11 Unbelievably Accurate Pet Peeves from School PR Pros

I’m sure you know what you are doing, but as a former English teacher I just have to talk to you about the capitalization

— Brian Woodland, APR (@brian_woodland) August 27, 2020

School: “you never cover us”
Also the same school when we ask them what’s going on every week: “Nothing”

— Christine Paik (@ChristinePaik) August 27, 2020

#OxfordComma. Duh.

— Catherine Kedjidjian, APR (She/Her) (@cateked) August 27, 2020

Asking me to put my “spin” on it. I despise that word.

— Jill Filer (@jfiler) August 27, 2020

“You need to PR it” is definitely one…our work goes beyond public relations – we are strategic communicators, marketers, advertisers, storytellers, problem-solvers and so much more! pic.twitter.com/M27IDujagO

— Arianna Vazquez-Hdz, APR, CPC (@gareymu) August 27, 2020

Crises of our own making. Pandemic, fires, power shutoffs? Fine. Stupid crap we brought on ourselves? Not cool!

— Music Watson, APR (@musiccaab) August 27, 2020

“Just put it on the front page of the website”. No, the website is not a dumping ground.

— Andrew A. Hagen (@AndrewHagenWPS) August 27, 2020

Being told “you should tweet this…” 😐

— Erin McCann, CPC (@McErin2006) August 27, 2020

Being approached by parents at sports/activities telling me to “be sure to get some good photos of my kid.” When did I become Sears Portrait Studio? 📷

— Bob Satnan (@b_satnan) August 27, 2020

Wishing I’d been contacted when I see cool things shared on social media from teachers. There are so many 😎 stories to share daily that show the important work being done by teachers.

— George Sipple (@GeorgeSipple) August 27, 2020

Communicating to internal/external audiences using multiple platforms and on multiple occasions and when the time comes for something they say “well nobody told me” 😒

— Shane Haggerty (@shanehaggerty) August 27, 2020