bad customer service and bad customers

[Reincarnate]

I was a tutor because it was damn good money for an undergrad, but for fuck's sake, some people have the worst parents when it comes to diverting blame. It gave me a taste of what it must be like to be a teacher. Absolutely miserable.

Most of my students did quite well come test time, but there was always one or two who either saw no improvement or actually did worse. One mother called me and was furious, ranting on and on about how much money she spent on these classes and how it was all my fault, blah blah blah.

I felt like saying, "Look, your son is a lazy shit. He's by far the worst student I have. He obviously doesn't want to be in my class and is probably only there because you're forcing him to. 95% of the time he's not listening to me and just watches the clock on the wall, and during our practice runs/exercises, he circles shit at random and doesn't try at all."

I offered to tutor her son privately, but she didn't want to pay the extra fees and felt that since it was my problem in the first place, I should do it for free. Uhhh. Fuck-to-the-no. As a self-sufficient, full-time student (who also worked full-time), teaching some reluctant kid for free was the last thing I needed to do with my time.