http://dcist.com/2008/01/23/fairfax_county.php
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If you caught the morning network news shows or read this Washington Post story detailing the whole affair, then you may already know the story of Devraj "Dave" S. Kori, a senior at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Fairfax County, who called the school system's administrator at home last week to give him a hard time about not declaring a snow day. Kori found a number for Dean Tistadt, chief operating officer for the county system, listed in the phone book, and decided to call to ask why he had not closed the schools after about three inches of snow fell near Burke, Va. What he got in return was an angry voicemail, posted to YouTube above, from Tistadt's wife.
Take a listen to the audio clip and let us know what you think (we've also transcribed the message below the jump). Did Mrs. Tistadt go off the rails, or is her outrage pretty minimal considering a student called her house to harass her husband? At least one teacher we talked to says he would have had the same reaction had a student placed an unsolicited call to his house. No doubt Kori, being a 17 year-old boy, thought he was being pretty clever by calling the Tistadt home, but it was hardly an appropriate thing to do. Then again, Mrs. Tistadt probably should have realized that voicemail is forever, and maybe given herself some time to calm down before deciding to leave a message with that much anger in it.
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If you caught the morning network news shows or read this Washington Post story detailing the whole affair, then you may already know the story of Devraj "Dave" S. Kori, a senior at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Fairfax County, who called the school system's administrator at home last week to give him a hard time about not declaring a snow day. Kori found a number for Dean Tistadt, chief operating officer for the county system, listed in the phone book, and decided to call to ask why he had not closed the schools after about three inches of snow fell near Burke, Va. What he got in return was an angry voicemail, posted to YouTube above, from Tistadt's wife.
Take a listen to the audio clip and let us know what you think (we've also transcribed the message below the jump). Did Mrs. Tistadt go off the rails, or is her outrage pretty minimal considering a student called her house to harass her husband? At least one teacher we talked to says he would have had the same reaction had a student placed an unsolicited call to his house. No doubt Kori, being a 17 year-old boy, thought he was being pretty clever by calling the Tistadt home, but it was hardly an appropriate thing to do. Then again, Mrs. Tistadt probably should have realized that voicemail is forever, and maybe given herself some time to calm down before deciding to leave a message with that much anger in it.
This is Candy Tistadt, Dean Tistadt's wife. This message is for Dave Kori. How dare you call us at home?! If you've got a problem with going to school, you do not call somebody's house and complain about it. My husband was up at 4 o'clock this morning, trying to decide the best thing to do, to send you to school, on a day when the weather man is calling for one thing and another thing happens. You don't begin to know what you are talking about, and don't you ever call here again! My husband has been at the office since 6:30 this morning, so don't you even suggest that he purposely didn't answer his phone. He is out almost every single night of the week at meetings for snotty-nosed little brats, and he may not have called you but it is not because he's home because it snowed. Get over it kid, and go to school. Get an education, that's what you're there for.
