12/11/08 [DMFA #955] - The waiting rooms practically double as buffets.

[senrath]

I laughed when it finally clicked. "I'm the teacher..."

So...the students are security threats but not the instructors?  Or, for that matter, students who claim to be instructors?

No, but teachers probably don't have lockers.

[Tezkat]

So...the students are security threats but not the instructors?  Or, for that matter, students who claim to be instructors?

Hmm... I don't claim to know the reasons for that policy. I could just be that they didn't want the kids leaving their stuff lying around the library. It wasn't exactly a dangerous neighbourhood or anything. They were good kids. It just amuses me that I'm still mistaken for a teenager long after graduating from university, is all...

[Don]

late, late, late..

Poor lil Jy, his life is a rough one, hopefully things will get better for him..

Still..being as short as he is would be awesome, least I think so..

[Zedd]

At least Jy didn't get a girl who was cheating with his heart..

[Gamma]

From his reaction Jyrras has had that happen many times over.
But when is he just going to ask for a date already?

I was curious as to the scenes original colors and saturated the hell outta the panels to get it back.

Green ceilings, interesting.

[AmigaDragon]

He must be really babyfaced. I can't imagine rodents having so little interaction with larger species in Furrae that people automatically assume they're kids due to the size difference. Ferrets certainly don't have this problem.

Bah, I missed almost a day's worth because of work. I was thinking as I read the strip that she shouldn't be so unaware of shorter beings like Jyrras, other rats and ferrets (and whatever other species) that she mistakes them for younger children. Maybe there'd be a perception of child like Lorenda said even when knowing age difference isn't a problem. (Well, not so much age difference as under-age. I mean, look at the age difference between Dee and Edward.)

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[RobbieThe1st]

So...the students are security threats but not the instructors?  Or, for that matter, students who claim to be instructors?

Hmm... I don't claim to know the reasons for that policy. I could just be that they didn't want the kids leaving their stuff lying around the library. It wasn't exactly a dangerous neighbourhood or anything. They were good kids. It just amuses me that I'm still mistaken for a teenager long after graduating from university, is all...

When I read this, I immediately thought of kids using their bags or coats to steal books(Or movies/music, if the library has a selection of those also).
An instructor would need to keep his or her supplies, and would be an adult who would(in theory) be mature and *not* attempt to steel books or anything else.


-RobbieThe1st

[Anri]

I don't know what the number one choice was, but I suspect that IRS auditor would be up there, or whatever the equivalent is in Furrae.

I think another possibility is perhaps human (being) resources. An entire company's workforce to keep on edge!

[Lucheek]

He must be really babyfaced. I can't imagine rodents having so little interaction with larger species in Furrae that people automatically assume they're kids due to the size difference. Ferrets certainly don't have this problem.

Bah, I missed almost a day's worth because of work. I was thinking as I read the strip that she shouldn't be so unaware of shorter beings like Jyrras, other rats and ferrets (and whatever other species) that she mistakes them for younger children. Maybe there'd be a perception of child like Lorenda said even when knowing age difference isn't a problem. (Well, not so much age difference as under-age. I mean, look at the age difference between Dee and Edward.)

That's what I was thinking too. Not every small-creature in Furrae has the same problem Jyrass does, do they?

[Naldru]

I don't know what the number one choice was, but I suspect that IRS auditor would be up there, or whatever the equivalent is in Furrae.

I think another possibility is perhaps human (being) resources. An entire company's workforce to keep on edge!

Wasn't that Catbert's job on the Dilbert comic strip.

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My understanding was that the reason that students were to leave their coats in the lockers was to avoid "clutter".  The sheer volume of coats and other protective gear was deemed not conducive to study.

Of course, the "educational experts" in the 1960's and 1970's decided to cut the size of the lockers in half.  These geniuses also developed a number of schools which were divided between several buildings that were connected by unprotected walkways.  (This wasn't in the warm southern climes.  These were areas where the weather often dropped below freezing.) The students were still expected to keep coats in the lockers.  Meanwhile, another group of geniuses doubled the size of the books while another reduced the amount of time between classes.

These "experts" were in the United States.  I don't know if you dealt with the same problem in other countries.

[AmigaDragon]

that was more like Human Resources abuser

[senrath]

Wasn't that Catbert's job on the Dilbert comic strip.

He referred to himself as "The Director of Disgruntled Cat Toys".

[Anri]

Wasn't that Catbert's job on the Dilbert comic strip.

He referred to himself as "The Director of Disgruntled Cat Toys".

This is exactly where my line of thinking came from. ;3