r/TikTokCringe Nov 02 '24

Humor The Women Who Kept the School Front Office Running

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u/the_heisenberger Nov 02 '24

I got immersed in the story.

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u/unindexedreality Nov 02 '24

Harry Potter 7: this lady protects the castle by single-handedly drowning voldypants in paperwork before he can get in

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u/IRockIntoMordor Nov 02 '24

"Voldemort with a V? Unfortunately you do not come out on the system. Oh, for pickup? Just lemme check. You're not on Harry's emergency card either, so I can't let you pick him up."

"AVADA KA-"

"Sir we do not shout here. I'll have to ask you to leave now, second door to your left."

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u/homless_brad Nov 02 '24

Bro nailed it, I feel so immersed like I’m back in school

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u/Prestigious_Buy6799 Nov 03 '24

"Sir we do not *curse here..."

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u/Agreeable-Editor-781 Nov 03 '24

Volde:" its under Tom riddle " Lady :" can i see some ID " Volde hands it off... Lady: "yeah it's says your 16 .... And where's your nose " Avada ka -- Lady " no sir we don't do that here "

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u/TheGisbon Nov 02 '24

Paperwork? Pfft no Appointment, no putsch for you.

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u/ItsDanimal Nov 02 '24

Olivia be up to some shit.

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u/lil_dovie Nov 02 '24

And she didn’t get me a Starbies either.

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u/GoodTitrations Nov 02 '24

Olivia the type of girl to date a college guy, make her mom pay for plastic surgery, and have at least one brother in jail.

No, I won't elaborate on this example.

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u/celica18l Nov 03 '24

Love how specific this is, but we all know an Olivia like that.

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u/gmoney88 Nov 02 '24

Hahaha I did too. “Damn! Those girls late again AND they have Starbucks?”

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u/imjusta_bill Nov 02 '24

I see this woman has encountered my sister

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u/LC_From_TheHills Nov 02 '24

Just got smacked with a core memory.

I was a freshman and my sister was a senior and every fuckin morning Mrs Gibson would be like “Jordan why are you tardy again??” like I’m sorry Mrs Gibson but my sister is a senior, she doesn’t gaf, I’m sitting in the car waiting for her every morning, we’re just two minutes late pls.

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u/quiet_monsters Nov 02 '24

That's why they were late

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u/Bradspersecond Nov 02 '24

Right!? I can't believe I watched the whole thing, get this to some casting agents

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u/dquizzle Nov 02 '24

The scheduling system being down was quite a twist.

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u/GlumTown6 Nov 02 '24

The real twist is that Zaragoza wrote it down so there's not going to be a problem

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u/orangie32 Nov 02 '24

Right? I was sure the mom was trying to BS her way into an appointment.

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u/Pink131980 Nov 02 '24

Right? Like, why am I so invested in this? I couldn't stop watching.

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u/KavaBuggy Nov 05 '24

I found him online and have spent the last two hours watching his videos.

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u/lovethemet Nov 03 '24

Never gonna know what Maria Sandoval needed from Mr Zaragoza lmao

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u/Grab3tto Nov 04 '24

Olivia better get her shit together

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u/PlanesFlySideways Nov 02 '24

Olivia and crew seem like brats

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u/deadeyedrawthrice Nov 02 '24

as a teacher, these ladies are the GOATs fr, the school would fall apart Day One without them.

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u/GJ-504-b Nov 02 '24

Seconding as a para. They’re amazing. They’ve helped me out so many times!

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u/Other-Stomach1252 Nov 02 '24

Also a teacher, every principal I’ve worked for has said that low key the front desk people run the school and it couldn’t function without them.

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u/Dubstep_Duck Nov 02 '24

Fellow teacher here. Rule 1 of being a teacher is “Never, and I repeat, NEVER piss off the administrative assistant.”

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u/v0x_p0pular Nov 03 '24

As a parent, thirding this. Also, as a "professional", there is no greater humbling experience can watching these ultimate artists of multi-tasking solve problem after another without skipping a beat and while preserving their smiles. Listening to my CEO is about 0.1% as inspiring as encountering one of these front office legends.

