Teachers are used to wearing many hats, but outside of work, most of them just want to blend in.

When one high school teacher showed up his son’s parent-teacher night at a different school dressed in work clothes, a pushy suburban mom mistook him for school staff.

And she ended up deeply regretting it.

Read on for the full story!

A teacher, but a teacher in another school.

I was a high school teacher in a big urban school district, but live in a suburban school district.

It was parent/teacher conference night for my elementary school son, and while dressed in my school garb—high school polo shirt, khakis, and lanyard with school ID—I was walking the hallway to get to my kid’s room.

Then they heard an agitating, grating voice…

A typical suburban mom with the designer everything and horrible voice gave me the throat clear followed by a squeaky, “Excuse me.”

It’s always a hard day teaching high school in the hood, and I gave an eye roll and just said, “Yes.”

Their interaction went something like this.

Her: “Where is Miss Smith’s room?”

Me: “I have no idea.”

Her: “You work here, how do you not know?”

Me: “I don’t work here and I don’t know.”

Her: “You are rude and I’m speaking to the principal about you.”

This off-duty teacher could have let this go… but he didn’t.

Evil compliance ensues.

I have paper and pen, so I write down my name, my room number (Room 435—it’s a one-floor school), and phone extension.

“Please, go now and tell the principal that I have no time and less patience to deal with you and anybody like you.”

Someone of note took notice of their interaction.

On the way out of the building, the principal is wishing everyone a good night as they exit.

He looks at me and says, “You’re killing me.”

I reply, “With the big bucks, comes the big headaches.”

This woman needs a refresher lesson on watching her tone.

Reddit is sure to get a kick out of this one.

Do some people truly not see teachers as people?

Many teachers say dealing with the parents is the hardest part of the job.

It’s really not that complicated of a situation.

Other teachers welcome the challenge.

The principal couldn’t help but watch this entitled woman get tangled with exactly the wrong person.

It’s always fun to witness someone meeting their match.

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