Never say never because you never know when it’s going to be one of your co-workers that borrows your phone for a couple of days and then gives it back to you two days later by saying, “I didn’t realize that I had it until just this morning… I opened my bag and there were two cell phones, mine and yours!” Well, it’s a little late for that, mister! I hear what you’re saying but your story just doesn’t line up! First of all, you claim that you were not wearing glasses while on the computer and that because of this, when finished with your so-called work on the computer–only god knows what you could have accomplished without your glasses on–you picked up your papers and with it, somehow happened to scoop up my cell phone at the same time. My desk is right next to the computer desk in the staff room and it seems that this teacher was using part of my desk, or so he says, and that is how the mistake was made. And your claim that your cell phone and my cell phone are so alike that you made the mistake of picking up mine instead is simply not true. Better question: for a person who does not open his bag from Monday afternoon to Wednesday morning to check his cell phone for messages and so on, why would it be necessary to have the cell phone out while on the computer at school? It doesn’t sound like you use it all that much so why would you need to have it on top of my desk? A grown man unable to identify his stuff from other peoples’ stuff, it just doesn’t add up! No person in their right mind would make such an error.
By the way, this teacher is not just some teacher. He is the guy that I blew the whistle on a couple of months back for hitting a female student five or six times. Yes, you heard me right. I’m not sure that I ever talked about that but it was a really ugly situation, especially once I got involved. So is it a coincidence that he was the one to have picked up my cell phone by accident, or did he have something else in mind? I don’t know. But it is a relief to have my phone back, and most importantly, knowing that it was not one of my students who did this. I’m so glad that it wasn’t a student!!! Lessons to be learned from this: one, be careful where you keep your cell phone, two, back up all of your contact information just in case, three, when you blow the whistle be prepared for anything, and four, consider all possibilities before making up your mind about something and always hope for the best!
