" to me when I state various arbitrary opinions. For example, I said I didn't like long hair on boys or nose rings. I told her in reply, "Katie, I am allowed to have a preference in hair styles, it doesn't mean I hate people with long hair. " She also said it when I said I thought the Oscars were silly. Katie is kind of dits, and
this is starting to become her catch phrase.
One more tale to tell...
4 years ago
2 comments:
Al was probably thinking that you're cute and nice and he likes you.
Did you tell him no? If you just nicely tell him no, maybe it won't be so awkward.
You shouldn't worry about rejecting someone who has been divorced a bunch of times, especially if he is twice your age and obnoxious.
In his defense, having done any research into Hoffman women, he would learn that his age differential is an advantage. Nothing against your sisters but it seems having additional wisdom is a critical element to securing permanent status.
As for passing you a note, I think it saves you the trouble of reacting in front of him and allows you to dissimulate when you give him an answer. Don't lie to him, pointing out the actual reasons you turn him down should do the trick (leave out greasy Italian etc., but not NYC).
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