Hey, Oncor, We’ve Got 600 Kids in Here
This cafeteria working mom isn’t the only one upset about Oncor’s odd timing.
Smack dab in the middle of serving lunch to 600 kids AND while the 4th grade was still immersed in the TAKS test, some dumba** from the utility companies decided that it was a good time to work on the power poles in the Amherst/Stanford alley and shut off power to the school. Since this plunged the kitchen and all cooking equipment into darkness, I marched my happy a** across the street, through a construction site of befuddled workmen building a house and screamed at the power guys to turn it back on. This was particularly noteworthy since I was wearing my cafeteria visor, UP Elementary apron and rubber clothes as I hollered at them. If my child doesn’t get into Harvard, I’m suing someone.
Another mom wrote in about the same issue and asked:
doesn’t someone in city hall look at this stuff and say wait a minute, there’s an elementary school in full swing at 11:10 AM…do it late this afternoon???
Good point, I mean they did know about it.
Hey Mom number one there, I like your style, sister. Go get ‘em!
Wow to person number one. Get a freaking life. I bet your son hates you because you put so much pressure on him to succeed. Taks has no affect whatsoever where you go to college. Nothing in middle school even counts. So umm, get a life and stop placing so much pressure on your son or he’s going to be an alcoholic by the time he is 14.
That first person is the reason why I don’t like living in the park cities. These people that look down on others because their kid isn’t getting the perfect treatment.
Confidential to MC…um, I was joking about Harvard! Also, if I was your parent, I’d ground your sassy a** for the disrespectful tone in your post. YOU get a life and while you’re at it, try to find that sense of humor you lost along the way, smartypants!
MK,
You go girl! I am proud of you, and I am so glad you responded to “angry” before I jumped in full throttle.
Hey “angry”, I am a mom of many, 2 of which took TAKS today. My first is always relaxed about these things, but the 2nd absolutely worries it to death. These are 2 kids living in the same house with the same expectations and pressures. So, lay off putting the guilt accusations on the parents. Fortunately, there are many kids in the area that actually want to do well in school and even excel on “non-counting” tests. Power going off is a disturbance to the “sacred” testing environment. On MK’s behalf, if our parents are not involved and do not act on the behalf of the kids, who would? Clearly, the City of UP and/or Oncor are not working with the schools or calendars.
By the way, pressure does not cause alcoholism. While it may be a factor, there are certainly other outlets for pressure (self-induced, academic or parental). Please do the research before shooting out lame blogs. Plus, why are you looking to shift blame to parents? If you’ve got issues with your parents, please talk with them. Leave the rest of us alone to figure this stuff out. One of the first steps in recovery is accepting accountability for your own actions. Step up.
Sorry, I don’t have a problem. The problem is people saying “IF my kid doesn’t get into Harvard, I will sue you”
These guys with the power are just doing their job, they didn’t know about it. Their supervisors knew about it, you don’t need to make them misrable for doing what they were told to do.
“do to others as you would like to be treated.” I do not have a problem with someone going out and telling them, ofcourse that is what you should do. But to have a temper and attitude is just juvenile.
Don’t act like you are at a higher level than someone else, it is just rude and it gives this town a bad name.
And people wonder why Highland Park has a bad reputation?
I’m not from HP (but have lotsa $$) & don’t have children, but have a question - why is a prissy little SUV-mom serving lunch? Do rich (or poor or anyone, for that matter) people not have cafeteria women anymore?
Its the culture to volunteer for lunch duty.
The point is…
It isn’t nice to say “If my kid doesn’t go to Harvard, I will sue someone.” It is just juvenile, and not respectful to say to something that is simply doing their job.
You have to think of the feelings of others, that is all I am saying.
MC — One more time:
It. Was. A. Joke.
Do you really think anyone’s feelings were hurt by MK’s comment? She didn’t say it to the Oncor guy (as you seem to indicate above), she said it in her email to Merritt. By the way, are you one of the people who lobbied People Newspapers powers-that-be to get Merritt fired a while back? As the whiniest, most humorless and tiresome grievance-monger we have seen on here in a while, I am convinced that you probably are. Or are you just bitter because, for some strange reason, none of the other homeroom moms are afraid of you anymore?
NOW, THIS IS WHAT I CALL BLOGGING!!! GO, EVERYONE. This morning’s Starbucks was especially good with the above entertainment.
msx-keep using the birth control.
BTW, moms and dads in HPISD staff the lunchrooms saving the district thousands of dollars a year. We don’t waste it on emoploying extra “cafeteria women.”
A target rich environment for sure Miles.
MC-If you are telling us “to think of the feelings of others” maybe you should think of the feelings of others yourself. These posts and this post: http://blog.peoplenewspapers.c...../#comments
makes me think you are a bit hypocritical.
Angry-Don’t knock it till you have tried it.
msx-prissy is hardly the word I would use to describe the SUV driving mothers of the Park Cities(especially the cafeteria moms, a job dads dare not volunteer for). There have been many new words invented by the PCP staff addressing the shortage of nouns used to describe people who live in the PC. Not one of them alludes to “prissy”.
IJS
OMG, who knew I’d set off a firestorm when I told Merritt about this, LOL???? Thanks to those who posted their support. To MC, MSX and Angry, a moment of your attention, please. I hollered at the Oncor guys because their equipment was so frickin’ loud that they couldn’t hear what I was saying. They appeared unaware that they had just cut the power to an elementary school in the middle of lunch. Once they were made aware of it, the power was turned back on. Again, the comment about Harvard was a total joke. Regarding cafeteria moms, I’m sure you can imagine what a challenge it would be for you to serve 600 kids a hot lunch in 3 hours time. Now imagine doing it for 12 hours each month; don’t forget the part about your t-shirt sticking to you because you’re drenched in sweat…or the part where a kid you know comes through in tears and you stop everything to give them a hug. Finally, think about doing this all for free, because it makes you feel good to help out. I don’t consider myself prissy or priveleged or above people who work for a living, I was merely trying to make sure that all K-4th grade UP Elementary students got a good hot lunch in a timely fashion.
MK - AMEN!