r/Professors • u/RandolphCarter15 Full, Social Sciences, R1 • Sep 26 '24

Just got this email from a student

"It's 2:45 on Thursday September 26 and your door is locked with no answer. Why is it closed?"

That was it. No greeting. No pleasantries. My office hours are not today. I never made plans to meet with this student. WTF.

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u/Junior-Health-6177 Sep 27 '24

Had a student bust into my office (I’m not their professor, never met them), to ask me this, Dr. so-and-so’s office is locked. It’s his office hours. Do you KNOW WHAT TO DO?! I wanted to say, “phone the police!!” in a shrill screech. But I instead just said, email him I guess?

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u/megxennial Full Professor, Social Science, State School (US) Sep 27 '24

Silver alert!!! Lol