tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post2703067391059703450..comments2024-03-19T03:17:32.682-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: Dawn of the DumbFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-18931119410793014392011-07-08T16:43:18.072-04:002011-07-08T16:43:18.072-04:00For that blog entry alone I love you.
I left uni...For that blog entry alone I love you. <br /><br />I left university over 21 years ago, but no one I know would have been as rude as that girl. If you want to study you do it at home or in the library, coffee shops are not for studying in !penniehttp://www.appetiteforcake.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-11162376566262367582010-03-09T13:26:26.209-05:002010-03-09T13:26:26.209-05:00I'm not sure if I should be offended by this p...I'm not sure if I should be offended by this post or not. In a way I'm not, because at least 97% of the people I go to college with behave in this manner--the flirting, the lack of discipline, all of it is incredibly irritating when I'm trying to study. And for my own study habits, I tend to stick to the library or find empty classrooms where my friends and I can practice problems (we are all chem majors and need the space).<br /><br />However, part of me is offended by this post in that it seems to be a generalization of all college students, including those that actually take their studies seriously. I understand that there is an overwhelming majority of college students who behave without tact, manners, or common sense, but it saddens me that these people eclipse the bright, well-mannered, and interesting people I've come to know.<br /><br />Franklin, from what I've read in your blog thus far I feel as though you're not one to make sweeping judgments against others, and so I hope for your sake you meet some university students that impress you. <br /><br />(Part of me realizes the superfluousness of this since I am bitching to a Franklin nearly three years past, but I wanted to say something.)Sakebottleswingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-17311224843931242032007-05-21T07:03:00.000-04:002007-05-21T07:03:00.000-04:00what is a trixie?what is a trixie?Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144676457479936974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-27710237114900689192007-05-20T08:06:00.000-04:002007-05-20T08:06:00.000-04:00Good stuff, Franklin. A friend sent me over, and ...Good stuff, Franklin. A friend sent me over, and I really enjoyed this post. Bravo!Animalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011608269211715910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-46481675056092616912007-05-19T10:54:00.000-04:002007-05-19T10:54:00.000-04:00Bravo! Most today would have resorted to just as ...Bravo! Most today would have resorted to just as rude behavior thus reinforcing her *right* to act so rudely. Where are manners anymore? I'm not that old either. I hate going to coffee shops anymore - dare I say to just drink coffee and socialize? I feel conspicuous without a computer and host of books to surround me. <BR/><BR/>You were so eloquent and hopefully left a mark. I can see the nurses in her future bowing to you at to some point as she remembers a distant memory of someone saying - politely - uh, no.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980685719564850993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-90118354862937589982007-05-18T18:23:00.000-04:002007-05-18T18:23:00.000-04:00Encore! Boffo! You are my hero and mentor.Not onl...Encore! Boffo! <BR/>You are my hero and mentor.<BR/>Not only did Ms. Entitled Dimwit not have a clue, she doesn't know from knitting.Dana S. Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07702927918890797596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-41489054165463118712007-05-17T20:20:00.000-04:002007-05-17T20:20:00.000-04:00Okay, I only lurk here, but I just can't believe t...Okay, I only lurk here, but I just can't believe that! I mean, I believe it, but what-the-????<BR/><BR/>Good thing you have your wits about you. Just crocheting, indeed!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14767640948725547960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-67806499039452069432007-05-17T19:15:00.000-04:002007-05-17T19:15:00.000-04:00Loved it. I wish so many times I would have a nice...Loved it. I wish so many times I would have a nice witty response.Strickmusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342271582395245528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-71969627232289923592007-05-17T11:28:00.000-04:002007-05-17T11:28:00.000-04:00I am very late to this party, but I won't let that...I am very late to this party, but I won't let that stop me. 1. She's rude. 2. She didn't invent rude/entitled. I can recall many occasions of rude/entitled behavior from 30 years ago, and I grew up in southern Minnesota, fercryinoutloud. Evidently many of them reproduced and can now be found in their natural habitats, with others of their species. 3. Rude/entitled behavior tends to blind one to the many many good kids out there. I work in a major midwestern university, and I LOVE most of these kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-51403777884662656682007-05-16T17:07:00.000-04:002007-05-16T17:07:00.000-04:00Sweetie, I would have told her to go to France!!! ...Sweetie, I would have told her to go to France!!! But then you are a gentleman and a scholar whilst I am a sleep-deprived mother of two.<BR/>Your riposte was excellent!Flavaknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266688823301335965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-79107837813419884322007-05-16T14:37:00.000-04:002007-05-16T14:37:00.000-04:00There are days when I think finishing schools/grac...There are days when I think finishing schools/grace classes have exceptionally real value to society at large. Sure, we need more female doctors, lawyers, engineers, and etc, but we sure would benefit from polite women (and men).<BR/>I'd have wanted to borrow her phone and call her mother to tell her how her daughter spent all her hard earned money by slacking off in coffee shops.Freeciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718217254458746524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-70504267694984250002007-05-16T10:34:00.000-04:002007-05-16T10:34:00.000-04:00I despise people like that, I really do. Was there...I despise people like that, I really do. Was there some sign on the door that said, "Students may only study here, nowhere else, and we will kick out other customers just to see it happen" or something that perhaps only students can see? More people seriously need to get a verbal smackdown like this so they can get it into their heads that the world isn't built for their convenience alone! Kudos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-25229123217785736132007-05-16T02:11:00.000-04:002007-05-16T02:11:00.000-04:00How did someone that thick get to be in college an...How did someone that thick get to be in college anyway?