Close, but Not Quite

I almost got fired this week.

Throughout this school year, I've been working as a tutor. Fall quarter, I was a biology tutor. Winter, it was math. This quarter, my time is being split between chemistry and math.

Many of the students I tutor in math prefer my methods to those of other tutors. No, Weevil, I haven't plied those methods yet. Anyhow, they tend to seek me out for help. This is fine with me, since I typically have very little to do when I'm on the clock for chemistry.

My supervisors are not so pleased with this. They want me to send theses students away from the "math-science study room," located in the "mathematics, physical science, computer science" building, toward the "business and social science" building across campus.

My response was something less than acquiescence. I informed them that I was not about to turn someone away if I have the knowledge and skills to help, and that I would likely continue to do so. If they had a problem with that, perhaps a different tutor would be better suited to their requirements.

Today, I received an entertaining email essentially backtracking on their failed attempt at coercion. They had no intention of suggesting I should refuse to help these students, blah blah, blah.

I guess they didn't expect any of their workstudy employees to have backbone. Well, I can be a noisy bastard when I want to be.