.
.
‘
We always thought that one day he’d work within a university. Pete the Prof we used to call him!
I can still hear him correcting our teacher’s mistakes. He was more in charge of proceedings than they were.
“Please Sir, I believe you’ve spelled that word incorrectly”.
“Please Miss, I think you’ll find that India has twenty-two languages, not twenty-one”.
“Please Sir, in the interest of our health, I’d prefer it if you’d sneeze into a handkerchief to prevent the spread of germs.
“Please Miss, this is all very interesting but I think it’s worth mentioning that the Bayeux Tapestry is incorrectly named as it is in fact an embroidery”.
Hardly a day went by in the staff room without the teachers admitting to eachother the slip ups they’d made only to be corrected by Pete!
He was a sucker for tidiness too. He often stayed behind to make sure the blackboard was perfectly wiped. He’d neaten the teacher’s desk and make sure there was not a scrap of detritus (his word, not mine!) soiling the floor before leaving.
We were right! He gained a position within an esteemed educational establishment in Cambridge, a university that is highly regarded througout the world.
Not as a professor though. No, he’s a cleaner.
But not any old cleaner it seems! According to him, he’s responsible for purification, sanitation, sterilization, ablution, antisepsis, deodorising, disinfection and prophylaxis … whatever that is!
.
.
Thanks to Sadje for hosting the What Do You See? photo prompt!
.
Image credit; Mesut çiçen @ Unsplash
A teacher’s nightmare. I recall a few like that. Always enjoy your wit and wisdom.
There’s always one! Thanks so much.
perfect
Thank you, Beth!
Brilliant Keith
Thanks so much, Di!
New pic! Hope you were nice and warm!!
I do hope he’s enjoying his job.
I’m sure he’s loving it!
Pete didn’t live up to his full potential it seems- or perhaps it was his dream job after all. Thanks for joining in Keith. 😂
Only Pete knows, he would never admit to getting something wrong!
Haha! A know it all 🤩🥸🧐
Great trip! Great catch!
happy wordless Wednesday!
I had an amazing time, thanks, Carmen!
Wonderful to see the word “detritus” in a sentence!! That is not that common. Nice one Keith. His job sounds fabulous when you put it like that…good on him! It is all perspective.
He found his calling and seems to be enjoying it. Good on him 😀
😂😂😂 Well, it seems that was his calling but it was misinterpreted by others.