I couldn't pay someone to steal MY identity...

 

So, I got sushi take out the other night. The next day, I see a charge to my checking account that I totally do not recognize (and, I wasn't slamming saki with the sushi, so I know I didn't go online and order anything in a drunken daze). I googled the name of the company, and here is what I found. While I am certainly not one to shy away from sexual exploits, there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that I charged $30 for "services" from this company.

I called Chase bank, they are going to take off the charges and related fees, but I did have to cancel my debit card - which is annoying at best.

The ironic hilarity in this entire situation: I'M BROKE. I literally had $0.46 in my checking account when they made the charge and it still went through (thanks overdraft protection AKA $35 in Chase's pocket). Some dumbass from the sushi place really made a poor choice when they said, "Let's take this girls card info. Suzanne McCormick sounds like someone with money."

HAHAHAHA! Good one! I sound like I should have money because of my waspy name, but I don't. I am a teacher who spent $36,000 a year on college and I live in Manhattan. I am drowning in student loans and credit card debt.  I have the cash and groceries I will need to get me through to pay day next Friday, I have an unlimited metro card, and my bills for the month are paid.  I'm not married, have no investments, no current credit cards, and no money in savings.

You want my debit card or identity - GO AHEAD - it's all yours!

Me and my hoes appear to be bros...

So, I was made aware of this blog today and I think it's friggin hilarious! Some women out there might think it is misogynistic. I, however, agree with much of the sentiment of the Bro who created the site and have realized my girlfriends and I not only hang out with guys like this, but we ARE like these guys. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but you have got to at least appreciate the irony. You also just really have to appreciate the satire here and realize it is a poignant portrayal of a pretty large sub sect of the population that ends up being the doctors, lawyers, and brokers in the U.S. today.

Regardless of how they turn out, they are certainly fun to party with, if you're into that...

BloomKlein Reicht can Suck It

I am a 3rd year teacher who has gotten all satisfactory observations from all 3 of my admins since my first year. As a first year teacher, I'm not sure I deserved satisfactory, but they gave it to me. Now, I know I am a stand up teacher. I do everything my principal asks me to - even though it is a violation of contract since I am writing curriculum, creating pre & post unit assessments and quizzes with NYS Performance indicators labeled for each question, analyzing the data for EVERYTHING legitimately (My TAN is legit and no joke), never mind all the regular teacher stuff I try to do - like lesson plan and teach. However, last week, as a result of hearing gossip, my principal did an informal observation, but wrote it up formally and gave me a "U" citing a number of things that were an outright lie. I don't know what she heard, but I was telling my colleagues about a meeting where she looked me dead in the face (7th grade ELA teacher) and told me, "Teaching vocabulary is a waste of time because there is a 99.9% chance it will not come up on the test." So I repeat this, she regrets this, and now she is single handedly trying to sabotage my career and everything I have worked for over the past 3 years. Did I mention I was a NYC Teaching Fellow and I was in grad school while a 1st year teacher. Do you know how NOT EASY and MISERABLE that was? But I did it, and am still a great teacher. But no, under the BloomKlein Reicht she can single handedly destroy my life's dream because she is a sociopath who is obsessed with tests. And as an ELA teacher, I will be held accountable while PE, Art, Music, Spanish, SS, and Science teachers (up through 7th grade) are let off the hook completely. I have written a 2 page response that discounts all of her claims, but unless she reads it and suddenly stops being crazy and admits to lying, it is just going to have to get signed and go into my file. It's infuriating that someone like this is in control of my career. How do principals get like this? How do they get these jobs? And how does Klein continue to encourage this kind of behavior? There are bad apples, but I am not one of them. The entire educational system is a joke - in NYC and otherwise - and since we are switching to National Standards next year, the only option for me is to opt out. Life would be soooo much better as a bartender, and maybe then I would have a boyfriend or a social life!