r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Zombeaver24 • 14h ago

I'm slightly vexed The amount of perfectly fine colouring pencils one of my teachers (I’m a cleaner) threw out for the new school year

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Yes I did remove them from her bin because what the hell!? They’re literally fine. One of my coworkers helps out with an after school club and says they are really short of colouring pencils so they will be used!

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u/Careless_Wait_9361 14h ago

someone get her a pencil sharpener wtf?? im impressed by the things people seem to waste.

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u/Zombeaver24 14h ago

Yeah I know it’s crazy. I know that it’s technically not that big a deal but as someone who hates needless waste it literally broke my heart to see them all chucked away like that.

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u/Adorable_Ad4990 9h ago

I’m a teacher, and this makes my blood boil too. Some kid would LOVE those. In my class sharpening the pencils is a treat for the kids. I use it as a reward and select two students to maintain the pencils, but they don’t always need it because the kids keep up with it.