Dangerous Professions

Students accused of poisoning teacher (KING 5 News) – two girls rubbed the edges of their teacher’s water bottle and coffee cup with strawberry lip balm, fully aware that she is extremely allergic to strawberries. The teacher survived, but I’m sure she’s thinking twice about revealing any life-threatening/health specifics to a group of vengeful preteens. My favorite quotation from the article is of course this one:

“The girls apparently discussed using real strawberries or a synthetic version, but they decided that if they used real strawberries, it would probably kill her,” Deputy Police Chief Mark Duncan said. “This is 12-year-old thinking at its best.”

I guess I won’t complain today about crotchety patrons or drunk loiterers – at least no one is trying to poison me at this job.