Post by aussiecrush on Nov 17, 2015 23:17:37 GMT -5
Just tell me lotto scratchers are acceptable please, because I'm broke but I love the hell out of all four of B's teachers. I'm not touching that chick with a ten foot pole because I know she's contagious.
Most people don't like pinterest-y hot chocolate, I would expect teachers are the same. Gift cards for life.
I need to know WTF pinterest-y hot chocolate is. What distinguishes it from non-pinterest-y hot chocolate?
That reminds me; someone needs to do another hilarious take-down of the Williams-Sonoma holiday catalog, because that shit was awesome. "Pinterest-y hot chocolate" sounds like some pretentious BS like that found in the WS holiday catalog. Sent from my SPH-L720T using proboards
Just tell me lotto scratchers are acceptable please, because I'm broke but I love the hell out of all four of B's teachers. I'm not touching that chick with a ten foot pole because I know she's contagious.
I love this idea! A student gave a couple to me a few years ago, and I won $50!
I haven't given them to teachers-- I definitely would-- but I've always done them as stocking stuffers for dh. He loves them.
She fucking used "Pinteresty" as an adjective. And then insulted all of her kid's teachers that she hasn't personally met.
I hope her Elf on a Shelf pisses in her coffee.
I've used this as an adjective before, but only in a very negative judgy way. "So how was your cousin's wedding last weekend?" "It was pretty fun. Big, lots of pink, and, um, Pinteresty."
If it's used as a pejorative, that's one thing. If it's used in defense of how awesome your consolation prize gifts are for the teachers you don't give a flying fuck about, it's gross. IMHO
I don't understand going through all the work of making something super "pinteresty" if you DGAF about the people. I'm far too lazy for that. Gift cards for all!
The OP is not very exciting; it's the follow-ups (which are quoted) that seal the deal.
Here's the OP: "I LOVE DS's 2nd grade teacher. He also wants to give gifts to his music and art teachers. I typically make super cute jars of gourmet hot cocoa from Annie Eats, and throw something else in.
DD has 5 preschool teachers between her montessori preschool and an early childhood intervention program. Her last day of the EEC is Dec 16th, I think, and we aren't going back after Xmas. So I am thinking of skipping those 2 teachers. She has just been there since October.
I will probably do hot cocoa for everyone except DS's main teacher. Should I get her a gift card somewhere? How much?"
"I am not buying gift cards for over 7 teachers. I make the cocoa very Pinteresty and we drink it all year long, it is amazing, I taught middle and high school and was happy kids did anything."
"We live in an affluent neighborhood and my 2 of my teacher neighbors have said they will eat what the kids bring. But, they also like lotions and candles, lol"
"I am buying the main teacher a gift card, per everyone's advice. I didn't ask for opinions about the teachers IDGAF about. DS said he wants to bring something for the art teacher I have never met, so it's just an issue of him having something to bring in."
[in response to "rich people don't pick their nose?"] "Idk, but if the parent is volunteering in the classroom weekly and the parents are providing homemade meals to the staff during Inservice days, I don't know what the difference is."
"My 1st grade teacher neighbor said she will eat what her students give her now but wouldn't necessarily in her old district. McMansions vs low income housing. People are biased."
poor people smell so bad though. the GRIME on their hands. That's been my experience though the only ones I've encountered have been at mac donalds that one time. NO I was not eating there, I was about to pee my pants and it was the only place I could use. Luckily it was a mac donalds pretty close to an affluent neighborhood, and I carry organic toilet seat cleaning disinfectant spray in my expensive diaper bag backpack so it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
I do support the poor though, just like .. from afar.
I'd honestly immediately throw out "Pinteresty" cocoa. How often do people drink cocoa? Because I do MAYBE once a year. And the kids do maybe once a year as well.
lol-my mom got a cocoa gift set from someone last year and passed it down to me because I was all "Oh Ellie loves cocoa!". It's still unwrapped.
I wouldn't drink the cooca. If I'm going to have a calorie laden beverage in the evening its going to be alcohol.
For real, and whenever I've received "Pinteresty" hot chocolate (because there are people nice enough to give me something even though they DGAF about me, apparently) it's pretty much been packages of Swiss Miss dumped into another container made to look like a reindeer or something. And then ruined by sticky marshmallows. Trash.