Read the conversation and you'll understand. Or don't as it's longish. But be assured you'd be vexed on her behalf - her entire year is - if you did!
Background: Sis is in her final year at the same school where I spent six years. A is chemistry teacher, J is assistant. V, P, M and T also teachers, rest of the initials are classmates.
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
Btw did i tell you about that IDIOT A?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
No, tell me
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
Well, I had my Chemics practical (and you DON'T want to know how many times I misspelt that word)
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and the experiment in itself went alright, can't really go wrong and all as long as you do what it says on the leaflet
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
only A wasn't really happy, and that spells like m-o-o-d-y
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and then we had to do our calculations
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
which takes hours, yes
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and if there's SOMETHING i don't understand the first IOTA of
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
got a splitting headache because of it
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
is A starting to hand out the EXAMPLE TEST ASSIGNMENTS
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
no, THAT'S making me happy
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
the wha?
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
the answers to the example test
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
but anyway, i'm in the MIDDLE of calculations i'm not understanding a thing of, and he starts explaining about the questions
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
*kill*
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
so I make a SLIGHTLY annoyed comment about how HAPPY that makes me
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and he asks me why i'm being so cheeky
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
Do you have a minute?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
You see, I don't, because I'm in the MIDDLE of my CALCULATIONS for my PRACTICAL that counts for my FINAL EXAMS, yes?
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
so I say: well sir, I'm in the middle of my calculations, and you're disturbing my concentration, and that made me slightly annoyed
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and he has the GUTS to answer: you're disturbing MY concentration
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
What a jerk. He's not *usually* this bad
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
I thought L's mouth dropped a meter in amazement
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
like aladdin's genie
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and L: yes but sir, whose exam is this anyway?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
And he: will you stay out of it
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
he didn't answer
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
Oh, less bad than I expected
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
soooooooooooooo unreasonable now and then, that man
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
from time to time, eh
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
I GET that your mood goes down the drain when you have to watch people screw up their experiments for two days straight, but still
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and right at the end, everyone stressed because those calculations did not add up
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
no of course they didn't, they never do
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
i manipulated my calculations & graphics it didn't add up that bad
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
turns out our wonderful titrated milk is slowly changing back its colour
Forget nectar, those gods ran on says:
titrated... yuck
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
says A: well, as a bonus question you can write down why it's doing that
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
*kill*
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and everyone is thinking: he's kidding, we're none of us done
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
so everyone is laughing
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
he meant it of course
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
no, he turns out to be serious, is completely offended by us laughing about a serious observation
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
honestly I craved to KILL
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
that's what I said. "*kill*"
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
exactly
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
but it can be worse, K and E forgot to fill their buret, they started titrating with WATER. Not even I make stupid mistakes like that
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
eh buret... help me. that thing you're titrating from?
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
yes, where you have to read from
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
another thing, they have to approve of the number you're reading off the thing
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
oh that bloody ding that J en A always just read two millimeters different than you do?
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
right
so I'm telling J: I think 1.55. says he: I don't think so. Walks off
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
*kill*
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
comes back later. I say: I think 1.62, says he, I don't think so, so I say: then what? says he: I think a little higher, 1.55 or such like
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
oh, did you just say so?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
gah
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
could this have been one of those demonstrations of the principle "that you have to *know*"?
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
know what?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
Don't *think* it's 1.55 is, *see* so.
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
or something
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
i can see J doing something like that
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
nah
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
although, in retrospect...
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
but anyway it was 1.55
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
yes
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
I so can't care less about chemistry for the coming three months
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
how weird
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and just when you think the worst is over
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
you get the roster for the profile paper discussion
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
the final discussion mind you
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
and? friday afternoon half past four?
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and I am (big surprise) rostered in on wednesday afternoon at three, when the entire school is out for the day at one because of report meetings
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
oh yuck
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
well look on the bright side
Forget nectar, those gods ran on says:
it could have been friday afternoon half past four
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
wait, that isn't all, this was *yesterday*
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
it gets better
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
oh, so now it *is* friday afternoon half past four?
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
So I'm thinking, oh well, doesn't matter, could have been friday afternoon half past four, and L also had to wait until three so that probably would be pleasant
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
wasn't
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
so i begin with doing my science homework like a good girl
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and proceed to wait with L and LK
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
it's now half past two
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
NOOOO YOU'RE KIDDING
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
V comes out: yes Nienke I'm sorry, but P hasn't read your paper yet, so the question is if you would be OK with moving this to next week
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
so I: well, no, really
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
you handed the thing in on time so the least you can expect is for them to read it on time
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
or tell you that they can't make it at one o'clock
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
hasn't read it!!! so I ask: why not, she knows this meeting is now, right? Seems she didn't read V's email that told her so. And I: yes, but it was on the year roster, she has known it to be in this week since september, I've had it in my planning for months, and I'm sorry that I'm nagging at you because you can't
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
help it i know that but COULDN'T SHE HAVE REMEMBERED THIS AT ONE?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
apparantly not, no
Forget nectar, those gods ran on says:
*$%#^@!!
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
no.
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
so I said: the way I see it, she has 35 minutes to read my paper
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
apparently I didn't see this correctly
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
of course
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
because she had a report meeting
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and that (^&$&%$# P has made it to the previous meetings about this paper exactly ONE time
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
well tough... it's (what's her subject?) so who cares about the third form's report results for that
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
worse, first form
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
I TOO was of the opinion that I took precedence
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
gawd...
just like M, who after five years of telling us that sixth form tests always have priorty, had the nerve to go correct first form tests when we were in sixth ... Pardon? We Don't THINK So!
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
sounds like T, he pulls that too
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
anyway, mom was coming to collect me at three, and the half past two bus had left, of course, so then I stayed
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
It ended with your meeting being moved to next week, didn't it
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
yes
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and guess what it is next week?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
don't tell me... friday half past four?
No can't be that's Good Friday
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
thursday half past four
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
we haven't decided on that, but it's testweek next week
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
and that takes three weeks because of easter, and it turns out I only have one test next week, but they don't know that, so I informed them that that meeting was going to take place at a time that suits ME
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
yes that's the least they can do
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
so now everyone is terribly vexed on my behalf
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
the b*tch
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
as they should be
I know the feeling... all my co-workers at makro are currently vexed on my behalf
kinda nice
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
exactly
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
I swear, I am one out of maybe ten people who have handed the thing in on time
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
no chance of you ever doing *that* again, lol
Oh wait, you don't have to hand something like it in again anyway
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
LK said afterwards that she felt a bit sorry for V, he looked a bit bashful. I seem to have been quite angry. Odd, because I thought it wasn't that bad
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
I managed to keep the humour in.
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
"You seem to have been quite angry"
Ya think?
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
lol imagine how intimidating you are when you CAN'T find the humour in it!
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
haha
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
let's not try that. Anyway I think I'm much more impressive this way, I get SO sarcastic that it's scary (apparantly)
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
You're awful
Forget nectar, those gods ran on coffee says:
to clarify: awfully good
Nienke --> Waarom valt er sneeuw in de winter, waarom schijnt 's zomers de zon? says:
ain't it sweet?
Edit: Sis has been cheered for her comments by the entire part of the school population that takes Chemistry.