Strangest reason you have heard someone complain

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The discussion revolves around unusual complaints people have encountered, highlighting a range of strange grievances. One notable example involves a professor who made a general education class more challenging, leading to student outrage when the mid-term exam required deeper understanding rather than simple recall. This prompted a vocal complaint from a student about the nature of the exam itself, leaving the class in disbelief. Other anecdotes include a father questioning his child's friendship with a non-white peer, which was met with a straightforward response about friendship. Additionally, there are mentions of students complaining about overlapping exams and a teacher's incredulity towards a student who chose to attend school despite a collective decision to skip. The thread captures the absurdity of various complaints over the years, reflecting on societal attitudes and expectations.
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Given that strange complaints seem to be in the news a lot , thought I would start this thread

What are the strangest reasons you have heard people complain about
 
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I once took a general education class that was considered by some to be an "easy A." (For the record I took it because I was actually interested in the subject. No, really.)

Anyway, the professor got wind of this and of course decided to make the course a little more challenging. So on the mid-term the students (in general) were upset at the surprising level of difficulty. Rather than the simple regurgitation of basic concepts that had been tested in previous years, the professor asked questions that probed for a deeper level of understanding of the material

In the class after everyone got their marks back one student stood up and quite vocally complained that the mid-term exam tested our understanding of the material. Most of the class, just sat there in stunned silence.
 
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hbk4894 said:
Given that strange complaints seem to be in the news a lot , thought I would start this thread

What are the strangest reasons you have heard people complain about
Recently, or over the past 57 years?

My dad once complained that he couldn't understand why I was playing with a "non-white" child when I was 6 years old.
That would have been 51 years ago. (Holy bejeezits I'm getting old!)

Anyways, I told him; "Because he's my friend".

Dad never again asked me another stupid question.

I guess this is why I've always liked that song by CSN&Y; "Teach your parents well".
 
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Choppy said:
I once took a general education class that was considered by some to be an "easy A." (For the record I took it because I was actually interested in the subject. No, really.)

Anyway, the professor got wind of this and of course decided to make the course a little more challenging. So on the mid-term the students (in general) were upset at the surprising level of difficulty. Rather than the simple regurgitation of basic concepts that had been tested in previous years, the professor asked questions that probed for a deeper level of understanding of the material

In the class after everyone got their marks back one student stood up and quite vocally complained that the mid-term exam tested our understanding of the material. Most of the class, just sat there in stunned silence.
Similar to this I always heard never ending complaints in school of students objecting to the teacher giving an exam one day because there was another exam the same day.

Another time the whole class group in high school made a secret arrangement to all not go to school one day except for me. I did not agree with them and went to school. My homeroom teacher rebuked me: "Why did you come?! I don't understand why did you come despite everyone else having decided not to come today!" as if it was an unforgivable sin of me to go to school. I was astonished at how I was scolded and yelled at for going to school. :rolleyes:
 
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