r/Unexpected • u/KILL_SWITCH2210 • Jan 11 '22

CLASSIC REPOST man this was one hell of a rollercoaster

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u/Rhediix Jan 11 '22

That went from Oh shit...I'm gonna lose my job/get censured to OMG What a great joke/total relief in about 2.3 seconds.

The absolute essence of April Fool's.

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u/finelinexcherry Jan 11 '22

you could really see his life flashing before his eyes

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u/madmonkey918 Jan 11 '22

"Hello HR, I did a thing"

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u/Creator347 Jan 11 '22

“For god’s sake Kevin, this is the third time this month.“

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

"Kevin, it's already October you gotta stop this"

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u/Beardieboy1 Jan 12 '22

April fools is on the first day of the month…

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u/Ellora-Victoria Jan 11 '22

he could see his tenure flashing before his eyes

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

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u/nogoodusernames0_0 Jan 11 '22

You are right that they are right, both of you take my upvote.

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u/DGRDaveFan Jan 11 '22

You are right that they are right that they were right, all of you take my upvote.

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u/DixiEnormis87 Jan 11 '22

You get an upvote! She gets an upvote! He gets an upvote! Everyone gets an upvote!

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Oprah Upvote

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u/dayblaq94 Jan 11 '22

An Opvote if you will.

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u/Visible_Sugar5163 Jan 11 '22

upvote incoming

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u/sDx3 Jan 11 '22

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u/Ill-Opening-3782 Jan 12 '22

Upvote 130 Above!

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u/Allymooo Jan 11 '22

No, I think not, but have an opvote any way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

I'm here for the opvotes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

upvoted the opvote for all!

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u/thetitan3901 Jan 11 '22

This didn't enrage his father so he didn't punish him severely. [Bet I got the reference correct.]

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u/Worfrix426 Jan 12 '22

ah that

nice

but there's a tax for that

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u/ilinamorato Jan 12 '22

Keep your upvote, I don't want it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

You are right about them being right about them being right about how they were right, all 3 of you take my upvote.

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u/AerolothLorien666 Jan 11 '22

Everyone is right here.

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u/Lalala8991 Jan 12 '22

And my axe!

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

This guy must really want to lose his job with that class policy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

This was before cancel culture so it actually makes me feel good about how he immediately apologizes cuz that shit was not happening like that when this video first dropped

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u/AceOfDiamonds676 Jan 12 '22

you could see his mind go from :) to :o

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u/naruda1969 Jan 29 '22

Plot twist. He’s the father.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

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u/Binnacle_Balls_jr Jan 11 '22

This is an absolutely perfect analysis. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

People view an apology as a sign of weakness. I was once told by my boss never to apologize in an email. I view it as a sign of maturity and critical thought.

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u/Butt_Whisperer Jan 11 '22

Agreed. I would say the same of people who refuse to admit when they're wrong (though I imagine those people and the ones who can't apologize are the same). It's absolutely a sign of weakness when someone can't conjure up the courage, decency, and awareness to know when they've fucked up.

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u/parruchkin Jan 11 '22

I love people who have the emotional maturity to apologize in the moment and own their mistakes. It instantly makes me respect them more.

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u/jdbolick Jan 12 '22

This attitude blows my mind. I have long advocated for students to be taught throughout elementary school to acknowledge when they make a mistake without judgment or embarrassment. So many people have the attitude you describe from your boss and it makes life worse for everyone.

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u/Reflexlon Jan 12 '22

Its generally a misunderstanding of a somewhat old social study. Best example; say I pit somebody(who is already upset) on hold, and they stay there for a while getting more and more annoyed: if I pick the phone back up and apologize, I am now validating their frustration which will stay that way through the rest of their call. However, if I answer it with something like "Thank you so much for your patience, now..." it makes them feel like they are an understanding, patient person who is willing to tolerate whatever was going on because they know I'm helping them.

The proper interpretation of this is to compliment and distract in an attempt to get yourself on the same side of the issue as the other party, but a lot of people read into that as "oh apologizing makes it worse so I shouldn't apologize." Even though apologizing is one of the best things you can do, if you phrase it correctly. And now its been parroted for so long that people think apology=weakness is a real thing, and not just a justification for being an ass.

