How many of you have taken classes at your local stamp or scrap store only to have either nasty "doing you a favor" teachers or self-centered /table hogging class participants? The teacher problem is easily solved. I just never take another of her classes. Once bitten.....
But what do you do when you take a class from a teacher you do like and find yourself next to a table hog? An elbower? A overly perfumed lady with no smell mechanism?
Last week I took a class and was the last to arrive as I had the farthest to drive in bad weather. My chair was taken by table hog's crap. There were 8 of us-four to each table-two on each side and the teacher on each end. Luck of the draw but there were two lefties at my table, one on each side. One knew to set on the correct end but the other one-no thought at all. As soon as I sat down I knew I needed to change chairs. I asked nicely if she would switch with me. I have leftie kids and we all know the routine. The elbow boxer refused saying she was fine. Well, I wasn't! Every time she did something with her hand-duh!-I got whacked.
I tried to slide down the table a bit but that put me almost on the corner and the teacher needed room for her stuff too. I got so behind on the creating end that often "leftie" would just put the stuff in the middle of the table or the teacher thought I was done too and put it away. I know why she didn't want to switch. That would have made her the last one to use any items and she didn't want that. And of course, she took twice as long using the stuff going around.
She already knew everyone at the class (but me) and a couple of times she turned to me to say something and then said "Well, I don't know who you are" and turned away to yap behind her. She also was a table pounder. She would ink her stamp and bang it into the paper and the table would bounce. We never knew when she would do this but I started to anticipate it a bit.
What is wrong with people like this? I had no idea what to do as there was no other place for me to sit. I love this store and the teacher but how do I avoid this situation again? Other than stay home. This person and most of the others are regular at the classes (they live locally) and older than me and I don't want to be nasty to them, but I wanted to take her friggin' elbow and wrap it around her neck-twice! Anybody got a stun gun to sell me cheap?
But what do you do when you take a class from a teacher you do like and find yourself next to a table hog? An elbower? A overly perfumed lady with no smell mechanism?
Last week I took a class and was the last to arrive as I had the farthest to drive in bad weather. My chair was taken by table hog's crap. There were 8 of us-four to each table-two on each side and the teacher on each end. Luck of the draw but there were two lefties at my table, one on each side. One knew to set on the correct end but the other one-no thought at all. As soon as I sat down I knew I needed to change chairs. I asked nicely if she would switch with me. I have leftie kids and we all know the routine. The elbow boxer refused saying she was fine. Well, I wasn't! Every time she did something with her hand-duh!-I got whacked.
I tried to slide down the table a bit but that put me almost on the corner and the teacher needed room for her stuff too. I got so behind on the creating end that often "leftie" would just put the stuff in the middle of the table or the teacher thought I was done too and put it away. I know why she didn't want to switch. That would have made her the last one to use any items and she didn't want that. And of course, she took twice as long using the stuff going around.
She already knew everyone at the class (but me) and a couple of times she turned to me to say something and then said "Well, I don't know who you are" and turned away to yap behind her. She also was a table pounder. She would ink her stamp and bang it into the paper and the table would bounce. We never knew when she would do this but I started to anticipate it a bit.
What is wrong with people like this? I had no idea what to do as there was no other place for me to sit. I love this store and the teacher but how do I avoid this situation again? Other than stay home. This person and most of the others are regular at the classes (they live locally) and older than me and I don't want to be nasty to them, but I wanted to take her friggin' elbow and wrap it around her neck-twice! Anybody got a stun gun to sell me cheap?
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Hmmm., maybe this explains why our LSS took out the tables and put in old indivdual adult sized school desks from the college! Maybe bring your own folding chair and a TV tray?
You know we have a table pounder stamper here too. It kills me. I think she was a judge in her previous life. Every single time I see her at the classes I attend, I CRINGE!!!! Knowing that for the next 1-2 hours, I'm going to hear pounding, which comes at a surprise. It's annoying!! Let's round all these table pounders and put them in one corner of the room. Let's see if it will drive them all mad!
Has anyone ever been to an all SU Demo stamping event? Since it seems to ruffle feathers I would love to say this...most SU demo's are the rudest F-ing stampers on the planet! After all they are all experts, pounders, and non-sharing!
Did you know it's not possible to lick your own elbow? Just thought I'd share
Did you know that after I read the above post I was an idiot to try it? Thanks for the laughs.
I bet Gene Simmons (from Kiss) could.
My husband said the exact same thing
Not sure if this is relevant to this posting, but wanted to share and get feedback. I have 1 attendee cancel out from my classes at the last minute, all the time. I can't think of a way to not allow her to attend. She is part of my downline, and I can't seem to get around not inviting her to my classes. Any suggestions? I no longer want her to be a part of my downline, how do I get this pest to go away or sign up under another Demonstrator?
Ewwww, really would like to see a suggestion to your post about casting out the unwanted downline.
Good luck!
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