<BR/>Rude little sod.catsmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953101594940806384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-35771260336000922702007-05-16T00:59:00.000-04:002007-05-16T00:59:00.000-04:00What a revolting little self-centred b*tch! Well ...What a revolting little self-centred b*tch! Well done on your response; I never think of the right thing to say until half an hour after the event.Marg Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706798154801067027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-59547276302721339192007-05-16T00:46:00.000-04:002007-05-16T00:46:00.000-04:00Fantastic post. I love to read great stories of p...Fantastic post. I love to read great stories of premed and medical student idiocy. Unfortunately there are many examples and give the rest of us a bad rep.The Lone Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718579151410824297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-19283970085086291932007-05-15T23:48:00.000-04:002007-05-15T23:48:00.000-04:00When I was in medical school, I more or less moved...When I was in medical school, I more or less moved in to the neighborhood Caribou Coffee for the first two years. I will admit to often taking up more than my share of space at times, but whoo! Never would I have made any such overtures! (You're just crocheting or whatever....) Oy, I can only hope that one day said little trixie rotates onto my service (where I'm often known to knit through morning conference).<BR/><BR/>And if your gallbladder ever needs to come out, you call me. If that's all that's available, I'll un-retire my scalpel and do it myself! I think I still have my copy of Cholecystectomies for Dummies lying around somewhere....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-71394184708134858102007-05-15T21:06:00.000-04:002007-05-15T21:06:00.000-04:00I teach 14 and 15 year olds; they know it all, and...I teach 14 and 15 year olds; they know it all, and if they aren't entitled, their parents are.<BR/><BR/>On the Friday before this post, one of my coworkers referred to one Poster Child for Birth Control as "your daughter." All the guys rolled with laughter when I spat out that, if that child really were my daughter, I would rip out my ovaries with a rusty jackknife. <BR/><BR/>Fortunately, she is too dim to go to medical school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-50572582046105514012007-05-15T20:51:00.000-04:002007-05-15T20:51:00.000-04:00You ROCK! I grew up in a University town...Thank ...You ROCK! I grew up in a University town...Thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting the entitled ones in their place!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-59941107734856825202007-05-15T19:31:00.000-04:002007-05-15T19:31:00.000-04:00That is awesome (your response, not her attitude)!...That is awesome (your response, not her attitude)! I am faced with dozens of e-mails from students who feel they are entitled to a certain grade ("but I studied really hard for the final, shouldn't that count towards upping my grade 5 points, really a 65% is almost a C"), so I understand. Wish I had your wit!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07431691836632462677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-38308693957093189432007-05-15T17:53:00.000-04:002007-05-15T17:53:00.000-04:00Way to go, Franklin!!!Just one more example of a c...Way to go, Franklin!!!<BR/><BR/>Just one more example of a child leaving home without a good dose of manners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-7983236573060720192007-05-15T14:06:00.000-04:002007-05-15T14:06:00.000-04:00Am I the only one with fond memories of someone wh...Am I the only one with fond memories of someone whose nickname was Trixie?? Yes?? I'm it??? Well, ok. I was hoping we could all gang up the way the crafters did last week.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'll call Dolores anyway. If she hasn't had a chance to get upset this week, she might want to help me out.<BR/><BR/>GerrieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-40891537186547984492007-05-15T14:03:00.000-04:002007-05-15T14:03:00.000-04:00Hell yeah!! You go Franklin!!! Big high fiver to y...Hell yeah!! You go Franklin!!! Big high fiver to ya!!! Way to put that Twixie in her place!!!Zenknitter LesleyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11124354721050109668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-51482324618444883662007-05-15T13:58:00.000-04:002007-05-15T13:58:00.000-04:00you're deliciously wicked.you're deliciously wicked.douliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104034679866024331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-50995032062208554492007-05-15T11:00:00.000-04:002007-05-15T11:00:00.000-04:00As an academic librarian I know that what I should...As an academic librarian I know that what I should be typing right now is a perky "gee, thanks! Send the students to the library - yeaaahhh library! We need all the publicity we can get because libraries are Very Important in the world of academia!"<BR/><BR/>But what I'm really going to type is [groaning all the while] "Oh for chrisssakes NO NO NO NO don't send her over to me - I've had enough of those whiny little thong-wearing, IM-sending twits and their piles of pre-med texts interlaced with back issues of Cosmo!"<BR/><BR/>{AHEM} Love my job, love my job, love my job (term ends in 3 days) love my job, love my job, (term ends in 3 days), love my job...........Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604476568934217709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-79124741073756547662007-05-15T10:17:00.000-04:002007-05-15T10:17:00.000-04:00That student is probably whipping off an email to ...That student is probably whipping off an email to whine to me about her mark and how it wasn't high enough because she couldn't get the right seat in a coffeeshop because some rude guy was crocheting and wouldn't help her out.Dr. Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02285719904765592739noreply@blogger.com