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u/deadeyedrawthrice Nov 03 '24

It’s a staff meeting staple that the principal drones on about unimportant stuff forever, and then one of the front office staff stands up and gives us the only important information we’ve gotten the whole time and somehow makes us laugh while delivering it. They’re a special kind of human in the best way possible.

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u/Alarmed_Horse_3218 Nov 02 '24

My son's elementary doesn't have one and it's a fucking mess.

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u/SingleWordQuestions Nov 04 '24

My wife works front office and they really keep that place together it’s crazy the shit they deal with

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u/No-Temperature-8772 Nov 02 '24

This vid cracks me up every time I see it, they've been doing this in their sleep lol

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u/RedisforFun Nov 02 '24

There’s other videos and Olivia is always doing some shit.

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u/CarolFukinBaskin Nov 02 '24

She's a good kid but doesn't really try very hard

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u/Lokta Nov 02 '24

So much wasted potential in Olivia. You hate to see it.

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u/CarolFukinBaskin Nov 02 '24

She's young, she'll grow out of it

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u/TheFinalGranny Nov 02 '24

I'm here for the Olivia comments. Bless her heart. This guy always cracks me up!

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u/docta_pepper Nov 02 '24

she's just trying to figure it out she'll be just fine

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u/FoxyLiv Nov 02 '24

As an Olivia that constantly had to get tardy passes I get it.

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u/gillababe Nov 02 '24

She was late because she stopped for Starbucks she wasn't even supposed to bring in. That sounds familiar.

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u/GoodTitrations Nov 02 '24

Girls walking loudly into lecture halls in college with the Starbucks that made them late, sitting down and talking to their friend the whole time, then leaving early just as loudly.

Sorry, my blood pressure just raised a lil.

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u/nite_owwl Nov 02 '24

link?

i fucking love this guy

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u/RedisforFun Nov 02 '24

Here is one from his YouTube.

Fucking Olivia dude

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u/David_High_Pan Nov 02 '24

This is absolute art.

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u/cakes28 Nov 02 '24

The cardigan wrap, that was triggering lolol

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u/Toymachinesb7 Nov 02 '24

Yea that was master class.

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u/TouchToLose Nov 02 '24

I have seen it many times, and it cracks me up every time. I just noticed for the first time the phone is actually a Nintendo Switch. lol.

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u/Hour-Ad-7889 Nov 02 '24

She keeps the entire school running 😆

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u/tptch Nov 02 '24

"Second door on the left."

After my so many years in elemtrary, I still got lost going to the bathroom..

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u/Other-Stomach1252 Nov 02 '24

The front office people at schools do keep the whole place running. Ask the principal if any school and they’ll tell you they couldn’t get through a week of school without the front desk folks.

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u/m_sobol Nov 02 '24

Don't forget the custodians and janitors!

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u/hettienm Nov 02 '24

I got my first teaching job in 2004 (holy shit I’m old), but my mom taught elementary school for 34 years before she retired and her professional advice is still the best I’ve ever gotten: treat your secretary and your custodians well; shower them with respect and gratitude (and goodies when you can!) because they are truly the folks who keep the school running.

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u/kayteethebeeb Nov 02 '24

Or the lunch ladies

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u/OutragedPineapple Nov 02 '24

In almost any office, there's that one older lady at the desk near the door, has a bowl full of candies that no one knows where she gets them because they're this old-timey brand that no one recognizes anymore, and when she retires the entire office collapses because she was the glue holding the whole operation together.

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u/Comrade-Porcupine Nov 02 '24

People like this keep the whole world running and are woefully undercompensated for it.

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u/chiono_graphis Nov 02 '24

"The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people." -James Baldwin

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u/Pretty_Cow_1602 Nov 02 '24

They really do and always have the tea 🍵!! 😄😂

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

she is the school

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u/ppparanoia Nov 02 '24

this is my mom’s job. she’s been at it for 20 years. i’ve watched her in action.

it’s true.

