SuburbanAdventure

Our camp has been hit by a rash of vandalism and today my sleeping quarters were struck, by possibly the dumbest vandal ever.
So, they broke in to our room, took my room mate’s digital camera, tinkled in another’s iced tea (and he found that out… orally) but completely missed the pile of money on my [...]

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Most of our administrators spend either the morning or afternoon MBWA (managing by walking around) and some of the newer administrators are lighter on the lingo.
Anthony: Well, I’m done office duty, I think I’m going to go manage the WNBA.
FAIL

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Me:  So why are you carrying around a [electrical plug-in] fan?
Staffer: It’s hot out here.
Me: Where do you plug it in?Staffer: I’m working on that.
This staffer works in a program area about a 1/2 mile from the nearest power outlet.

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So a pipe was leaking:
Me: what do you think’s causing it?
Other Staffer: I think it’s the valve.  Every time it’s open, the pipe leaks.
Mind you, the leak was no where near the valve.

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I’m constantly amazed by some people’s failure in guessing ages but this one took the cake:
Staffer: How old do you think the twins are?
CIT: One’s 17 and the other’s 18.

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I did something I almost never do today.  I yelled at boss at camp.  I wouldn’t say I’m intimidated by Bill but I don’t like being yelled at least of which by him.  But today I saw that he’d written a formal letter in comic sans and snapped.
Me: You wrote a formal letter in comic [...]

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While sitting at dinner today someone mentioned that they had orange drink and rice pudding together so I immediately had a bowl of orange drink mixed with rice pudding and began downing it.  At first it felt simply like I was eating a melted creamsicle that had been attacked by a Korean padi farmer and [...]

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Units can request a site by completing a reasonably simple form, but some of the responses are… interesting:
“Reason for Request: Medical Need
If a request is for a medical need, please explain: Medical Need”
Site are requested by choosing from a drop-down menu, and a unit requested the following:
“First Preference: Please choose one
Second Preference: optional
Third Preference: optional”
During [...]

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I only heard the Admin side of the conversation but I think what’s excluded is obvious.
Answerer: Yes, he’ll be expected to sleep outside in either a tent or Adirondack.
The tents are canvas.
The Adirondacks are wood and have three walls.
The cots are canvas too.
The Adirondacks have wooden bunks.
Wood.
Yes, they’re supposed to have three walls, and also [...]

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I’ve gone to camp for about 10 weeks but this summer hope to keep posting at least semi-weekly rather than the month long drought last year. Of course, I don’t think there will be nearly as many plagues and I’ll only have one job. As per an agreement I’ve made, I shant disclose [...]

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