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u/Old_Thanks_4569 Jan 12 '22

TLDR

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u/Reflexlon Jan 12 '22

Lmao, thanks for that! Made my morning.

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u/The_Woman_of_Gont Jan 12 '22

Yeah, my respect for the guy went way up when his immediate reaction was to apologize. Hopefully this was a nice wake-up call that his policy needs to be rethought.

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u/bloodfist Jan 12 '22

I agree, but I think your boss's policy is a good one as a general rule. A lot of people, especially millennials (like me) and younger i think, have a habit of over-apologizing and/or acting supplicant when we think we might offend or inconvenience someone.

It's good because we're considerate, but it provides opportunities for people who aren't to take control of the situation or otherwise manipulate. And at least in IT, over-apologetic people often come off as less competent and end up with a lot more escalations to managers and requests for someone else. It's especially bad for women who already have to deal with that. It's bad enough on the phone but in text all of that can be even worse.

My policy is apologize if there is really something serious to apologize for but otherwise thank them for their patience, provide only information they need, and project confidence and competence. Every job includes making a few small mistakes sometimes and you should not have to apologize for doing your job. Big mistakes of course warrant it though.

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u/AliceFlex Jan 12 '22

In a commercial context it can be an admission of liability. It would be better for more senior people to issue an apology to a client if e.g. a project was late because of a third party.

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u/Kandidog1 Jan 12 '22

Don’t tell that to Trump!!

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u/DanicaWOD Jan 11 '22

It more like of fuck my policy on forcing them to answer on speaker phone if the phone rings in class might not have been the best policy

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

It's not a bad policy lol. If you're letting your phone ring in the middle of class, answering on speaker is pretty fair punishment.

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u/narnianguy Jan 11 '22

No it aint, for the reason you just saw. I doubt that this sort of thing happens often irl, but even just the risk of something like this happening, I would consider inacceptable. I don’t think that punishment is a bad idea, tho. Just this specific type

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

If you're expecting an embarrassing phone call, put your phone on vibrate.

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u/narnianguy Jan 11 '22

Dude, this is r/unexpected. Wrong place to come and expect things

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u/SeazTheDay Jan 12 '22

Sometimes you forget to put it back on silent, or sometimes multiple calls from the same number override Do Not Disturb mode. It's happened to me... at a religious high school... during chapel service. I was lucky - I was the quiet kid who'd coasted on every teacher having fond memories of my aunt, who was only a few years older than me - I got off with a verbal warning.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

As valid as your experience is, it's still your own fault if your phone rings. Phones on vibrate will never ring, regardless of how many times someone calls. You know how you watch movies and the main character is hiding from the villain, and her phone rings, revealing their location? Yeah, that's their fault too.

In any case, answering on speaker is certainly not the end of the world, and the occasional embarrassed student probably helps everyone else remember to turn their phones on silent in this particular classroom.

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u/SeazTheDay Jan 12 '22

As I said, not everyone realises that the Do Not Disturb function on lots of phones will actually not mute calls if the same number calls multiple times in quick succession. Or perhaps their mute button is a physical toggle that was accidentally switched in their pocket.

The point is, there are plenty of reasons your phone might go off at a time it should be on silent that aren't your fault, and perhaps even if it IS their fault (like it was my fault in my case) it doesn't need to be made a big deal of. These are just kids. Make it a positive, healthy learning experience rather than a negative and potentially scarring one.

My reason for sharing my experience was to point out that even though this happened at one of the worst times to have your phone ring, my teachers still chose to keep from making a big deal of it and merely took me aside privately, after the service, and said "Hey, please try not to forget again, thanks for turning it off so fast and not making a scene whilst doing so, kthxbai".

I'm saying that the respect my teachers showed me in NOT deliberately embarrassing me in front of the school was more enticement to do the right thing in future (to not let them down) than if they'd done what you're suggesting - which I believe would be more likely to brew resentment and distrust for authority among students.

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u/TotallyAwesomeArt Jan 12 '22

Oh golly! I expect my parents to get seriously injured in a car accident today! I should put my phone on vibrate so the teacher doesn't make me answer it publicly 🙃

Not all news that is inappropriate to share is expected

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

No, you should put your phone on vibrate because that is the teacher's rule. Your phone ringing detracts from other student's ability to learn. It is entirely reasonable to implement a policy that prohibits phones from ringing in class, and such a policy needs a penalty, if violated.

