Teachers -- do you want a pie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our PTA is trying to give a pie to each teacher at the school. I'm happy to make a pie for someone that actually wants it, but I am finding it a little hard to believe that all the teachers actually want a pie. IME, there are a lot of people that don't like pie, a bunch of people that prefer their own home-made pie, and some people who just won't eat anything cooked in other people's kitchens. I wish the PTA had, instead of guaranteeing a pie for each teacher, just asked teachers to sign up if they affirmatively wanted a pie (and saying what kind of pie they want -- some people hate pumpkin, others hate pecan, some hate apple, most hate mince...).
I usually love our PTA, so trying not to criticize, but just really curious if these initiatives are actually popular with the teachers.

OP, you very clearly started this thread with an anti-pie bias. You knew you didn’t want to bake or buy a pie and were simply looking for validation of your position.

Own it. You had no intention of baking a pie or buying a pie and you think the whole idea is stupid.

That’s fine. Nobody is forcing you to participate. Just scroll on past that particular Sign Up Genius and wait for the next one to see if it suits you better.

“Anti-pie bias” is hereby added to the annals of incredibly ridiculous phrases used on a DCUM holiday thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had pie day at most schools I worked at and the pie was usually from Giant or a grocery chain. I'm not a big pie person anyways so I wouldn't take one. But there are definitely teachers who do like the tradition.

Gross.

Homemade pie > gift card >> Giant pie.

No. Gift card> store/bakery pie > homemade pie to garbage can after thanking the giver profusely and saying how tasty it looked

Sounds like you enjoy eating 50+ ingredient artificial pies vs the real thing.

Yawwwwn. No, Mildred, I make my own pies. I, and many, many others, including many, many teachers, do not eat homemade pies from people whose cleanliness and sanitary practices we do not know.

For some reason, us stating that upsets you. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love pie, but I would prefer it come from a local bakery. I don’t trust people’s kitchens.

i bet you eat at restaurants, though.

i can assure you there are things that go on in restaurant kitchens that are far worse than anything you can imagine from a home kitchen.

This, this, this. LOL

Restaurants can be way worse.

Nope. This line has already been tried and dismissed. The health department inspects restaurants, under the law, and enforces food safety standards. No one inspects Becky, Larlo’s mom’s, kitchen who lets her cat walk on the counters, licks her fingers, doesn’t properly store ingredients and may or may not wash her hands after she goes to the bathroom. Sorry.

-grew up working in restaurants, knows they’re not exactly sterile fields, but no comparison to some rando’s “home baking”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love pie, but I would prefer it come from a local bakery. I don’t trust people’s kitchens.

i bet you eat at restaurants, though.

i can assure you there are things that go on in restaurant kitchens that are far worse than anything you can imagine from a home kitchen.

This, this, this. LOL

Restaurants can be way worse.

Nope. This line has already been tried and dismissed. The health department inspects restaurants, under the law, and enforces food safety standards. No one inspects Becky, Larlo’s mom’s, kitchen who lets her cat walk on the counters, licks her fingers, doesn’t properly store ingredients and may or may not wash her hands after she goes to the bathroom. Sorry.

-grew up working in restaurants, knows they’re not exactly sterile fields, but no comparison to some rando’s “home baking”

Do you look up violations for every restaurant you eat at? Do you realize how understaffed the health department is? How often do you think your favorite restaurant gets inspected here in Montgomery County. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who would not want a pie?

Me! I’m on a diet and avoiding sweets.

[Anonymous]

Got my pie today! Loved it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love pie, but I would prefer it come from a local bakery. I don’t trust people’s kitchens.

i bet you eat at restaurants, though.

i can assure you there are things that go on in restaurant kitchens that are far worse than anything you can imagine from a home kitchen.

This, this, this. LOL

Restaurants can be way worse.

Nope. This line has already been tried and dismissed. The health department inspects restaurants, under the law, and enforces food safety standards. No one inspects Becky, Larlo’s mom’s, kitchen who lets her cat walk on the counters, licks her fingers, doesn’t properly store ingredients and may or may not wash her hands after she goes to the bathroom. Sorry.

-grew up working in restaurants, knows they’re not exactly sterile fields, but no comparison to some rando’s “home baking”

Do you look up violations for every restaurant you eat at? Do you realize how understaffed the health department is? How often do you think your favorite restaurant gets inspected here in Montgomery County. LOL

It’s on yelp now.

[Anonymous]

Reviving this old thread....

Teachers and school staff: do you want a pie?
What kind do you prefer?
How big of a pie?
Do you your family end up eating it after you get one? Or do you take it to someone else or donate it?

[Anonymous]

In the 9 years that my school has received pies from our PTSA, I’ve never received one. We do a raffle. Some people win every year. A few of us have never won. In fact, last year, I won a $25 bet with a colleague that I would not win the raffle.

Do I need a pie? No.

Do I think our PTSA could purchase mini pies rather than large ones so that every staff member gets a pie? Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love pie, but I would prefer it come from a local bakery. I don’t trust people’s kitchens.

People are buying pies for teachers from Giant or Safeway. If I want one of those, I'll buy one. Give teachers gift cards instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the 9 years that my school has received pies from our PTSA, I’ve never received one. We do a raffle. Some people win every year. A few of us have never won. In fact, last year, I won a $25 bet with a colleague that I would not win the raffle.

Do I need a pie? No.

Do I think our PTSA could purchase mini pies rather than large ones so that every staff member gets a pie? Yes.

That's awful. A raffle? Just get a pie to all or none to any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love pie, but I would prefer it come from a local bakery. I don’t trust people’s kitchens.

People are buying pies for teachers from Giant or Safeway. If I want one of those, I'll buy one. Give teachers gift cards instead.

A $10 gift card? Or a gift card for a specific place around town? Can you find $10 gift cards?

[Anonymous]

Do all 211 schools hand out pies to school faculty and staff?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the 9 years that my school has received pies from our PTSA, I’ve never received one. We do a raffle. Some people win every year. A few of us have never won. In fact, last year, I won a $25 bet with a colleague that I would not win the raffle.

Do I need a pie? No.

Do I think our PTSA could purchase mini pies rather than large ones so that every staff member gets a pie? Yes.

I never understood this and they rely on donated pies. Just do a desert bar or lunch for all the teachers.

[Anonymous]

I would rather a catered dinner the night of Parent/Teacher conferences (tomorrow for Wheaton) instead of a potluck and a pie.

But if we don’t get that, I’d take a pie