Are You Trustworthy?

Today I was called in error to an elementary school. I was kept busy doing yard duty and making photocopies. At one point I was shuffled off to the office to help the secretary. She had nothing for me to do but answer the phone. I mostly sat and stared out the window.

There was a stack of parent surveys next to the phone. As I rifled through these I found one that had notes in the margin from an angry parent. “The awards ceremony was a farce!” her words began. “Giving awards for trustworthiness implies that anyone who did not get an award is not trustworthy. Hold on to your hand bags,” she concluded.