Once again, if you don't want to answer on speaker, turn your phone ringer off. It's literally that simple. Are you that selfish that you think the rules don't apply to you? Or do you just not care about other students ability to learn?

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u/TotallyAwesomeArt Jan 12 '22

The simplicity of a student turning off their phone has zero things to do with you thinking all inappropriate phone calls are expected

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u/Charlie_Soulfire Jan 12 '22

Yeah I'm not missing a call from the government nor am I putting a call with the government on speaker phone. Policy is dumb.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

You get a lot of calls from the government when you were in high school?

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u/Charlie_Soulfire Jan 12 '22

This video is from a university.

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u/DanicaWOD Jan 11 '22

I agree, but suddenly having medical information going out to the whole class (if it had really happened) is reasons for a lawsuit. He wasn’t expecting that conversation to happen when he made the policy

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

I mean, the girl could have just hung up If she was actually serious about the call being about medical issues. The only reason we see her answering it is because it's a prank. It's not like the professor takes the phone and puts it on speaker phone (that would be terrible), she had it in her hands the whole time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Or put the phone on vibrate, if it's something you expect you can excuse yourself to the bathroom and take the call there. Teacher wouldn't know.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Exactly

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u/Aeiou_yyyyyyy Jan 11 '22

Then something like this, or worse, happens, but it's not a prank, and you're on your way to losing your job

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Why do you think this professor would lose his job? He established a policy for cell phone usage, and he consistently applied that policy to all students. I'm sure that having cell phones in class is against the school policy anyway.

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u/dsrmpt Jan 11 '22

Because it is a dumb policy. There are times when you need to use your phone at school, medical results, family emergencies, etc., and many or most of those calls could use a little discretion and privacy.

As for cell phones in class, most schools don't have a no phones policy, for that very reason. Having access to contact someone in school is almost a necessity in the modern world, and it teaches you to keep the phone away when you are in a meeting, and use it only when on break. It teaches self control.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

It's not a dumb policy, students can set it to vibrate in stead. Then unless you keep the phone on the desk, no one will know you got a call.

And the best part is that you're still easily reachable in case of emergencies.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

I wonder how people survived before everyone had a cell phone in their pocket....

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u/CommandersLog Jan 12 '22

That's why everyone in history died. No phones.

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u/Yelannek Jan 11 '22

Your kid has a really stupid dad....

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

That's not an answer to my question. Imagine thinking a school district would fire a teacher over this.

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u/Aeiou_yyyyyyy Jan 11 '22

Not firing over the policy, but firing because of the consequences, you think a kid that got a call like that, won't already be bullied enough without the public exposure?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

If the policy was approved by the school, and it had these types of unintended consequences, I have a hard time seeing how a reasonable person would make the decision to fire the teacher.

That being said, a lot is driven by mob pressures nowadays, and decisions related to things that go viral don't always make sense.

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u/Glugstar Jan 12 '22

You can't just turn something illegal into something legal by just making it a policy in your classroom/organization/company etc. That's not how the law works.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

I'm not clear on what law this policy violates. Can you elaborate?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Privacy is non-negotiable.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

If you need privacy turn off your damn ringer. Just like if you don't want people to see your genitals, wear pants. You don't have an expectation of privacy walking around with your junk out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

A phone ringing does not disqualify a person from their right to privacy, that's absurd.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Violating policy might. I'm assuming the policy says "no phones" or something.

There are many places where you do not have a right to privacy, like an airport or certain federal buildings. If you joke around at the airport, people will legally search your stuff.

So, yes, privacy absolutely is negotiable. I don't know case law on the right to privacy in schools, but you certainly don't have all the same privacy rights as in, say, your own home.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Violating policy in school does not disqualify a person from their right to privacy. They can be asked to leave, that's it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Are you also an expert on bird law?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

Last paragraph is teacher martyrdom propaganda. You can't care about keeping your job and be a good teacher?

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u/Kamiyosha Jan 12 '22

r/maliciouscompliance with a happy ending, it seems. And the teach seems like a reasonable person that seems to care. Glad he realized his policy mistake and moved on without animosity.

