I'll take that under advisement.

I just had my first true taste of what it's going to be like being PTA President next year.  I got yelled at in the school parking lot......by a friend!  Holy crap!  It's raining and everyone is late.  A lot more parents drive their kids to school when it's raining.  They queue up in the parking lot to drop off.  The parking lot was a tad bit more chaotic than usual.  The line was long, so I got off the line, parked on the street and walked my kids to the door.  While on the way, I see a very close girlfriend (in her car) who had a scary look on her face.  The window goes down and the tirade began....I was so surprised, I couldn't really speak.  Not sure she was serious, I almost laughed, but ....uh, she was serious.  Are you kidding me?  So, of course, I thought about this the whole way home, really proud of myself for not getting upset.  It was just too ridiculous.  Obviously she's having a really BAD morning.  But I know that this is my future and I can't do what I'd really like to do which is say, "What?  Is your finger broken?  Call the school yourself and complain."  But I no can do that anymore.  I'm now a diplomat.  I must behave.  Crap.  Thus I thought about some stock answers for just such tirades.  I think my new knee jerk response will be:  "I'll take that under advisement."  Have a nice day.

tags: pta  anger