Stupid

This is just plain stupid.

Vanessa and I both forgot this morning that she needed to take a note to school, so that she could attend the Geography Bee practice after school today.

Pure forgot.

We have remembered every other time so far.  This time, we forgot.

Around 9 AM this morning, I received an email from her teacher that we had forgot a note for the Geo Bee practice.  The teacher suggested contacting someone in the office (did not provide a specific contact person), in order to provide permission, if I so wished.

I immediately responded to the teacher thanking her for letting me know.  I also said that yes, I wanted Vanessa to go to the Geo Bee practice and that I would contact the office.  I asked the teacher if there is anyone in particular that I should contact.

I know that the teachers are unable to read and respond to email in any timely fashion during the school day, so I went ahead and looked up the school web site and found the office administrators' email addresses.  I wrote an email providing permission for Vanessa to attend the practice today and sent it to three of what appeared to be the most appropriate office administrators.

Three of them.

At 1:30 this afternoon, I still had not gotten a response from anyone.  Not the teacher.  Not any of the three administrators.

So, I called the school office.  The person who answered was none of the three that I had sent the email to.  I explained everything to this individual and then she asked me to hold.  When she came back on the line, she said that yes, the email had been received (by at least one of the intended recipients), but that in the future, Suzy Que (named changed) should be emailed.

The correct person to direct my email to, Miss Susy Que, was, in fact, on the list of three that I did email this morning.

And then the individual on the phone with me said, "Oh, but she's not in 95% of the time."


Why, please tell me, would ANYONE instruct me to email someone who is, 95% of the time, NOT IN THE OFFICE?????

Give me a break, people.