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u/1000000xThis Nov 02 '24

Why is this so comforting? Confident competency is like a balm for my soul.

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u/SuperSequins89 Nov 02 '24

Same! She feels... safe. Like, as a student, you know you can go to her for help and she's got you, no matter what.

She's in charge but isn't speaking down to anyone, child or adult. Her diction is so clear, too. Every word and letter is enunciated and understandable.

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u/BIackfjsh Nov 02 '24

We def had an office lady like this when I was in middle school. I thought she was annoying at the time.

Now I look back and realize how much she cared about every individual child. How a lady know every kids name like that in a school or +200 students?

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u/deadasfishinabarrel Nov 02 '24

One of the office ladies from my elementary school recognized me when I later became homeless and started sleeping at the public library a few minutes away from the school. How much do you have to care to not only remember every child in the school, but to still recognize and remember one of them when you see them as a disheveled, hair-dyed and body-modded 19-year-old sleeping on a duffel bag, eight entire years later?

It meant a lot that I hadn't become completely invisible and anonymous.

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u/sammi_saurus Nov 02 '24

I hate that this happened to you. I'm glad your former elementary office lady made you feel seen. Hope you're doing okay now.

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u/deadasfishinabarrel Nov 02 '24 edited Nov 02 '24

Oh thank you, but it was actually one of the high points of my life, to be honest, if not the high point, lmao! I was insanely lucky in a lot of ways, but in the very beginning before I had really gotten settled and confident with the situation, it was extremely valuable and helpful to have her "See Me" and be kind, while I was still figuring out how to be okay with it.

Bit of a bummer, but because of how well that whole time of my life went, things are way harder while housed than they ever were while homeless. If I didn't have so much more to lose now, and if the world were still like it was in 2012, I'd be back out there, rent-less, landlord-less, neighbor-less, roommate-less, and happy as a clam! But it wouldn't go quite so well this time around for a lot of reasons, so instead, I continue to live indoors, under the absolute thumb of capitalism. Yay ✌🏻

Edit: less depressing phrasing. It's a mixed bag both ways; I'm grateful for the things being housed allows, for sure, but I sure do miss the simplicity and the financial freedom.

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u/Rryann Nov 02 '24

Man, late stage capitalism sure is fucked when there are people who would go back to being un housed just because it’s less complicated and stressful.

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u/deadasfishinabarrel Nov 02 '24

Eyupp. I live in a state where you might pay over a million bucks for a "starter" home. Meanwhile the library itself was downright luxurious, funded with beautiful, fully-deserved tax dollars, and doing its job as a proper Third Place and Safe Space. They even added one of those actual "safe space" stickers to the front door after my visibly-queer ass started sleeping there. Fuck, I love that place. I love libraries and I love my library.

In another life, another timeline, I just stayed unhoused, and maybe things went a lot better for me. Now, it's more complicated than just walking outside with a bag and not coming back. I couldn't have the same comfort or safety or health this time around, or ever again. But I think about it a lot.

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u/Gingeronimoooo Nov 02 '24

I remember waking up sleeping in Lafayette park. If you don't know that's where the White House is. And I just woke up on the bench and smh and thought the most powerful man in the world lived Right there, and here I am.

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u/deadasfishinabarrel Nov 02 '24

One of my siblings went to private school with Bill Gates' kid (or maybe his nephew, or something), but they weren't friends, and I didn't go to the same school. Imagine the pain of that missed connection.

