I'm not sure if I'm the only one who feels this way, but I really hate when people say something is going to happen, and then come back a day later with an, "Oh, my bad, just kidding!"
A few examples:
1. Telling me that I will have like a billion kids to teach, and then coming back to me the next day with "Ooops... We only have 2 students for you! Sorry! Hope I didn't inconvenience you!" Yeah, it's fine. You totally just told me to clear that day so I could teach all these cellists, and I quit another job so that I could do so.
But seriously, it's no biggie! I don't like money anyway. It's totally overrated. Food? Who needs that??? Silly people with their eating and living and driving. Hah! I laugh at them!
2. Making Justin ask me if it's OK to move places, only to never mention it again....
Case in point: Malaysia. Seems like a cool place (though I couldn't find it on a blank map if my life depended on it... I'm not entirely sure I even understand which continent it's in... I totally have a Masters degree), and we would make a good amount of money to compensate for being a lot further from everyone and everything we know. I was asked if I would be OK with going, to which I replied yes. Usually companies don't do that unless it's a pretty sure thing.
Apparently not! It's like there is a group of people sitting in a conference room deciding that, "On a whim, we will torture this poor guy and his new wife for a couple of nights as they wrack their little brains trying to think of what they are going to do with their house, cars, ferret, dog, family obligations, etc. in preparation for a move that will never happen! Bwahahahah!!!" I'm imagining Bowser being the head of such discussions, obviously. Then... NOTHING. No mention of it. Only when Justin asks is he met with, "Oh yeah, that. Never mind!"
Not cool, guys... Not cool at all.
(Note: I picked Malaysia out of a list of approximately 10 places he has been "told" about)
3-ish. OK, so by "a few," I meant "a couple," and by "examples," I meant, "things that are bugging me a lot at this very moment."
In conclusion, if you don't know something is for sure, then just don't say anything.
And now I must go and do something productive with my life... Like practice, since I now have a new (amazing!) teacher that I must impress at my lesson next week :)
Plus, my dog likes eating the gravel that's in my fireplace, and I need to go intervene before she takes another mouthful..........
I've definitely had the same problem where I teach! They made it sound like I was going to have at least 10 students and the most I've had so far has been 7...for less than a month. Then half of them quit before even giving me a chance. It changes constantly. Susie only wants to sing songs from Glee and decides she cannot open her ears to anything classical, even if I'm willing to compromise. Jack has a new job and just stops showing up all of a sudden. Mary's mom thinks she should try cheerleading instead, although Mary would rather sing but she leaves anyway. Ashley is behind in her payments and the school temporarily kicks her out after almost a year of progress. It goes on and on and whenever I think I cannot be surprised anymore, there's always something new to prove me wrong!
ReplyDeleteI have also quit a job thinking I needed more time to teach, only to be thrown under the train a couple weeks later. I hate that it's happening to you too, but at least you're not alone!
Yay for musicians!
<3 Michelle