Today, I was giving a lecture to my class I heard a phone go off. Aggravated and exhausted, I asked everyone to turn their phones off. Then the phone rang again. I lost my shit and spent the next half hour calling my students a bunch of "technology whores". Then I realized the phone was mine. FML
I agree, your life sucks (5517) - you totally deserved it (94521)
On 03/29/2009 at 2:41pm - misc - by emkaycutie (woman) - United States (Pennsylvania)
hahha happend to my teacher too. u shouldnt have yelled tho
#1 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:16pm by napoleandynamite
Way to go, champ.
Don't you know? When you assume, it makes you look like an ass :)
#3 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:17pm by andelizastrin
thats hillarious, and its assuming makes an ass of u and me
#5 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:17pm by elpablo123
haha that's funny.
but seriously, if you're near your bag, wouldn't you hear it and realize it was yours? and I agree with #4, why don't you know your own ringtone?
theres really no way to get around the cell phones going off in class. my suggestion is just to incorporate phones off/vibrate on the first slide.
#8 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:22pm by trucanadian
ugh, you're that asshole professor who throws a shit fit when a students phone goes off!!! you deserved to look like a jerk!!!
you're just an ass... this isn't quite an FML, but it is an OMGISAD (oh my god, i'm such a douche)
#18 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:31pm by gravityplanx
hahaha you ARE an ass. That is so funny. I hope you had this revelation in the middle of your tantrum so you got to stand there chewing on your foot for a while in front of the class.
YDI.
#19 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:37pm by McLaughlane
You should allow each of your students to quietly stand up, form a single-file line, and take turns promptly kicking you in the genitals. You are an idiot. If my child was in your class, I'd definitely be embarrassed to have them educated by such a moron.
#20 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:38pm by Phillay632
you better have apologized. if i were in your class, i would've torn you a new one right there for that shit. asshole.
I call BS because how could you not know that was your own phone, plus wasnt it close to you or somthing?
Do you guys even realize how frustrating it is for teachers when you're trying to lecture and a students phone goes off? I know it wasn't a students phone. But seriously. You guys are acting like even if it was a students phone the teacher was being a jerk for telling his/her class to pay attention.
But regardless, I'm going to say YDI for not following your own advice.
Haha that sounds like something that would happen in my computer science class. Our teacher makes you dance if any of your electronics make noise... One day like 4 went off in an hour and she really freaked...
#30 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:52pm by save_me_08
It's happened to my teachers too. Of course they realized it was theirs before they yell too much. Didn't you notice where it was coming from?
#31 - On 03/29/2009 at 5:54pm by wat_the_eff
wow.
technology whore.
lol jk.
i'm sorry.
you deserved that one...but your life is pretty fucked...
lol sweet sweet irony sunshine
lovage xx
#33 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:00pm by backwardhysteria
#29 - I'm a teacher and I would NEVER repeat the OP's behavior, no matter how frustrated I am.
#35 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:02pm by ilovemycats
i do understand that teachers get annoyed by phones going off but give us a break and we arent stupid enough to leave it where it is going to ring and interrupt again! and if your phone is going off then why dont you give your students a fucking break cuz now you see it happens to everyone at some point
and thats when you get over it! phones always go off....my professors just ignore it or stop talking till its off. its no big deal
#37 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:05pm by yeahreally
I agree with #29.
The teacher overreacted, but it's effing ANNOYING when you're in class and there are idiots text-messaging and having their phones go off constantly. I get that people forget to turn them off sometimes, but to leave them on constantly is just BS. You're not the only ones in the class and the rest of the class didn't pay to listen to your ringtones/vibrations (yes, those are loud too) or have class interrupted because you got an urgent call from one of your friends.
Nevertheless, yelling and screaming over it is a bit irrational-- if somewhat understandable (I know it sucks being a student around people who don't have enough decency to turn their phones off)-- and you did deserve it.
#38 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:07pm by MissFortune
Technology Whore? ... I think I'll use that sometime although it is pretty extreme...
#39 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:07pm by cpt_awesome
I agree with 27. You damn well better have apologized to your students.