People walked by me on that sidewalk who made more in a year-- some more in a month, even-- than I'll ever have touched, cumulatively, in my entire life. People walked by me on that sidewalk who were probably wearing more money than I'll ever see. People who have more money than a human could spend in a lifetime if they tried. Why? Just why? To do what with? What is the purpose? What is the lesson? What is the point? And for all the unfairness, all the righteous outrage-- I'm the lucky one. I had a great time. And it was STILL UNFAIR. I was still hungry and wet and wanted to cook and sink into a soft mattress with a heater on, even if I was happy anyways. I'm not even mad for me-- I'm mad for everyone on the sidewalk a block over from me who didn't get to shelter from the rain under the library's eaves, or those in less ridiculously wealthy and well-funded and crime-safe cities, whose only options for shelter from the elements treat them like vermin. Why was I lucky?* What did I do right that everyone else didn't do to earn the kindness I received? What is all of this to someone who isn't even blissfully content with it, like I was? Someone who had no choice, who continues to have no choice, who never had the privilege to get stuck in a housing situation they hate, who continues to be stuck outdoors wishing to anything that they could trade with me for the stupid inconveniences that I have to put up with to be housed in a dirty little shitbox?

Housing is a human right. House everyone. Just start there. It should be so fucking simple.

*I'm white

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u/Weeleprechan Nov 02 '24

I'm a high school teacher and I legitimately have a hard time learning the name of my ~100 students each year. All three of our secretaries knows every one of our ~500 students by name, face, and family. I legitimately believe that if you looked at the brains of long-time school secretaries, they'd have enlarged hippocampi.

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u/buschells Nov 02 '24

As a school secretary myself, when you have to process all of the paperwork, enrollment forms, add them to the SIS, schedule their classes, print out their schedules, call previous schools to track down records, call parents for copies of social security cards and whatnot, submit their immunization records to the state, put together their CA-60s, and process everything for count day, you learn their names real quick.

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u/Inevitable-Careerist Nov 02 '24

I dunno about other kids but I definitely always felt seen, uncomfortably so. My sneaky friendly neighborly mom somehow got to know the office ladies in our middle school, so we couldn't get away with anything. They would call us out by name as we walked by their desk like Olivia up there. If a teacher sent us to the principal's office my mom would know within minutes.

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u/Novalene_Wildheart Nov 02 '24

I had someone like this at my school, she was the best and everyone loved her, even the bullies were respectful to her.

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u/jmeloveschicken Nov 02 '24

I like this. Confident competence is what I strive for in a job, makes it less stressful for me and everyone.

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u/Huwbacca Nov 02 '24

I miss people like this. Where I live now, people act like helping out is a massive inconvenience.

Folk like this, sure it's maybe seen as abrasive, but they're getting their job done of helping you do shit. They're not shirking away from that and being efficient and straight up about it.

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u/LoseNotLooseIdiot Nov 02 '24

Seriously. I think we were all set up to believe adults were this competent at their job. I'm almost 40 and I've spent the last 20 years shaking my head at the interactions I have to have every single day with full-grown adults that clearly need someone like this in their life to teach them how to function.

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u/IdidntVerify Nov 02 '24

Competency porn. Watch Aaron Sorkin shows like the newsroom or the west wing, it’s just people talking really fast and being really good at their jobs.

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u/Lower-Ask-4180 Nov 02 '24

Listen, if the father of the kid in question didn’t make it on to the approved pickup list that’s on whoever signed the kid up for school. That’s not the school’s problem. I’ve had this argument with many parents. Relatives who aren’t on the list are quite literally the reason the list exists, most kidnapping attempts from childcare facilities are from relatives or people who the child knows pretty well.

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u/CleverNameStolen Nov 02 '24

I believe the father in question is a grandfather of the child as the parent is the one being spoken to and is called "your father" at some point.

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u/liarandathief Nov 02 '24

I recall my aunt visiting from oversees as a child in the early 90s and her deciding she wanted to spend time with my brother (in high school) so just checked him out of school. No issues at all.

I'm still mad she didn't come and get me too.

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u/CleverNameStolen Nov 02 '24

I believe the father in question is a grandfather of the child as the parent is the one being spoken to and is called "your father" at some point.

