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Today I was teaching a group of Y7 boys. It was a hot afternoon and I opened a window to try and avoid that post-lunchtime, post-football game boy smell and the BIGGEST spider you have EVER seen walks in through the window and settles happily on the window ledge. 

 

A couple of the boys sitting close to the window see it and begin to make a small amount of fuss. Not enough to get the attention of the rest of the class, but being a grown up I think ok.....if I deal with this quickly, calmly and discreetly I can avoid this becoming something that disturbs the lesson. 

 

So while the boys are happily writing the date etc. in their books and I'm saying a few things to introduce the topic, I grab a piece of A4 paper and walk over to the window ledge with the intention of scooping the spider up, throwing it gently out of the open window, and continuing to teach the lesson in a professional and mature manner. 

 

I place the paper next to the spider, hoping he will cooperate nicely and hop on.........but instead, the (not so) little bastard does a Usain Bolt over the paper towards my hand and forces me to abandon all pretence of maturity. 

 

I ended up throwing the piece of paper (along with the spider) over the traumatised heads of the boys on the front row while screaming like a little girl.  

 

Growing up is really difficult! 

 

Anyone else struggling?  

 

 

 

 

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Originally Posted by Baz:

Rofl Yeah, me .....we've got a wasps nest !!!

 

Ooooooh!  Definitely time to let someone else be the grown up  

 

That reminds me, a wasp flew into my classroom just before I left school tonight...... I bet the damn thing survives the weekend! If I can't handle a spider maturely, I haven't got a hope in hell with a wasp  

Ducky
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Baz:

Rofl Yeah, me .....we've got a wasps nest !!!

 

Ooooooh!  Definitely time to let someone else be the grown up  

 

That reminds me, a wasp flew into my classroom just before I left school tonight...... I bet the damn thing survives the weekend! If I can't handle a spider maturely, I haven't got a hope in hell with a wasp  

 

Baz
Originally Posted by Saint:

The petty cash at work - amounting to over ÂĢ1500 in the safe ...

 

We'll check it later, ok - lets have fun and make the tea, yeah?

 

Only to find it's ÂĢ25 down at the end of the shift and now questions are being asked about who was where and when.

 

Oh.  

 

Slightly more serious than a kamikaze spider! That's proper grown up problems! 

Ducky
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Saint:

The petty cash at work - amounting to over ÂĢ1500 in the safe ...

 

We'll check it later, ok - lets have fun and make the tea, yeah?

 

Only to find it's ÂĢ25 down at the end of the shift and now questions are being asked about who was where and when.

Oh heck Renton...that's not good 

*Does no-one keep a spreadsheet of incomings and outgoings? 

FM
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Saint:

The petty cash at work - amounting to over ÂĢ1500 in the safe ...

 

We'll check it later, ok - lets have fun and make the tea, yeah?

 

Only to find it's ÂĢ25 down at the end of the shift and now questions are being asked about who was where and when.

Oh heck Renton...that's not good 

*sigh* it just makes us look very unprofessional cos everyone on shift (except me if i'm honest) had their hands in that safe.

It's just bad practice asking to go wrong.

So i just said all staff on shift should put in ÂĢ5 each

Cue a member of staff who smokes all day saying,

"I aint gotta penny to my name"

But who thn refused a lift and paid her bus fare home!!!!

Saint
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:

I never knew there was so many species of spiders as there are in my house

Well dust the bloody place then! 

Nooooooo I likes my cobwebs

Until they fall down on your face while you're sleeping 

Well thank you Pam!! That's at;east 30mins sleep I;m losing tonight!!

Jen-Star
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:

I never knew there was so many species of spiders as there are in my house

Well dust the bloody place then! 

Nooooooo I likes my cobwebs

Until they fall down on your face while you're sleeping 

Nope, my spiders are well trained. They stay well away from me

Moonie
Originally Posted by Jenstar:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:

I never knew there was so many species of spiders as there are in my house

Well dust the bloody place then! 