#40 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:09pm by McLaughlane
I have a feeling the OP is going to be one of those people who, in 25 years give or take a few, will be sitting on his/her front porch screaming at young hoodlums with their baggy pants and their confangled music generators and ranting about how in his/her day, you could buy 2 cheesesteaks and 2 drinks for a dollar and still have change.
#43 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:12pm by Lou_Briccant
"Today, I was in class and my teacher was giving a lecture. Somebody's phone went off twice. My teacher spent 30 minutes ranting and raving about how we were "technology whores." It turns out it was my teacher's phone. My teacher promptly headed to fmylife.com to whine to the Internet about being a dick to her students. FML."
YDI.
If the students didn't notice it was yours, it's ok. If they did... I doubt they're going to give you any respect anytime soon.
#46 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:17pm by Silhouette
woow lol
happened when i was still at school to a teacher
she knew it was hers but she said "uhh its the school phone incase im needed somewhere"
but you deserved that one
#48 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:21pm by pumpkincakes
When this happens in class, it's usually the teacher's phone. The students all have enough sense by now to put their phone's on vibrate in class. You totally deserved that...way to lose all the respect of your students. I hope you at least apologized. x(
I hope for your sake you played it out until the end of class at least :P I agree that cell phones going off in class is annoying as fuck, especially since people appearently need their phone on the LOUDEST POSSIBLE VOLUME in order to hear it ring... but the reality of it is its never gonna be unavoidable. Cell phones are here to stay.
#53 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:31pm by Misanthropist
Its ok, because now your students not only know you are a spaz, but stupid/oblivious as well. Cheers!
you deserved this. bit time. i hope you got called out on that shit by your students.
#55 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:35pm by amykillswitch
Ugh, you remind me of my dick of a geometry teacher. You deserve it, and like #55 said, I hope your students called you out.
hahahahaha that's so funny, you should get some sleep Prof! Just remember the teacher is never wrong just like my NCO in the Army
I understand that cell phones are disruptive, and I completely agree that they should be shut off or set to vibrate during class, but I hate it when teachers/professors flip out when a phone goes off, though I can sort of understand if you were already in a lousy mood, tired, and exasperated.
Though, honestly, wouldn't you recognize your own damn ring tone, especially if it's coming from your stuff?
#60 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:47pm by bioclock
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...you deserve it, but that is still hilariousss =D
#61 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:49pm by musicloverr
That's funny. your a hipocrite!!! major!!
wow. lmao i fell so bad for your innocent students
#62 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:54pm by chelseybuns
I think you should have given everyone an F----- that's like below 0.
#63 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:56pm by NorfolkDude
You totally deserved it. 100%.
One of my profs has a good tactic against cell phones. If a cell phone goes off in the middle of class, there will be a quiz at the beginning of the next class for everyone, no exceptions.
Well he did that for the Freshmen intro-level course last semester. I'm in a senior level course with him this semester and he doesn't do that, so I guess he simply has higher expectations for the upperclassmen he teaches.
#64 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:57pm by insomniacdude
It seems to happen a lot... my professors do it all the time
#65 - On 03/29/2009 at 6:58pm by PollySighDevil
never lose your cool.. even if it were a student's phone, you still would've looked like an ass for screaming. you don't have to yell to be strict and enforce a no-cellphone policy.
#66 - On 03/29/2009 at 7:06pm by blackkohl
Karma. I wonder what your kids said after you realized it was your phone.
#67 - On 03/29/2009 at 7:06pm by fudgemylife12
Anyone else get the thought that this wasn't posted by the teach, but rather by a student slightly exaggerating the events that took place?
as a student i hated teachers that did that and as a teacher know still do so i try to follow the same rules as the students to me you just lost all there respect
#69 - On 03/29/2009 at 7:12pm by usaywhat
Get off your high horse. Everyone forgets to turn their phone down once in a while, and you have no idea what might be happening on the other end of the line. There was a time I was texting in class because my dad had just been diagnosed with cancer and I was asking my sister for details while they were at the hospital. Getting up and leaving would have been far more distracting to other students than me sitting there silently looking at my phone.
#71 - On 03/29/2009 at 7:26pm by digitalangel
Wouldn't that make YOU a technology whore? You're the one who's cell went off, AND the one who is posting this ONLINE.