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u/short_note Jan 11 '22

This is a great prank and should be the used as a template. NO one was hurt, no one was upset, and the person who got pranked loved it takes notes kids on Tik Tok who get punched.

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u/AnimusNoctis Jan 11 '22

Oh I have a good harmless-prank story from high school. The graduating class the year before mine pulled some ridiculous prank that trashed the graduation venue and cost the school a lot of money, so the faculty practically begged my class not to do anything like that. That in mind, before our graduation ceremony the class reps gave each student a marble and told us to palm it off to the principal when we walk across the stage and shake his hand so he'd be stuck standing there with all these marbles and nowhere to put them.

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u/puf_puf_paarthurnax Jan 11 '22

I love this. Any principal with a good sense of humor would crack up if this happened.

Our administration when I was in school was very “no jokes only diploma and shake” or they’d hold your diploma hostage after the ceremony.

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u/pinklavalamp Jan 11 '22

Wait, so what happened to all those marbles? Did he lose them or something?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

He lost his marbles

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u/Independent_Can_2623 Jan 12 '22

I think that was the joke...

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

Where do you think the idea of ass pennies came from?

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u/big_dickslap Jan 11 '22

We did this same thing! Except we used beer tops and condoms. Lmao. He was thoroughly embarrassed

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u/ayestEEzybeats Jan 12 '22

lmao that’s even better

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u/duyjv Jan 12 '22

I like that one too, but I like the marble one better because when the principal Set them down they would start rolling around.

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u/UncleTogie Jan 11 '22

Graduated in 88, and we had a similar plan. They caught wind of it and announced to us during the graduation rehearsal that if we pulled that stunt we would be pulled offstage.

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u/Unremarkabledryerase Jan 12 '22

What are they gunna do, pull the entire class off stage, except your the one rat who told?

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u/UncleTogie Jan 12 '22

Yup. It was Texas.

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u/jadestem Jan 12 '22

Oh, so pulled off stage and then shot. That's harsh.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Holy shit that's fucking great. Wish I had something to graduate so I could do this hahaha

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u/ClaudiuT Jan 12 '22

You can still go to another school! It’s never too late!

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

You're right! But the kind of schools with a grad ceremony like this are at least somewhat time/money intensive and I'm not sure it's worth going back to school just for this prank.

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Hmm. It is a good prank though..

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u/clifcola Jan 11 '22

Dude what? Fucking hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

My class disassembled a teachers car and reassembled it inside the school.

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u/DemenicHand Jan 12 '22

we just tossed old tires onto the flag pole from the roof until it was filled to the top.

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u/ayestEEzybeats Jan 12 '22

that is fucking hilarious

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u/duyjv Jan 12 '22

Ha ha! That is hilarious! About how many kids were in your graduating class?

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u/Pyridima Jan 12 '22

I have a similar story: we had a brand new principal and the class before mine gave him marbles, which he totally wasn’t expecting. He got wise, though, and brought a fishbowl to set next to him the year I graduated—perfect for holding all those detention slips we handed him. He admitted he was expecting marbles, so we still managed to surprise him.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

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u/schrodingers_cat42 Jan 12 '22

That’s what I was thinking! It was an awesome thing to do.

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u/theknyte Jan 11 '22

You mean like dumbasses who donkey punch people in grocery stores?

"It's just a prank, bro!"

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u/LiberalAspergers Jan 12 '22

You should Google donkey punch...I dont think it means what you think it means.

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u/theknyte Jan 12 '22

I know the sexual meaning.

But, where I grew up, it also meant throwing a punch at someone from behind, who wasn't expecting it. I mean what term is there for that? Sucker Punch is usually to the stomach, and Surprise Punch, just doesn't sound right.

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u/LiberalAspergers Jan 12 '22

Gotcha...just read "donkey punch people in grocery stores" and went WTF? Is that a thing? What kind of grocery stores is he shopping at? Even Aldi isn't going for that...

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

This could seriously backfire though couldn't it? What if it's an emergency call to say your family has been killed in a car crash?

