If anyone sees me, I thought, I‘ll be in trouble.
Regardless of that thought, I dragged a chair over to the display window and stood on it as I opened it and took out what I wanted. And sure enough, just as I was stepping down, work samples in hand, my principal came walking down the hall.
“You should always have a spotter if you are standing on a chair,”she said, smiling. She knows the rules, but understands a short teacher’s reality.
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Many times I have done this myself!
There is always someone watching.
It’s amazing how many chances we take with safety. Let’s hope it is always with good outcomes.
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.
I’ve found few benefits to being “vertically challenged”. I’m sure that those of the tallish variety would say the same. However, I do love that my classroom next door neighbor is about 6 foot tall. She indulges my requests for help often, and she does so without much complaint. She once caught me on a chair, leaning precariously over some boxes to tape something to the wall. She gets it too.
What arjeha said. 😉
For the record, I use chairs for similar purposes. Chairs that swivel. I’m an idiot, and I enjoyed your vignette.
I think with a swivel chair, you should definitely have a spotter…or a spinner!