Wednesday, January 23, 2008

No Snow Day = YouTube Fame

"Get over it kid"

A student at Braddock Secondary School in Virginia called the COO of the school county (which, incidentally, has his home number listed publicly) and left a message asking why school was not canceled. The result, as you can see from the video, is the wife of COO Dean Tistadt called the student back and left an angry message for him.

The student, of course, probably being the more Internet-savvy of the two, posted the phone message on YouTube, made a Facebook group, and now CNN has picked up on the story.

Keeping in mind that 1) Dean Tistadt had his public number listed, 2) we do not know the nature or tone of the call from the student, 3) there were only about two inches of slush on the ground, and 4) the viral popularity that this student has created (and likely knew it would), what do you think?

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