Nooooooo I likes my cobwebs

Until they fall down on your face while you're sleeping 

Well thank you Pam!! That's at;east 30mins sleep I;m losing tonight!!

FM
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Saint:

The petty cash at work - amounting to over ÂĢ1500 in the safe ...

 

We'll check it later, ok - lets have fun and make the tea, yeah?

 

Only to find it's ÂĢ25 down at the end of the shift and now questions are being asked about who was where and when.

Oh heck Renton...that's not good 

*Does no-one keep a spreadsheet of incomings and outgoings? 

Yep but we thought we'd skip a check (well we all do)

And now we look like idiots

Saint
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:

I never knew there was so many species of spiders as there are in my house

Well dust the bloody place then! 

Nooooooo I likes my cobwebs

Until they fall down on your face while you're sleeping 

Nope, my spiders are well trained. They stay well away from me

Ninja Moonie 

FM
Originally Posted by Saint:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Saint:

The petty cash at work - amounting to over ÂĢ1500 in the safe ...

 

We'll check it later, ok - lets have fun and make the tea, yeah?

 

Only to find it's ÂĢ25 down at the end of the shift and now questions are being asked about who was where and when.

Oh heck Renton...that's not good 

*sigh* it just makes us look very unprofessional cos everyone on shift (except me if i'm honest) had their hands in that safe.

It's just bad practice asking to go wrong.

So i just said all staff on shift should put in ÂĢ5 each

Cue a member of staff who smokes all day saying,

"I aint gotta penny to my name"

But who thn refused a lift and paid her bus fare home!!!!

Oh dear ....bit of a bummer 

Baz
Originally Posted by Jenstar:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:

I never knew there was so many species of spiders as there are in my house

Well dust the bloody place then! 

Nooooooo I likes my cobwebs

Until they fall down on your face while you're sleeping 

Well thank you Pam!! That's at;east 30mins sleep I;m losing tonight!!

Moonie
Originally Posted by Jenstar:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:

I never knew there was so many species of spiders as there are in my house

Well dust the bloody place then! 

Nooooooo I likes my cobwebs

Until they fall down on your face while you're sleeping 

Well thank you Pam!! That's at;east 30mins sleep I;m losing tonight!!

Baz
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by moonie:

I never knew there was so many species of spiders as there are in my house

Well dust the bloody place then! 

Nooooooo I likes my cobwebs

Until they fall down on your face while you're sleeping 

Nope, my spiders are well trained. They stay well away from me

Ninja Moonie 

Moonie
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Saint:

The petty cash at work - amounting to over ÂĢ1500 in the safe ...

 

We'll check it later, ok - lets have fun and make the tea, yeah?

 

Only to find it's ÂĢ25 down at the end of the shift and now questions are being asked about who was where and when.

Oh heck Renton...that's not good 

*sigh* it just makes us look very unprofessional cos everyone on shift (except me if i'm honest) had their hands in that safe.

It's just bad practice asking to go wrong.

So i just said all staff on shift should put in ÂĢ5 each

Cue a member of staff who smokes all day saying,

"I aint gotta penny to my name"

But who thn refused a lift and paid her bus fare home!!!!

Oh dear ....bit of a bummer 

Someone from all shifts needs to be nominated/agree to handle the cash 

FM
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Baz:
And the council don't start doing wasps nests until June 1st

 

Someone needs to tell the wasps they're too early  Maybe they will politely move out again until a more convenient time.  

 

 

 

 

They are HUGE too!!  My eldest came sprinting down the stairs telling me there was a wasp in his room to which I  and said it's probably a blue bottle which has got in through the window.  But I take the hairspray with me anyway (brilliant tool for wasps.......spray them and they can't fly, bit evil but then so are they) and go off to play the hero.  Couldn't see the thing at first then I hear the  buzzing and look up to see a bear with wings.  It might have been a wasp but I'm opting for bear.  I just ran out of the room and left it there.

 

OH comes in and is promptly sent to remove it, he kills it and flushes it down the loo.  Except it doesn't flush for hours!!  It's just there in the bowl, haunting me.  Little bastard.

Ells

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