There is always a mean girl clique in the faculty, it seems like. I remember exactly who they were at my high school.

If there's an "I"in her name, replace it with a "y" on a few of them.

If they care about it you shouldnt waste your time with them as they are kids. Also you can go to the police, im sure they can help you.

Seriously though. If they want to act crazy, let’s drive them absolutely bonkers. I love it!

Sucks more that teachers are spending their own money for items for their classroom.

How amazing are these cups that she is so possessive of them? Do you have a picture of them and an address so people can donate any they find?

Please tell me she's not a math teacher! 🤣

you don't think people with bully me for that picture?

That it's not gonna be used against me?

I'm not optimistic about that, bullies are everywhere and really people don't care? well not that girl at the party, and how many others will react the same by bullying me if this goes into social media/public?

No no no....spell her name right, then scribble it out and write your name.

This is the strangest part about it.

Lots of terrible ideas here. Simple persistent communication is the answer, not clever or not-so clever tricks. Since you want more cups, do but some more. Photograph them at the thrift, and have them write the name of the item on the cups. Because you are being accused of theft, save this evidence for the principle. And be calm and matter-of-fact. The poor woman believes her own fantasy. .

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If you post this is r/flipping, along with a pic of the cups, i bet every flipper there would mail every cup like that they found to your school!

You forgot the rest of that saying.

Misspell her name though.

Wow, that's... unhinged. Did she experience a personal tragedy lately?

Absolutely. By any more you find, and try to scratch your initials into the bottom or something (because you can remove sharpie with alcohol, so if you label them that way she can easily remove it. Etching will still be there even if she tries to co-opt them by writing her name on them.)

Why are teachers so mean to one another?! That kind of petty BS is why my family members want out of teaching. It isn’t the crappy kids or their parents, but the other teachers!

Need a pic of said cups.

There’s not a separate preschool budget. There’s just the budget for the school district.

If you get reimbursed then there should be record that you submitted for reimbursement and she should have noticed an increase in the cup amount she had? She’s nuts. Tell the administration about this because this is not healthy behavior.

Displaced anger/stress.

Unfortunately, you became part of a proverbial back-breaking straw.

She’s just looking for drama. Ignore that idiot. You don’t have to explain yourself to her more than you already did

I’m prepared to donate to this GoFundMe

> advanced enough stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

I like the corollary to Hanlon's Law that you proposed, but I'd say that sufficient quantity of stupidity, and an demonstrated unwillingness to learn is indistinguishable from malice.