"Son of a bitch!" a boy I didn't know swore loudly when confronted with a locked door across the hall.
I tapped sternly on the window. He looked at me hopefully and came to the door. I grabbed my keys. "What do you need Cussy Cusser?" I asked.
He looked confused, but then his cheeks brightened. "That wasn't me!" he said. "But I need to get into that classroom-- my phone's in there!"
"Then you're going to need to own up to what you said," I told him, jingling my keys.
"I said, Dang it!" he tried.
"That's not what I heard," I said.
He stood uncertainly.
"What I heard started with, Son of..." I prompted him helpfully.
"Well, usually I say Son of a mother!" he replied.
"Maybe," I answered, "but not this time."
"Oh, okay!" he said in desperation. "I said it, I said it, okay? And I shouldn't talk that way in school, I know!"
"How are we going to make sure it doesn't happen again?" I asked as I opened the door.
"It won't!" he assured me. "This was way too much trouble."
Unfortunately, his phone was not in there. "Oh sh--" he stopped and looked at me. "oot!" he finished.
"Nice save," I said. "Maybe your phone's in the office."
I tapped sternly on the window. He looked at me hopefully and came to the door. I grabbed my keys. "What do you need Cussy Cusser?" I asked.
He looked confused, but then his cheeks brightened. "That wasn't me!" he said. "But I need to get into that classroom-- my phone's in there!"
"Then you're going to need to own up to what you said," I told him, jingling my keys.
"I said, Dang it!" he tried.
"That's not what I heard," I said.
He stood uncertainly.
"What I heard started with, Son of..." I prompted him helpfully.
"Well, usually I say Son of a mother!" he replied.
"Maybe," I answered, "but not this time."
"Oh, okay!" he said in desperation. "I said it, I said it, okay? And I shouldn't talk that way in school, I know!"
"How are we going to make sure it doesn't happen again?" I asked as I opened the door.
"It won't!" he assured me. "This was way too much trouble."
Unfortunately, his phone was not in there. "Oh sh--" he stopped and looked at me. "oot!" he finished.
"Nice save," I said. "Maybe your phone's in the office."
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