Monday, May 25, 2009

Double entendre of abbreviations

School has become my life (which we have already established in a previous post) with only 14 more days left. I have finally finished all of my assessments and am working on their report cards and updating their cumulative records. Girlfriend was reading over one of the many checklists-specifically the cumulative record checklist when all of a sudden she busts out laughing...I mean uncontrollably laughing. I was lost. There was nothing funny about the list, it just list the order for each folder: school picture, immunization records, report cards, vision test, etc. So naturally the conversation went something like this:

Girlfriend: (still laughing) Have you read this?
Me: Um, yeah...
Girlfriend: Really? You read this and didn't laugh?
Me: Um....no, I didn't laugh. Is there a major typo or something?
Girlfriend: Yeah, or something. Read it again.

I began to read it again in my head and she stopped me, insisting I read it out loud.

Me: Staff, please double check the cumulative before going on. Mistakes make a mess for everyone, refer to the instructions attached if you are not sure about the cumulative process. There. What is so f*cking funny? (as girlfriend is dying laughing)
Girlfriend: Baby, that is NOT what it says!!! This is what it actually states, listen carefully. Staff, please double check the cum before going on. Mistakes make a mess for everyone, refer to the instructions attached if you are not sure about the cum process.
Me: You are ridiculous, you know that in the school world c-u-m is short for cumulative right, and it's pronounced with a long u sound...
Girlfriend: I don't care, it's funnier this way.

6 comments:

Rebecca said...

Yes, it was funnier that way!
OMG!

Erin said...

haha this made me laugh out loud.

The Surprise Dyke said...

Propane Amy-I'm joining team Girlfriend too :-)

The Surprise Dyke said...

Rebecca-I agree!

The Surprise Dyke said...

Carolyn-I do what I can :-)

lesbo said...

ha. Love it!