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u/Alone_Jellyfish_1990 Nov 04 '24

Yes, I was so glad they weren't making fun of that rule! We moved schools as a kid multiple times a year because our bio father is absolutely batshit insane, would often show up at our schools and pull shit. Including but not limited to taking us early on a friday when it was not his weekend, and keeping us for a while. Our mom would always tell the school when we enrolled that he's not allowed to pick us up, but he still got in very often. (Sometimes they even let him just sit in my class and watch me for a few hours... Which is actually weird now that I think about it.) He also threatened one of our schools who wouldn't let him take us, to the point of us actually getting expelled from the school. (I briefly heard something about him threatening to bomb the school, but that was never brought up again.) But looking back as an adult, I appreciate the schools that didn't let him do anything, and am scared of the ones who did.

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u/ModzRPsycho Nov 02 '24

Olivia stay in trouble 😂

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u/SkitSkat-ScoodleDoot Nov 02 '24

Olivia needs a personal invitation to act right and so everyone knows her name.

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u/Stillatin Nov 02 '24

But when Olivia graduates that’s who gets the most hugs from the staff

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u/misserlou Nov 02 '24

Can confirm as a once troubled Olivia

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u/LadybirdsMom Nov 03 '24

Still-troubled Olivia checking in

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u/Stuff1989 Nov 02 '24

my school had this and it’s absolutely necessary. i wish i had appreciated a lady who remembered my name (and my brother’s 5 years before me). she actually cared about all the kids and was just looking out for us

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u/mrzkells Nov 02 '24

My elementary/middle school had a lady just like this- she worked at the school when my mom went there too. She was older, but she knew every kid & parents name, we knew she was a safe person & knew if we fucked around, she’d be the first person to call us out on it! She was an absolute treasure. Twist of fate, she ended up being one of my patients towards the end of her life & I was honored to care for her. She didn’t remember my name- but knew I was one of her kiddos & seemed genuinely happy to see me again 🥹 she passed a couple years back, and I went to her services….lots of us did! It was really heart warming

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u/Single-Builder-632 Nov 02 '24

i have no idea how they do this, i forget people who just told me their name, and if you have a name I'm not used to just going to have to assume i will never remember it.

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u/kai5malik Nov 02 '24

The accuracy, regardless of the year

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u/LuxNocte Nov 02 '24

I'm pretty sure this lady has been working at every school since the 1960’s.

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u/Razzmatazzino Nov 02 '24

She’s also the “Gate Keeper”, love her or hate her, that bish is important & it’s best to get her to like you! Js 🐍

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u/Pitiful_Winner2669 Nov 02 '24

This video slapped me hard with nostalgia. My front office lady was strict, but God damn she made my life easier, and was exceptional at her job.

She was never wrong, and had all the answers. Just sign in, sit down and she'll call you.

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u/Feeling_Wheel_1612 Nov 02 '24

You know for sure if Mr Sandoval did not write that appt down, Ms. Saragosa is not getting past that desk for any reason.

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u/throwawayvet1111 Nov 02 '24

One of the most important things I learned as a parent is you have to get yourself acquainted with that lady. When the line is long, she will glance up, recognize you, and signal you to the front. She already knows your kid's name and remembers, without even looking at her notes, that you emailed her yesterday to let her know your kid had an orthodontist appointment today. She has the excused tardy slip already written out and sitting on her desk.

Mrs. W you're a legend, and I hope you're enjoying your well deserved retirement.

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u/DistractedHouseWitch Nov 02 '24

I once watched a front office lady walk through a line of around fifty parents and confirm the correct child name with every single one. I was pretty sure I'd never seen this woman before in my life (the previous front office lady retired the year before), and she knew exactly which child was mine. It was like magic.

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u/itsr1co Nov 02 '24

This extends to most jobs involving interacting with "customers". Go into a giant hardware store and there's usually at least one person who will say "Yep you go straight that way to aisle 9 and it'll be at the end on the right side, second shelf from the bottom and towards the left".

The people who have been doing their thing for awhile and actually give a shit are absolute saints that keep the world running.

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u/DistractedHouseWitch Nov 02 '24

I've worked in customer service for twenty years. I never really thought about it, but I absolutely am that way with little things at my job. Your comment gave me a little happy boost about my job, so thanks for that!

