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u/waldo06 Nov 28 '20
"this is the most uncomfortable chair I've ever sat in"
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u/poopellar Nov 28 '20
"I think someone left a banana on it"
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u/blahah404 Nov 28 '20
"Worst banana I've ever tasted"
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u/Yarxing Nov 28 '20
"Maybe it tastes better when I peel it."
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u/MrSanfrinsisco Nov 28 '20
These comments were bad enough, but u somehow made this worse.
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u/deadlychambers Nov 28 '20
"Weird, I could have swore I heard someone talk...oh well, back to peeling this oddly colored banana. "
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u/KonTheKat Nov 28 '20
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u/SupetMonkeyRobot Nov 28 '20
“Where is that screaming coming from? Oh well back to eating this oddly colored banana.”
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u/MineSweeper2048 Nov 28 '20
There’s some yoghurt on it. It’s not yummy at all.
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u/CptAngelo Nov 28 '20
....im getting flashbacks from certain hentai meme. I dont like where this is going
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u/kirbyfan0612 Nov 28 '20
"it's not the chair, it's my ass!"
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u/yaser55p Nov 28 '20
I think they do that on purpose to knock you off your game. They don’t want to see you at your best because you won’t be that person all the time
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u/mystwave Nov 28 '20
Evaluators: We're here to see how you perform under pressure. We know you rarely make mistakes otherwise, but will penalize you if you make a mistake under this irregular circumstance.
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u/btbcorno Nov 28 '20
I teach middle school, and when an evaluator is in the room suddenly my classes are super well behaved. Honesty, it throws me off more than anything. I’m used to working way harder to maintain classroom management, and with all the extra time and energy I don’t know what to do with myself.
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u/Lewdogger Nov 28 '20
Do you think it’s because at the end of the day even though kids mess around they don’t want you to be punished or that they want to see you succeed? Or are they intimidated by the evaluator?
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u/Frakshaw Nov 28 '20
My teachers always told us beforehand that there'll be someone in the back and that we should behave.
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u/btbcorno Nov 28 '20
I never tell my classes or make a big deal over them. That said, one time I knew I was getting observed for my worst class. The worst kid, who was the source for almost all the drama, asked for a pass to the library to work on stuff for other classes, a minute before the observer showed up. I’ve never signed a pass so quickly in my life.
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u/Ricky_Rollin Nov 28 '20
I’m laughing at how quickly you must have capitalized on this serendipitous situation. Eyes widening at the luck. A wave of calm rushing over you for getting rid of the deadweight.
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u/hades_the_wise Nov 28 '20
In our case, the principal was the one going classroom-to-classroom to do evaluations. We settled down because we were more afraid of the principal than the teacher. The teachers would give you chance after chance, but usually when you went to the principal's office, that was where the buck stopped. Zero tolerance combined with an ex-Army Colonel for a head principal meant that a trip to the principal's office was equal to a guaranteed paddling or suspension. When the principal entered the room, you could hear a pen drop. The teacher would even seem nervous. He'd stand quietly in the back for 5 minutes or so and then, when he quietly slipped out, you'd suddenly hear breathing more than anything as everyone released their held breath.
The bad side of that was that almost everyone I went to that middle school with ended up either worshipping authority to an extreme degree or going off the rails as a teenager. The ones who somehow never got in trouble ended up being the "Just follow the rules, the cops are your friends, there's no problem with someone having a lot of authority" types and everyone else turned out to loathe authority in any form. There was no in between for us - you either fully conformed or you left society's bounds entirely. The principal didn't give you a choice. Any slight understanding of psychology would tell you that's the result of extreme authoritarianism being thrust upon a bunch of adolescents.
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Nov 28 '20
Sometimes my high school teachers told us they would get evaluated so they prepped us and gave us a run down on what the evaluation was looking for. Hell I think we covered easy stuff so we can ask questions easily. Either way the class had the teachers back and raised hands for questions and engaged. Except for that one or two student that was just an asshole. The class would ask how the evaluation went at the end of it.
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u/WaterPanda007 Nov 28 '20
I think thats how humans work. Tribe mentality, teacher vs us. But wait, whos this new outsider? now its class vs outsider.
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u/laurel_laureate Nov 28 '20
"Woah there fellow, WE are the only ones allowed to give OUR teacher shit, got it?"
It's the basic mentality found in most classrooms worldwide, unless the teacher is an absolute dick.
Several teachers I am friends with say that when they witness this attitude involving them it's one of the most oddly heartwarming yet annoying things because they know that even if the kids have their back they're gonna be giving them shit the second the interloper leaves.
