That’s The Only Reason It’s Dumb?

(My mom is a school nurse at a high school. Technically her job is to only deal with students’ medical issues, but every once in a while she gets some odd requests. Case in point…)

Student: “Do you have a charger? Any charger. Except the kind for a laptop. Not one of those. The kind for a cell phone or iPod?”

Mom/Nurse: “No. I don’t bring chargers to work. Don’t need them here.”

Student: *incredulously* “Really?! Are you sure?”

Mom/Nurse: “I’m sure I don’t have one. You shouldn’t be charging your cell phone at school anyway.”

Student: “Oh, it’s not for my phone! I need to charge my new light-up shoes! This one stopped working and it’s dumb that only one works.”