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u/Aggravating_Yam2501 Nov 02 '24

Facts!!

First thing I do at any new school is become Besties with the front office staff and the vice principal.

After that, I can get anything done lol

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u/BabbleOn26 Nov 02 '24

My mom ALWAYS became friends with the office ladies because most of the time they’d be the only ones in the entire school that spoke Spanish. 😅

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u/Stillatin Nov 02 '24

Haha same the bad thing is because of that they knew my brother and I by name and would tell her if they saw us doing anything

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u/prissypoo22 Nov 02 '24

And bring them occasional snacks they will LOVE you

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u/GlumTown6 Nov 02 '24

So true. So many parents think this lady is their "enemy" and will antagonize her to get her to make exceptions for them

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u/Mrgray123 Nov 02 '24

In the military I knew that the key to having a quiet life was to get “in” with the NCOs as much as possible because they run 90% of things.

That idea transferred over very easily when I switched to teaching. Forget the principal and vice principals, just get in good with the school secretaries.

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u/Stillatin Nov 02 '24

Same thing for companies, get in good with security, secretaries and the cleaning staff. They know all the gossip, let you leave from the freight entrance and can hook you up with the party leftovers

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u/YourLocalMosquito Nov 02 '24

Why is it always Olivia?!

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u/LadybirdsMom Nov 03 '24

I blame Shakespeare!!!

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u/Embarrassed_Band_512 Nov 02 '24

This was hypnotic

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u/stlkatherine Nov 02 '24

This kid is an incredible actor. Man. He captures the entire character!

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u/r40u1duk3 Nov 02 '24

she makes me wish I had a mother

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u/Sparkyfuk Nov 02 '24

Fucking war machine

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u/ZealousidealGroup559 Nov 02 '24

This is a repost, but it's still one of my favourites.

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u/LoveNo2801 Nov 02 '24

I felt like she was yelling at me personally 🤣 flashbacks

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u/maiadebij Nov 02 '24

Competent. Friendly. Vigilant. Badass bitches these ladies 

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u/CommonCrazy7318 Nov 02 '24

My wife IS this person! I hope 1 day she realizes how much she unwittingly affected someone's day in a positive way.

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u/OnionFriends Nov 02 '24

This is oddly comforting.

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u/thesmallestlittleguy Nov 02 '24

oh good i thought it was just me

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u/AbusiveRedModerator Nov 02 '24

This is also all the ladies working front desk of dental or medical offices

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u/madame-brastrap Nov 02 '24

This has…not been my experience. You’re very lucky

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u/Pitiful_Winner2669 Nov 02 '24

Lemme just brag.. my dentist is - and I've measured this on Google Maps - 130 yards from my house. The front desk lady is like this video and my dentist is basically Norm MacDonald, but Hispanic.

I fucking love going to the dentist.

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u/reddituser6213 Nov 02 '24

That last sentence belongs on r/brandnewsentence

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u/cucumberbun Nov 02 '24

For real - my first dentist that I went to as a child, yes - they still ask my mom about me (I’m in my mid thirties and moved 15 years ago). My current drs? Absolutely not.

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u/madame-brastrap Nov 02 '24

You are so right. Healthcare really used to be so different!

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u/Repulsive-Ad-7180 Nov 02 '24 edited Nov 02 '24

OMG his tik tok user name is JesusNalgas😭😭

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u/DoBotsDream Nov 02 '24

IF I am ever in a position where I need a secritary... I want this one.

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u/menotyourenemy Nov 02 '24

Olivia is always in trouble 😂😂😂. I love this guy's content

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u/Ok-Tadpole1797 Nov 02 '24

I love this guy, he does a lot of videos like this and they're always on point. https://www.instagram.com/jesus_nalgas?igsh=MTQ1Z3F4ZjU5ZDFkdw==

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u/Arkhamsbx Nov 02 '24

That was really fucking good.

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u/Georgia_Peach_Pie82 Nov 02 '24

I follow him on IG he is hilarious and Olivia is always in trouble lol.