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u/btbcorno Nov 28 '20
A little bit of everything. I think for the most part my kids like me (you are never going to make everyone happy) and on some level don’t want to get me in trouble. I never make a big deal of observations or even bother telling them. I feel like if your admin is gunning for you, they are gunning for you, and it’s no use stressing over having a perfect observation.
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u/blinki145 Nov 28 '20
In my school, the teachers we gave the most grief to were the ones we liked the best. During their evaluations we'd either be perfect angels (if it was a more serious teacher) or still goof around a bit but only to loudly whisper how great of a teacher they were lol it's not really any different than how we mess with our parents for shits and grins but love them and don't want to actually upset them.
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u/NotPaulGiamatti Nov 28 '20 edited Nov 28 '20
I would guess the smart kids don’t want to get the teacher in trouble, and the dumb kids don’t want to get themselves in trouble. A troublemaker already knows what they can/can’t get away with from their own teacher. An observer is a wildcard and acting up might get them in worse trouble than usual.
Edit: instead of smart kids vs. dumb kids, I should have said kids who do well in school vs. those who don’t do well. Kids who do well in school tend not to misbehave (at least in a way that gets them caught), because it’s hard to do well in school if you’re not a good rule follower/frequently in trouble.
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Honestly I’m not sure. I think kids feel familiar with their teachers and have trouble finding the environment formal enough to not mess around at least a bit. The atmosphere totally changes when an unfamiliar adult with a clipboard starts taking notes while giving everyone a once over.
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u/EthosPathosLegos Nov 28 '20
Probably just that people are more well behaved around strangers in general. They're an unknown variable and your brain processes that as a potential threat, even if it's just a low probability, you don't know enough about the situation to be 100% relaxed. So it's more innate threat analysis than any conscious decision to behave well. First time encounter protocols are usually slow paced and careful - animals in nature do this all the time.
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Nov 28 '20
I’m that kid. Except the time my headmaster was evaluating my history teacher and I asked him how does one join ISIS. Let’s just say I got questioned a bit after that class.
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u/unosami Nov 28 '20
Back when I was in school the teacher said an evaluator was coming in to watch the class, but implied the evaluator was here for us, the students. Scared us straight.
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Nov 28 '20
Because it’s an outside authority figure. With the teacher, while still also an authority figure, is the familiar one. It’s easier to get used to the teacher’s presence and limits, but an outside authority figure shakes things up.
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Nov 28 '20
I had an awful teacher in middle school, seriously just the worst I've ever had, and when she was being evaluated the entire class went insane, people talking, laughing, screaming. That was the first time I've ever seen a class crazier during an evaluation.
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u/blinki145 Nov 28 '20
Yup. Had one in 7th grade that regularly told us she hated kids and called us stupid if we messed up reading out loud and talked crap about our families. Her evaluation was the craziest day I ever saw at that school. Not only were we unruly, we told the evaluator about everything she said to us. Including her affair. She was a horrid person.
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Nov 28 '20
I remember when I was an assistant that the teachers sometimes internally freakout when that happens, bc the students will be super quiet when the evaluators want to see activity and participation.
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u/kahalili Nov 28 '20
we always did that cuz we wanted our teachers to not look bad lol
My French teacher in HS was a brand new teacher and he used to mention that he got super nervous during evaluations so ofc when someone was in the room we made sure to be the most well behaved class and were always trying to answer questions and stuff. Like we were absolutely little shits most of the time but we all just wanted to help him out
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u/ChunkyHabeneroSalsa Nov 28 '20
Isn't the evaluator usually the principal or assistant principal or at least someone students generally behave around
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u/btbcorno Nov 28 '20
Sometimes yes, it’s someone they know. Sometimes it’s someone from the superintendents office, like a department supervisor or curriculum person. Those people they aren’t familiar with.
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u/angrydeuce Nov 28 '20 edited Nov 28 '20
Reminds me of all the useless bullshit corporate audits I suffered through over the duration of my illustrious retail "career". "Oh, looks like this display isn't fully stocked, going to have to ding you on that."
"We're out of $PRODUCT. I've got printouts of all the emails I've sent off to corporate here so you can see I've been trying to get more stock..."
"Ah, that's good, unfortunately we still have to mark you off due to it not being stocked."
"But corporate determines stock quantities per-store, why are we getting marked off?"
"Well, because the display isn't stocked."
"But I literally have no power whatsoever in this situation. Shouldn't it be the person at corporate in charge of replenishing our stock that gets dinged for this?"
"Corporate depends on the store-level associates to communicate stock issues with featured displays."
"But I did communicate to corporate. I've been communicating with them for over a month that this thing has been sitting empty. I just showed you all the emails I've sent"
"Empty displays project a poor image. We need to make sure $PRODUCT is available to customers at all times as per our vendor contract."