#72 - On 03/29/2009 at 7:29pm by nikkiadiel
Lol. the kids at my school are smart enough to put their phones on vibrate but occasionally it goes off. My teachers doesn't care, they just say"please turn it off" or "there's nothing to laugh at,my phone goes off too" but it's still funny when someones phone goes off, like one time in FCS, my friend(yes im talking about you because i know your going to read this later, Noey) forgot to put it on vibrate and it went off. she blamed me which is kind of stupid BECAUSE my phone was broken and it was turned off, STUPID NOEY! I HOLD A GRUDGE YOU KNOW!!!!!!!! Everyone obviously heard your phone.
:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
sorry im getting off topic
#74 - On 03/29/2009 at 7:46pm by angeldo6695
Anger management much?
That was seriously unprofessional of you to do.
You called the students technology whores, although you yourself also had a phone, even if you didn't realize yours was the one going off. Not to mention you obviously have adequate access to and understanding of the Internet. Nice going.
And good luck earning back their respect.
I won't say you didn't deserve it, cuz you did, but I can understand that you made a mistake.
Everyone makes mistakes, although next time, keeping cool about stuff might help avoid such awkward situations.
I can understand how phones would be annoying to teachers though, so don't feel too bad. Your ringtone won't be the only one in the world, and you didn't ask who ever it was to call you.
Just chill next time, I guess. XD
#77 - On 03/29/2009 at 8:03pm by aaarghalex
Aha! My phone went off like that before and I thought it was the girl sitting next to me who got up to go to the bathroom. Sucks you can't save face from that :P
#79 - On 03/29/2009 at 8:14pm by lowcapacityx
You sound like my dad. Today our DirecTV fucked up, and he assumed it was my sister and I's fault, so he 'grounded' us for fucking up his house. My sister and I called DirecTV and asked what the problem was and they said our authorization had expired because we hadn't used that tv in awhile. I was like... Dad...I hate you..
Anyways, that sucks but it's something you've gotta laugh over.
#80 - On 03/29/2009 at 8:21pm by badgirleighteen
You're that smart, and you're teaching kids? No wonder they aren't learning shit these days.
#81 - On 03/29/2009 at 8:21pm by Nemephosis
I hate teachers/proffessers/people like you. You think so much of yourself that whenever a mistake is made, it is someone elses fault, never your own.
Maybe you should take some time to verify that it really is someone else whos in the wrong before you explode like that. And now maybe after seeing that it happens to you as well, you'll go easier on students now.
I bet that when/if a student pointed out your mistake you kicked them out of the class/yelled at them for disrespecting you becasue u cant admit your wrong.
I really hope I never have a proffesser like you. Take a pill you self-important, arrogant asshole.
Hope you had fun making an ass of yourself
#82 - On 03/29/2009 at 8:21pm by MukyDaCookie
I have a chemistry teacher who is the sweetest person I know. If your cellphone goes off, she'll say "Someone's phone is ringing" to let you know in case you didnt notice. She also says to go out in the hall and answer it if neccesary, she says that she knows that we have lives. She too has her phone occasionally go off during class and she answers it if it's important.
Try to be more like her!
Ugh. A cell phone goes off, for what, 30 seconds before someone realizes it's theirs and turns it off or before it goes to voicemail? So I don't understand why teachers feel the need to bitch about it for so long. It takes more time out of the lecture than the cell going off in the first place. Unless it just keeps going off, I think it's best to just ignore it rather than make a spectacle out of it. It tends to be the same people who leave their cell on and loud, so it's not particularly fair to students that don't to endure a long rant in the middle of class. Just remind everyone at the beginning of the next class that they really need to make sure it's not an issue
Ahh, another teacher overreacting like a dumbass. I love that you just HAD to add that you were "exhausted" to try and give yourself an excuse for why you acted like you did. Sorry... no luck.
#90 - On 03/29/2009 at 9:32pm by planetearth
youre a fuckin chump
teachers are assholes, and you are no exception...glad youre makin those big bucks as a teacher
#99 hit it dead on. Thank you. How do you not know your own ringtone. Loser.
#100 - On 03/29/2009 at 10:39pm by Floridaguy81
Youre an idiot. Buy a cell phone jammer. They cost about $100 and work very well. I've actually had students get frustrated and leave my room because their phones don't work in the classroom. Perfect for me because I don't want those kind of students in my room anyway.
