Irish company claims wave power success

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:59 pm

My response was invariably, "Where were you when your kid bought that CD?"

Nice one.
How do they usualy respond to that?

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:07 pm

Nine times out of ten, they sort of bowed their heads a little bit and left.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:39 pm

At least they aknowleged their stupidity.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:48 pm

I have always found that a simple, quiet, factual yet non-judgemental response is most effective at shutting up the drek-heads who come at you screaming, blithering, and spewing fire and brimstone. Generally, those types are already trying to compensate with volume for lack of rationality, and then they feel awkward yelling and screaming when you won't in return.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:05 pm

Your job seems rather similar to mine in some ways.

You'd be surprised how vocal some parents can get when I call them in to discuss their kid's lack of behaviour.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:31 pm

I wouldn't be surprised. My wife was an elementary teacher, and she is now a literacy coach - so she gets the same reactions from other teachers whose lessons or differentiated instruction she is trying to improve.