'Actually, I do work here': Campus aide gives young school employee a hard time for looking 'too young' to work there, then abandons job without giving notice

Eleonora Bader

Jan 17, 2024 6:00 PM EST

Working in a school when you look younger than the average student can be hard, both because you don't easily gain respect from students, or from teachers. But you shouldn't be yelled at or overlooked, which is what happened to OP, who was working as a para-educator, helping out at the school. Things were going well until one campus aide showed up and began going off on OP for a variety of things, mistaking them for a student.

First of all, I look 15, so I understand the struggle of looking younger than you are. Every time I'm around my sister's friends, who are teenagers, I am mistaken to be one of them, if not younger. But hey, when I turn 40, I am going to be super stoked about having a round face and chubby cheeks. Until then though, I'll continue to be a 30-year-old woman who looks like she's a kid.

Back to our story: OP was not the only person this campus aide had trouble with, and soon enough, push came to shove, leading to the campus aide saying goodbye without actually mouthing the words, or even showing up. Scroll down to read the full, detailed account of events, and then check out this VP who fired a boss for forbidding an employee to use a competitor's phone during a power outage, leading to 9 hours of overtime…

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