School Answering Machine Message
"This Is Hilarious"

This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School (in California)
staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine.
This is the actual answering machine message for the school. This came about
because they implemented a policy requiring students and parents to be responsible
for their children's absences and missing homework. The school and teachers are
being sued by parents who want their children's failing grades changed to passing
grades, even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the semester
and did not complete enough schoolwork to pass their classes.

The Outgoing Message:

Hello... You have reached the automated answering service of your school.
Please listen closely because the menu has changed. In order to assist you
in connecting to the right staff member, please listen to all the options
before making a selection:

To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1

To make excuses for why your child did not do his/her homework - Press 2

To complain about what we do - Press 3

To swear at staff members - Press 4

To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your
newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5

If you want us to raise your child - Press 6

If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone - Press 7

To request another teacher, for the third time this year - Press 8

To complain about bus transportation - Press 9

To complain about the school lunches, that your child is receiving for free - Press 0

If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable and
responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that it's not the
teachers' fault for you child's lack of effort: Hang up and have a nice day!

If you want this message in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country...
Goodbye... (click... dialtone...)


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