Lecture Now, Ask Later

Email from Mrs. Office Manager last week to me:

Please remember to fill out the paperwork to go along when collecting money. This is a vital part of the audit process and we have strict guidelines to follow. There are forms in the staff lounge for you if you need more. Also, please email the office if you need us to pick up money from your classroom rather than handing it off to office staff on the fly.

Today for example, you handed Ms. Office Assistant a check to take to the office, yet the paperwork to go along with it, was not provided. Without the paperwork this puts us in violation of our guidelines. In the future please have the paperwork and money together. This will allow us to follow district guidelines.

Thank you for your cooperation.

My Response:

Actually, I didn’t hand Ms. Office Assistant a check. Bobby handed her a check because she showed up at my classroom just minutes after school had begun, asking for camp money. Had I done it on my own time, I would have filled out the form. Thanks.

Her Reply:

Thanks Mrs. Fifth Grade Teacher, I appreciate the clarification. I did confirm with Ms. Office Assistant, and I was miss informed (sic).

(If she had asked first, perhaps she wouldn't have been "miss informed.")