Pacific Palisades High School Answering Message


The Pacific Palisades High School and it’s teachers are being sued by parents who want their children’s failing grades changed to passing grades - even though those children were absent 20-30 times during the semester and did not complete enough school work to pass their classes.

The school is being sued because it implemented a policy that parents be responsible for their children’s absences and missing homework. This caused great grief and, as a last resort, the school staff voted unanimously to record this message on their school telephone answering machine.  This is the actual answering machine message for the school.

The High School’s Answering Machine Message

Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school. In order to assist you in connecting to the right staff member, please listen to all the options before making a selection:

  • To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1
  • To make excuses for why your child did not do his work -Press 2
  • To complain about what we do - Press 3
  • To swear at staff members - Press 4
  • To ask why you didn’t get information that was already enclosed in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5
  • If you want us to raise your child - Press 6
  • If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone - Press 7
  • To request another teacher, for the third time this year - Press 8
  • To complain about bus transportation - Press 9
  • To complain about school lunches - Press 0

    • If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that it’s not the teachers’ fault for your child’s lack of effort: Hang up and have a nice day!

    If you want this in Spanish, move to a country that speaks it!

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    Pacific Palisades High School Answering Message was written by F&J Staff on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 10:23 am. It was filed under Other Stuff. You can follow any responses to this entry through the Comments RSS feed. You may also be interested in reading , Pranksters Glue Doors Shut at California High School, Funny Answering Machine Messages, Catholic School, New Windows Vista Error Messages, Bible School Cruise With A Laywer.


    2 Responses to “Pacific Palisades High School Answering Message”

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      selector Says:
      October 15th, 2008 at 6:41 am

      hilarioooooous!!!!!!!! this is really crazy and funny.

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      19RAD Says:
      October 10th, 2008 at 9:57 am

      that was SO straightforward, it was awesome! i wish more people had the guts to be as honest as that =P

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