other arses

as i noted yesterday, the new principal has finally been introduced to the staff.

today, among those who work in the vicinity of the front office, there was much speculation as to the new boss' sexuality (though how it matters to running a school miss e has yet to uncover).

one staff member was talking about "i don't like to talk about it because i don't unda-STAND it. he's a FAYag."

thinking they were privy to information i was not, i asked, "so has my gaydar served me well this time?"

i didn't get into much discussion with this particular staff member because of the topic's obvious inappropriateness.

the new principal, in order to get to know the staff on their own terms, had put up a schedule with dates and times for staff to meet with him.

towards the end of the day, one of the teachers approached me and asked in a soft voice with a worried face, "do we have someone on staff here who is named 'xavier flamer'?"

i walked over to the door and saw the suspicious name. then, i checked the binder with all the staff information in it. there was no xavier anywhere to be found on staff.

there were a few other teachers (fuck i just remembered i forgot to lock the office doors. nobody's picking up the phone. damn.) and an increasing buzz about thinking "this was of a derogatory nature."

I took the sheets down from the door and decided to type them up, under the excuse that we had to correct the dates and clean it up (someone had whited out a line, and some of the dates were wrong).

there being no administrator (and my sensing WHO might have been responsible for the offending name, and he being the only other person in the office) i printed it out, along with the original, and put it on the assistant principal's seat with a note, how does this look? also, please ask me about another issue.

hopefully this issue will overshadow the fact that i forgot to lock the doors.

side note: after determining that we had no staff card for a 'xavier flamer' and coming to the conclusion that the name was put on there with malicious intent, one of the buzzing teachers called up a few minutes later to say that the person named is actually a retired principal who worked in The School District. but he would have had no way of knowing about the sign up sheet, unless they're friends, but then he would not have signed up for an appointment. neither had i seen anyone principal-like or old unfamiliar to me come up through the office.