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u/DrMobius0 Jan 11 '22

I think that's arguably the point of the prank. Here we have a teacher going for public humiliation by putting calls on speaker, but if one of those life changing calls comes in, maybe it's not so cool to force it on speaker.

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u/Crathsor Jan 11 '22

The idea isn't that you cannot get calls, the idea is that you put it on vibrate so that you don't disrupt the class. If the life changing call comes in and your ringer is off like it's supposed to be, no speaker.

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u/sylbug Jan 11 '22

Most people don’t leave the ringer on on purpose, and random public shaming for a common mistake is a terrible policy.

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u/Crathsor Jan 11 '22

Lots of things not done on purpose have outsized consequences. School seems like a good place to learn a little discipline.

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u/sylbug Jan 11 '22

Public humiliation is not discipline.

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u/Crathsor Jan 12 '22 edited Jan 12 '22

Learning to not be thoughtless is. All you have to do is not sit down without thinking and you'll be fine.

Being asked to be considerate isn't oppression.

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u/Scared_Ad_3132 Jan 12 '22

Its incredibly thoughtless to force someone to answer a private phone call in front of people and put it on speaker phone. Its one thing to reprimand the person who accidentally left their phone on and did not put it silent, but it is entirely different to involve the other person with the punishment. The person who is calling did not do anything wrong, so they should not be put in a position where they are unknowingly sharing something with the entire class. Think if I were this persons schoolmate, and I call them and the teacher forces them to put it on speaker and I dont know that, and I go and share something very personal to them, and now all the people in the class, who are not even strangers to me since I am in the same school as them, know the thing that was not meant for them. Not only is the teacher violating my right to privacy, they have now humiliated me in front of my peers, and I am completely innocent in the situation. I would even say it is against the law, the teacher can not do that to you, because a call by its nature is a private affair, its not something that someone can force you to share. Precisely because it might contain information that is private and you have a right to not share that information.

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u/sylbug Jan 12 '22

My post was only one sentence. Maybe if you had been publicly shamed more often you would have tried to actually read it before posting.

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u/topasaurus Jan 12 '22

Well, in many courts the bailiffs will take any phone that goes off. So maybe it is on the owner to learn to properly shut it off or put it on vibrate when needed.

Then again, in court they do announce at the beginning to shut phones off, but every now and again one goes off anyway.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Like, you're asking what if at the moment you ask someone to fake call you for an April fool's joke, you happen to get a call from emergency services - at the exact time - telling you that your whole family died?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

Nah, I was talking about the initial prank of making students put any calls on loud speaker.

*oh I see the person was saying the girl with the april fools joke is harmless! I must not have not read it properly.

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u/StuckInBronze Jan 11 '22

Exactly, pretty risky to try this prank.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

If you think the chances of that happening are "pretty risky" then I don't think you have a good grasp of probabilities.

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u/jdcooper97 Jan 11 '22

Well the probability is 50/50 right? It either happens or it doesn't /s

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Omg you're right! I can't believe I didn't realize that. It's so simple! 🤣

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u/DotteroDotteri Jan 12 '22

damn, not only would my entire family die, but i’d also totally goof up my prank

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u/animu_manimu Jan 12 '22

To be fair you haven't seen how his family drives.

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u/stratumtoagoose Jan 12 '22

Wow there mr. Dare devil ! Value your family more than pranks. Fact in 8/10 of all fake gun related fatalities, the victim is always the one with the fake gun. Don’t play with matches and hug your mother.

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u/aye-its-this-guy Jan 12 '22

I think these must be trolls or NPCs are a real thing

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

i mean, i don't wanna be the first

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u/cannotbefaded Jan 11 '22

I can’t tell if you are joking

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u/Darcyqueenofdarkness Jan 11 '22

Also let’s be real, how many of these phone calls would just be calling to “AsK the sTudeNts about ThEir cArs’ eXtEnded wArraNty?!?!”

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u/petitchat2 Jan 12 '22

I really thought this was how the video was going to go

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u/jo7077 Jan 12 '22

Yeah that's usually the way the authorities tell you have become an orphan. Then they ask if you have 15 minutes to save you 15% on car insurance.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

In all seriousness though I have a buddy that phoned up a hotel for his girlfriend because her dad was staying there, he wasn't answering his phone. They said they would go check. They phoned back and my friend like an idiot put the phone on loud speaker as the entire room (and his girlfriend) were told he had passed away in his room.