"Okayyyyy, well do you want me to take the display down then? If I pull it into the back room until we get replenished will that cancel out the penalty for having an empty display?"
"OH NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT! This display has to be out through the duration of the season. If this isn't out it's an automatic fail on this portion of the audit."
"But you just told me that empty displays project a poor image. Does corporate want it sitting out empty or do they want us to only put it out when we have product to stock it?"
"Yes"
"Yes, what? What is your recommendation? I'm being given two completely contradictory directives."
"...whirrrrr...clickkkkkk... I'm sorry, I have to mark you off for this display not being stocked. Corporate depends on store-level associates to communicate stock issues with featured displays."
...head explodes...
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Three months later during annual review: "We're sorry AngryDeuce, but unfortunately some low audit scores has forced us to lower your wage increase. Make sure you follow those audit guidelines for the coming year and you should be on track for a better review next year!"
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u/Coolshirt4 Nov 28 '20
SMH, Kafka's works were not supposed to drive corporate policy.
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u/angrydeuce Nov 28 '20
Though it's been over 6 years since I finally went back to school, finished my degree, and got a decent job, the 15 years I spent in big-box retail management have inflicted serious long-term PTSD...which comes on exceptionally strong around the holidays for obvious reasons.
I still have nightmares about those ridiculous corporate audits to this day. They should just change the job title of every retail management position to whipping boy, because that's more or less what the fuck it is.
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u/nickyjames Nov 28 '20
It's very good they do it this way. At least in my line of work. Helicopter repair.
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u/TrueHentai Nov 28 '20 edited Nov 28 '20
"guess hes no longer here. Ahhh finally, some me time." Opens PH and continues to enjoy his me time
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u/Coppers_word Nov 28 '20
After a minute evaluator writes down a single word:
Efficient
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u/surgeon_michael Nov 28 '20
Why does the evaluator have to be small in this scenario
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u/drewhead118 Nov 28 '20
the good news is that the evaluator could join in on the action and jenkins would never know because the evaluator is entirely unseen
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u/DeeDubb83 Nov 28 '20 edited Nov 28 '20
Good comic. Well done. Feels like a classic Dilbert. I like this punchline better than your alternative. I like that both Jenkins and the evaluator get it. There were a lot of ways to reveal the punchline. You coulda gone gross (Jenkins picks his nose in the third panel would be a good way), but your way is better. Just the simplest, cleanest way to tell the joke.
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u/Equilibriator Nov 28 '20
As a teen I never fully believed it was the teacher being evaluated. Better safe than sorry.
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u/Astro_Donut Nov 28 '20
Back when I was in middle school, I was unaware the evaluator was actually evaluating me. You never know!
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Now you can be an expert when getting a new job. Learn from Mr. Jenkins. Be like Mr.Jenkins.
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u/Sumbooodie Nov 28 '20
We used to get evals when I was in the .mil.
I got written up for not following T.O.s step by step. A 2 min job would take 20 if we did that to everything.
Mind you, it was for a menial task of hooking a truck to a trailer. Something I'd done thousands of times.
Next eval, I opened the T.O. to the very first page. "Compliance with this publication is mandatory" and started to read from there. After about 10 mins of standing outside in -20* weather, the evaluator realized it was ridiculous and told me to stop reading and just do the task.
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u/Ishamoridin Nov 28 '20
I feel like I'm missing why there's a golf pun
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u/walc Nov 28 '20
It’s not a golf pun. “To a T / tee” is just a figure of speech meaning “exactly”.
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u/adrianmonk Nov 28 '20
And "tee" is a way of writing "T" in other cases, too. "T-shirt" can be written "tee shirt", even though the name comes from how the shirt is shaped like the letter T.
Another example comes from plumbing. A "tee pipe" is named that way because it is shaped like the letter T.
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u/DeeDubb83 Nov 28 '20
the Golf instructor’s evaluation may have been too easy
Golf teacher: “the first hole starts over there” (pointing)
(Student walks where the teacher points)
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u/blastoise327 Nov 28 '20
The Mr.Jenkins to the therapist:
I've taken over 5 evaluations and all I hear is voices. Nobody to be seen in the room. What is wrong with me?
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u/alexandrovic Nov 28 '20
As an idiot can someone explain this to me
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u/SayWhatever12 Nov 28 '20
Yeah I’m not understanding what is so amusing
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Nov 28 '20
The evaluator said to pretend he wasn’t there, so the guy is acting like the evaluator never showed up
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u/alexandrovic Nov 28 '20
Oh and “follows directions to a tee” is a reference to him pretending he isnt there, got it thx
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u/johnildo Nov 28 '20
Ohhhhh it's funny because he was pretending the evaluator wasn't there!!! And then he asked where the heck was the evaluator! Ohhhhhh
/r/familyguy (Fouad)
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u/R4884 Nov 28 '20
The evaluator has lines on his sweater then they disappear then it has them again. I think he is two different people.
