Staff Room

So these notes were just descriptive: bizarre exchanges with customers, staff-room scenes, the service corridors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to a local newspaper account, a teacher from a village middle school said officials burst unannounced into the school at around 3pm one afternoon and started sifting through the ashtray and bins in the staff-room. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If anyone is serious about rooting you out, they will now mount a trans-national investigation by forming a “staff-room squad” whose sole purpose is to define who reacts in which way to certain key phrases from or about The Book. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Major hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo have been paralyzed by an eight-week strike by doctors and nurses, and teachers belonging to the militant Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) have engaged in "staff-room sit-ins" to press for large pay-hikes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

 On Monday, on her return to school, the gossip and speculation in the staff-room proved to be even worse thanSophie had feared. ❋ Cox, Maggie (2005)

Those dismissed included teachers who did not participate in the strikes that began last week, but took part in staff-room sit-ins, ❋ Unknown (2002)

Furious that hordes of lower-school kids were running for cover across the hallowed patch of grass outside the staff-room window, our headmaster, Mr. Charles, came outside to reprimand the entire playground. ❋ Mike Gayle (2000)

Finally they were left in the bare staff-room, looking at the debris of blankets and muddle left from the chaos. ❋ Lennox, Marion (1996)

The headmistress also came into the staff-room for the coffee. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1942)

‘Come into the staff-room and tell me, while I tidy my hair.’ ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1942)

“Hangs on by her eyebrows, poor devil,” I heard Colin say in the staff-room the other day; and I am certain he was talking about me. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- (1941)

In less than three minutes, however, Miss Ferris returned to the staff-room. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1939)

He took the staff-room stairs three at a time, going up, and five at a time coming down, and returned in a few moments with the required garments. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1939)

During what was left of the afternoon, therefore, Mrs. Bradley sat in the staff-room talking to Alceste Boyle. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1939)

“I should like to sit in the staff-room, if I may, and make out a few headings and sub-headings,” said Mrs. Bradley. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1939)

She was out of the room and half-way down the staff-room stairs before Miss Camden had a word to say. ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1939)

"We built it as a [conservatory] but it's turned into more of a greenhouse." "Got yourself a [Babestation Staff-Room] then have you?" Discussing potential new properties with the wife; "Do we really need an extra bedroom? I can see it getting used about as much as the kettle in the Babestation Staff-Room!" Buying a used-car; Dealer: "I can assure you it's only done 50 [thousand miles]!" Buyer: "I don't think so, it looks like it's been used more than the plug-socket in the Babestation Staff-Room!" ❋ Jamesn331 (2013)