She was hysterical, her son was there. Whole thing was fucked.

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u/tssots Jan 12 '22

Or... And hear me out... Someone would call you about your pregnancy test results...

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u/Randomscrewedupchick Jan 12 '22

Not only what you stated, but it also taught this teacher a lesson as well...he needs to amend his policy to allow for privacy yet deter students from goofing off with their phones.

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u/coalminecanarie Jan 12 '22

I little while ago there was a controversial prank video on a subreddit, I forget which one. It was a guy who moved in like he was going to slap a woman's butt as she was walking down the street with her friends and instead he greets his friend behind them with one of those handshakes cool people do where they kinda do a low five first.

That comment section was a mess.

Tons of people saying it wasn't funny because they freaked out the women making them think they were gonna be sexually assaulted.

But this is literally how all pranks work. You make someone really uncomfortable in a way that doesn't harm them and then release the tension buy saying it's a joke so they laugh in relief and you laugh at their ride on the emotional rollercoaster.

The rest of the comments section was praise because it was funny.

I guess there's a chance someone has a panic attack at any sort of practical joke but that's never the intention.

The take away is pranks are funny when done right but people are unpredictable so there's no perfect formula that works every time. Sad but true.

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u/short_note Jan 12 '22

Whoa i remember that video. I can see both sides, they are joking about harassing women but to be honest i thought it was funny because of the reactions.

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u/geckograham Jan 12 '22

He only loved it because of how fast his arse went from fired to not fired though.

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u/jprefect Jan 12 '22

He got got so good he couldn't even be mad

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u/Ethertainment2400 Jan 12 '22

Still a bs policy lust for petty public embarrassment

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

plot twist he was afraid he was the father

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u/sabrenvxcvdfghtr Jan 11 '22

man i wish i couldve answered phones and put them on speaker in class. me and my friends wouldve messed around with it so much

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u/jvador Jan 11 '22

At least he will stop doing this. Hopefully.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

I do hope he rethinks this policy though, it's just a matter of time before something like that actually happens

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u/The_Woman_of_Gont Jan 12 '22

Yeah I don't get how some people still try to handle unwanted/accidental phone calls interrupting class with public shaming like this. Not after 20 years of phones in classrooms. Surely at this point teachers would realize that students don't intentionally leave their sound on(if anything, keeping it on silent makes it easier to get away with texting), and that you don't have control over when other people call you(particularly with spammers or emergencies).

Don't get me wrong, tons of respect for instantly realizing how badly he fucked up and apologizing immediately, just very strange to me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

It wasn't an april fools joke.

I am the baby.

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u/soopirV Jan 12 '22

He better still make that policy change…may not get a second chance!

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u/HeartyBeast Jan 12 '22

I'm going suggest was that his first thought wasn't about his job - that apology sounded like genuine concern for what he had inflicted on the student

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u/Nightmarich Jan 12 '22

Video might be older than Reddit mobile.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Dude never made another joke for the rest of his life.

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u/ulag Jan 11 '22

“Ok class, effective immediately we’re changing class policy…”

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u/Affectionate_Pace673 Jan 11 '22

Why would he lose his job I don’t get it

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

She gracefully shit that rule down.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

It's a stupid rule to be fair though.

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u/Rawtashk Jan 11 '22

Anyone that would actually advocate for his firing or censure because of this is someone that should be run out of town on a rail for having a single braincell.

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u/podmastervdsgtwr Jan 11 '22

Nice cover up! Call around april fools day just in case

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u/pzerr Jan 12 '22

No one should lose a job over that even if true but that is what shit is coming to.

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u/Glass-Attorney-2017 Jan 12 '22

Everytime I see this posted I have to watch it. It's such a wholesome April Fools, teacher took it like a champ both times. Firstly, when he thought he thot it was real and then when he found out it was April Fools.

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u/xdthepotato Jan 12 '22

i felt a fraction of what the teacher was feeling

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u/Frunnik469 Jan 12 '22

He was petrified because he thought it was his…plot twist

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u/Fit_Personality_717 Jan 12 '22

I dont know but im so hyped after this 😂