# I Like These Monitors **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 7, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804 "2011-08-07T04:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/1 "2011-08-07T04:23:03Z")
I’m fairly new here & don’t know the ropes. But they remind me of grammar school. Remember hall monitors? Some of them were stationed in the stair wells. One time (I don’t know what was wrong with me!) I got out of line & the (older) girl herded me back into the sheeps row. I remember thinking that her touch was firm, but kind. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/2 "2011-08-07T04:31:56Z")
Are you referring to the boards moderators? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/3 "2011-08-07T04:47:47Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Are you referring to the boards moderators? I’m thinking so, too…so I’m going to shuffle this off to ATMB (like the good monitor I am). ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/4 "2011-08-07T04:50:41Z")
Could I see your hall passes please? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/5 "2011-08-07T05:16:40Z")
**Obnoxious poster** : “Who are you, the fucking hall monitor?” **manhattan** : “As it so happens, _I’m_ the fucking hall monitor.” ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/6 "2011-08-07T05:28:36Z")
Having been a “bad boy” in grade school and having sometimes been a “bad boy” on the SDMB, at the end of the day I guess I just say, WTF, I probably deserved my comeuppance and did a lot more than what I got caught at. The mods are just doing their job just like the hall monitors. Thinking back, the really awful stuff I did I got away with. It was the petty, stupid stuff that I got busted on. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/7 "2011-08-07T09:31:12Z")
The mods are much better than hall monitors. I never understood the purpose of hall monitors, really. I’m in the hall. The hall has nothing I can do in it, as the lockers are locked Many teachers will have their doors open and can see me, and can definitely hear me. If I hide out, I can’t do anything, and I’ll still will be absent from class, so the teacher will know. And between classes, there’s not enough time for anything to happen, and the teachers are out in the hall watching, anyways. Moderators, on the other hand, serve an obvious purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/8 "2011-08-07T12:34:29Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Obnoxious poster** : “Who are you, the fucking hall monitor?” > **manhattan** : “As it so happens, _I’m_ the fucking hall monitor.” Damn you Silenus! I came here to post that! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/9 "2011-08-07T16:18:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Obnoxious poster** : “Who are you, the fucking hall monitor?” > **manhattan** : “As it so happens, _I’m_ the fucking hall monitor.” [As it happens,\* I\* am the fucking hall monitor.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2744558) Back when I first became a mod and complaints were in the Pit, in my very first Pitting one newbie I had warned accused me of acting like “Sister Clare.” I was very tempted to reply with [“\*I \*am fucking Sister Clare.”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8896194&postcount=19) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/10 "2011-08-07T16:52:29Z")
Towards the end of high school, I learned that I could walk right past the hall monitors as long as I walked confidently and didn’t look back. Sometimes other kids would be stopping to get bathroom passes at the door of the cafeteria and I would just walk past. They either didn’t notice me, or they assumed I was a student teacher or something. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/11 "2011-08-07T17:11:43Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [As it happens,\* I\* am the fucking hall monitor.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2744558) > > Back when I first became a mod and complaints were in the Pit, in my very first Pitting one newbie I had warned accused me of acting like “Sister Clare.” I was very tempted to reply with [“\*I \*am fucking Sister Clare.”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=433427) I can see why you thought twice about saying that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/12 "2011-08-07T17:13:44Z")
How do I get a damn bathroom pass around here? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/13 "2011-08-07T17:17:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I can see why you thought twice about saying that. 😉 You would too, if you had ever seen Sister Clare.😉 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/14 "2011-08-07T18:28:14Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > How do I get a damn bathroom pass around here? Wait for the bell! ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/15 "2011-08-07T19:16:01Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > How do I get a damn bathroom pass around here? Tie a knot in it! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/16 "2011-08-07T21:12:55Z")
Are you threatening me? I don’t need hall pass! I need oleo for my bunghole! I am the Great Cornholio! The principal! He will give me T.P. For my bunghole! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/17 "2011-08-08T05:54:26Z")
Can we get normal hallpasses, instead of these large wooden blocks that look like they were stolen from a gas station? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/18 "2011-08-08T19:32:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Obnoxious poster** : “Who are you, the fucking hall monitor?” > **manhattan** : “As it so happens, _I’m_ the fucking hall monitor.” > [@Colibri](#): > > [As it happens,\* I\* am the fucking hall monitor.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2744558) Never thought a sock caught in a revolving door could have such an impact. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/19 "2011-08-08T22:51:13Z")
I miss **manhattan**. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804/20 "2011-08-09T02:21:08Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I miss **manhattan**. ☹ I’d be happy to be snarky to you, if you ask me nicely.😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-these-monitors/591804.md?page=2)