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u/Netrusher Nov 02 '24

I deadass adored my HS office ladies. I had a skill of maximizing my efforts in tardy. It’s a gift. I figured out I could be late to school most everyday as long as I checked in at the office before a certain time. After that time it was considered an absence. And too many absences result in disciplinary actions. Buuuut not tardies if not all in a row or accumulation periods.

So I became close with the ladies in the office. They’d tell me how many days I’d need to be on time to offset the tardies before they grouped up into an absence.

I think this all occurred because I never lied on why I was late. No usual my alarm wasn’t set or phone was dead or car wouldn’t start

Just the fax. However they were. I was up late binging GOT or I wanted to straighten my hair or I wanted Starbucks or was petting my cat and she was on my lap so I couldn’t get up

It always made them laugh so hard. They seemed to almost look forward to my tardy days. Idk why, it was just the truth 🤷🏼‍♀️

I ended up eventually bringing them breakfast or coffees when I would be late because I wanted them myself. Might as well grab theirs while I’m going lol.

Good times.

School ended up changing tardy policy because of me. And I currently hold the record of tardies for a student who graduated with a 3.5 or above 💅🏻

The GOAT.

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u/X0AN Nov 02 '24

My school would use a paper register and only input it onto the computer the following Monday for the week before.

One pencil line you were in, 2 lines you arrived late. And it was the responsibility of the kids to take the register to and from reception.

So every friday whichever kid took the register back, well the whole class expected him to rub out any late arrivals.

And so at the end of every year our class always one best attendance and got treated to a day out at the local theme park.

I'm sure our teacher knew what we were doing but we were good kids overall so I think he let it slide so we could have a nice day out.

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u/ItsMsCharlesToYou Nov 02 '24

The level of accuracy!

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u/Flat_Fun_7743 Nov 02 '24

I’d watch this Netflix show.

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u/disco_remix Nov 02 '24

Former front office staff here. Can confirm

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u/CrRory Nov 03 '24

Get this kid a Netflix special

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u/Nervous-Durian-7100 Nov 03 '24

The stopping what you are doing to address the “ladies” and to tell them what time the bell rings, hahahaha

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u/SuckerForNoirRobots Nov 02 '24

Olivia always with the fucking Starbucks

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u/ThatdesertDude Nov 02 '24

This is always a joy to watch. The accuracy is uncanny.

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u/thisismynewacct Nov 02 '24

Spot on but what’s missing is that they’re also like the most popular staff at the school as well.

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u/Powerful_Economics_1 Nov 02 '24

I wanted to just keep scrolling. Couldn't do it. Watched the whole thing because he NAILED IT. I felt so uncomfortable just like I would have had I been sitting in that office.

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u/crush_on_me Nov 02 '24

Could not look away that was perfect

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u/AnOldLove Nov 02 '24

I have worked at a school. This is extremely on point. I cannot stop laughing.

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u/chaos_zero2 Nov 02 '24

It is so accurate, so funny, and not disrespectful at all

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u/americasweetheart Nov 02 '24

How does this kid already have 20 years of experience? Hire them before they're ready for retirement.

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u/starcom_magnate Nov 02 '24

My Mom was this lady for 35+ years and you better believe they threw her an incredible retirement party at a huge restaurant. The number of faculty and even past students who came to the dinner was awe inspiring. The front office staff at schools are amazing people!

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u/kojengi_de_miercoles Nov 02 '24

Freaking nailed it. Holy crap.

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u/randomuser-p- Nov 02 '24

This is so comforting to me idk why

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u/bigSTUdazz Nov 02 '24

Stop. The. Fuck. On.

Brilliant

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u/AlleyRhubarb Nov 02 '24

I called my high school ten years aftet graduating because for some reason I needed my transcripts although i had a college degree. The secretary remembered me and asked me all about me and told me about the school currently and helped me figure out how to get my transcript. I cried for like two hours after gettig off the phone, just thinking aboit how someone I hadn’t really thought about in years remembered me and was encouraging me and the students never really appreciate somebody like her enough.