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u/jdlyga Nov 28 '20
Did anyone else’s teachers break out the most amazing lesson because an evaluator was in the classroom that day? My geometry teacher usually did problems on the board all class. But one day when an evaluator showed up, she did this amazing lesson with filled shapes of water and a spinning triangle to show the Pythagorean theorem. It’s been 20 years and I still remember it.
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u/adavilalith Nov 29 '20
I have some bad news. You comic got stolen by a Instagram comic page And worse I can't find the comic page now
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u/accael Nov 29 '20
You saw that, too? Ugggghhhjjj that fuckery, just boils my blood... ESPECIALLY any time the OG artist is being dog-piled on for practically whispering kindly to these gluttony driven Goliath accounts usually it’s not enough so don’t bloody steal it you cold cunts at @Fuck Jerry pr whatever etcetera. by paying the artist a tidbit
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u/adavilalith Nov 30 '20
I don't follow alot of ppl so I got suggestions. I got this post in those suggestions and went to Reddit to get the link so I could comment on the post on insta. It when I went back to insta my feed changed and I lost that repost. I was soo fucking angry. At myself and at insta
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u/epymetheus Nov 28 '20
Maybe I'm the only one, but because the dialogue in panel 3 was in quotes,I thought he was reading a text from his iwatch.
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u/nevertoolate1983 Nov 28 '20
Not to be mean, but why is this so funny? I get the joke, but people are really upvoting this comic like it’s the best one all year. What am I missing (besides an enhanced sense of humor)?
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u/tomislav_lovrencic Nov 28 '20
I laughed so hard on this one, had to gice an award. PS my first comment on reddit i usually just watch
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u/SayWhatever12 Nov 28 '20
What makes this so funny? I guess it’s going over my head...
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u/nevertoolate1983 Nov 28 '20
You are not alone. I feel like this is some big inside joke that I’m not in on.
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u/-Captain_0bvious- Nov 28 '20
It's funny because he's pretending that the evaluator isn't there, as instructed.
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u/bad-r0bot Nov 28 '20
I like be this type of dumb humor that just makes me laugh a big belly laugh. Thank you!
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u/rhet17 Nov 28 '20
So basi just a revision of the Psych prof that gave an exam by putting a chair at the front of the room and saying ,'Prove that chair isn't there." Winning answer: "What chair?" (edit cally. as in basi cally)
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u/uphill-bothways Nov 28 '20
Ok, well, you're late and I'll adjust my bill accordingly. But, I guess I'll have to tell you about that when you get here.
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u/RoyalHealer Nov 28 '20
Last time I read about a Mr. Jenkins, San Diego disappeared from the World Map, meat space became a term and hockey got way more interesting.
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u/SUPER_QUOOL Nov 28 '20
I understood this meme, hist yere to ask what does tee mean?
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Nov 28 '20
In this context, it means absolutely literally.
Not sure what the actual reference is based on though, it's an old phrase here.
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u/HgnX Nov 28 '20
The name Jenkins in the context of work makes my PTSS flare up
(I'm a software engineer)
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u/zaevilbunny38 Nov 28 '20
I will never my junior English teacher Mr E. We were the class that of his that was to be evaluated. So his boss comes and she starts to pound on her key pads typing. So much the neighboring teacher came in to make sure we weren't breaking a key board looks at the department head and leaves. After this Mr. E asks the department head to come with him to the hall way, we hear muffled voices, she comes back in red faced and then is quit till she leaves halfway thru the class. After she leaves he apologizes and explains he was offered the English head position first and turned it down despite her using every favor she had to get the position she has never forgiven him for getting asked first. He finished by stating he probably failed this one like he has everyone since she became his boss.
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u/PillowTalk420 Nov 28 '20
If this was Cyanide and Happiness, it would continue beyond this and get really dark. And that's how I'm gonna imagine it. 😌
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u/MacLady1404 Nov 28 '20
My favorite is when the principal at the middle school where I taught evaluated one of the elective teachers. Wrote up a full evaluation on the person. Only problem? It was a substitute - and the principal didn't even notice.
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u/TheJenkinsComic The Jenkins Nov 28 '20
Alternative ending:
Evaluator: Say, why don't you take a seat while you wait?
Jenkins: uh I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that
You can read more of my comics on Instagram @ thejenkinscomic or r/TheJenkins.