I hope your class made you answer it on speaker phone. why don't you go tweet about it or complain to your professor friends on facebook? you're a technology prostitute because you can't get away from technology AND you get paid for it.
I agree with all the people who say you should recognize your own ringtone, and with #104 - this story is so unoriginal that I knew how it would end after reading the first sentence. You can at least take comfort in the fact that many others share in your stupidity.
@#35. I'm not saying what the teacher did was ok. I'm simply playing devils advocate. The teacher overreacted. But honestly. All these people saying "it's not that big of a deal if I look at my phone when it's not hurting anyone" are obviously little 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea how fucking annoying it is when you're sitting in class and then someones phone starts vibrating. And it actually does hurt. Not a physical hurt, but it's distracting and then the teacher has to stop and yell at you to turn off your phone. Which never would have needed to be said if people just followed directions in the first place and kept their damn phones turned off.
God, I hate people who can't silence their phones when they go to class. Even worse is when they start lecturing others about how they can't behave, while they are being the asses themselves. You so deserved it, dude ;)
#111 - On 03/30/2009 at 4:09am by csigabajnok
happens to the best of them. could do without the preaching though..."technology whores?" Really? That part wasn't necessary. If students have to be professional and are called to high standards of conduct, so should professors, especially since you people have jobs for life (which IMO is amoral).
YOU SHOULD NEVER CALL YOUR STUDENTS TECHNOLOGY WHORES.
#117 - On 03/30/2009 at 10:30am by maskjmgvwrfp
My history teacher did this a few months ago.
He was in the middle of a lecture and someone's computer made a noise. He slammed the lid shut on the kid whose computer he thought it was and went off on this rant about how inattentive we are and wasted the whole class. No one had the nerve to tell him it was his computer.
My spanish teacher did that. Then when he realized the phone was his he took the call in the middle of class.
#122 - On 03/30/2009 at 7:16pm by waitingforfriday
i effing hate people like you...you deserve worse than the embarrassment you got
#127 - On 03/30/2009 at 10:24pm by knuckifyoubuck
HOW THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU NO IT WAS UR PHONE LOL U DESERVE THAT BIG TIME LOL
#128 - On 03/30/2009 at 11:30pm by ace135
"Well that's kind of dumb. Don't you know your own message/ring tone or something?"
i had to quote it. the teacher is a moron and deserved it
I honestly hate teachers like you... I've had more than one teacher freak out at a student for having their phone on during class, only to get a phone call on their cell and excuse themselves out of the room in order to take it.
reminds me of my religion/health teacher. she's psycho, she's nearly strangled a kid.
but anyways, you should be fired.
hahaha, this happened to me in my physics class. My teacher's phone rang in the middle of his lecture and he stopped and looked around the room. Then he realized it was his phone. lol
#7 my teacher most often isn't near his bag, so i understand how this could happen. Still...if you know you have a phone...it's kinda your fault.
#146 - On 04/27/2009 at 11:43pm by tdawgheath
It's not really fair for teachers to get dramatically angry at a phone. Just take it away and deal.
#148 - On 04/30/2009 at 10:47pm by RazorbladeSmiles
Happened in my class too. Im a student and it bugged the crap out of all of us. Seriously:
1) noe ure ringtone
2) DONT FUCKING BLAME US U STUPID COW
3) why are we technology whores if your the one who doesnt turn off his phone>?
4) FUCK YOU
i am sorry for the inappropriate language, but i just hate it when you blame us and call us inappropriate names then its your fault! >:P
#150 - On 05/31/2009 at 11:03pm by MyLyfeSux42
technology whores? get with the times man. cell phones connect people, you should know, you own one.
#151 - On 06/02/2009 at 6:46pm by zredalert95
sounds like my former french teacher, who at first said "whoever owns that phone please shut if off" so i did, but then when i took my phone out and proceeded to put it on vibrate, she confiscated it bcuz she thought i was txting someone.
And that, everyone, is the definition of 'hypocrisy'.
#156 - On 06/12/2009 at 11:02pm by PixelSlayer247
I bet your students got a good laugh out of that one. But that happened to me once in a movie theater so i feel your pain. FYL indeed.
#159 - On 06/28/2009 at 2:56am by cRothabeast