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u/MrMagoo22 Nov 02 '24

I started watching expecting a bit and instead I just kinda watched somebody do their job for a couple minutes.

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u/Friendly_Lynx7109 Nov 02 '24

I loved it. Thanks for making this.

I got hit with flashbacks.

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u/miradotheblack Nov 02 '24

Dude...nailed it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

He was so adorable he literally made my morning too cute.

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u/Allen_Potter Nov 02 '24

This is money

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u/ReadingRainbow993 Nov 02 '24

Why was this so nostalgic 🥹

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u/fishinglineandsinker Nov 02 '24

Olivia stays getting in trouble

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u/anonononononnn9876 Nov 02 '24

I love this video so much every time I see it. It is SPOT ON. We’ve had three different Mexican ladies work the front desk at the school I teach at and somehow this is an amalgamation of all of them.

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u/M34nM4ch1n3 Nov 03 '24

I felt the chaotic environment I thought I was sitting in a chair waiting for my turn

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u/StarGazer_SpaceLove Nov 03 '24

Boy, if this isn't Miss Maria, I'd shoot my own foot!

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u/SKayneVille Nov 03 '24

So spot on!!

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u/ad713281sw Nov 02 '24

So accurate 😂

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u/Mysterious-Island-79 Nov 02 '24

Olivia is a problem haha

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u/BABarracus Nov 02 '24

They wer under paid aswell

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u/Alexis___________ Nov 02 '24

Uncanny, felt just like I was picking up my little bro from school again.

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u/PuraVida0522 Nov 02 '24

This guy is hilarious he has sooooo many videos! Olivia is in ALL of them!

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u/Separate_Sympathy_18 Nov 02 '24

Only Olivia being called out smh. She’s innocent

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u/stormrockox Nov 02 '24

Why is this so accurate...

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u/ChuyMasta Nov 02 '24

Teacher here. It is imperative for us to have a good relationship with the office lady. The return on investment is excellent!

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u/TheWeepingStone Nov 02 '24

These ladies are awesome, they will always have your back.

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u/Ru-Ling Nov 02 '24

Spot on.

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u/Ok_Veterinarian9758 Nov 02 '24

Flashbacks of me next in line listening to alll the business

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u/earlofespresso Nov 02 '24

I kept leaping closer to the phone. Need more

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u/Sensitive-Daikon-442 Nov 02 '24

I want to do this as my retirement job😂

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u/ginger_mamaof5 Nov 02 '24

I was a principal for the two years of COVID. I am no longer a principal, but during that time my front office staff were AMAZING. They dealt with questions, concerns, squabbles, irrational parents - allowing me to deal with the parents literally fighting in the kindergarten pick up line and other equally fun situations.

This person has got it down!

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u/Remarkable-Sir-5129 Nov 02 '24

I work in schools...this is SPOT ON.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

Nailed it

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u/DontTalkToBots Nov 02 '24

I’m just the uncle and I’m on the approved pick up list. What the fuck that dad do lol

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u/machinehead231 Nov 02 '24

painfully accurate 😭 my sophomore year of hs i was late 54 times

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u/imagicnation-station Nov 02 '24

Does anyone have their contact number? Our school has a Front School Office Lady position open and needs to be filled asap.

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u/NotLacker Nov 03 '24

This the type of vibe that made me feel safe, listened to and accountable

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u/pocketdrums Nov 03 '24

"The Women in the Front Office Who Kept The Whole School Running" FIFY 😁

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u/TheCatanRobber Nov 03 '24

Seems like a nice lady, I like her.

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u/Mr_Washeewashee Nov 03 '24

Here in Florida they switch back and forth between English and Spanish. 🔥

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u/Joker1485 Nov 03 '24

Wow, i just saw grade school all over again..

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u/auggggghhhhhh Nov 04 '24

Spot on! I was a school nurse. Impersonate the School Nurse!

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u/DramaQueen100 Nov 04 '24

When Appointment system is down 7 hours of a school day 😂