Teachers Share Their BIGGEST Pet Peeves

Teachers Off Duty

Bored Teachers

Comedy, Stand-up

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

There are things students do that just… slowly test every ounce of patience you have as a teacher.

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This week on Teachers Off Duty, the crew gets real about the everyday things students do that absolutely drive teachers up the wall. From body odor battles in middle school to the unpredictable chaos of kindergarten classrooms, nothing is off limits.

The hosts share hilarious and honest stories about classroom interruptions, confusing instructions, wild student behavior, and the little habits that somehow become the biggest pet peeves. They also dive into the differences between teaching age groups, from preschool to middle school, and why every level comes with its own unique challenges.

Through all the laughter, this episode highlights the reality of teaching, the patience it requires, and the deep love teachers have for their students… even when they're getting on every last nerve.

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0:00.0	The amount of time they're like, well my kid said they didn't see the instructions. Baby, I could have tattooed the instructions on my forehead and your kid still wouldn't say. For a kid to say, what are we supposed to be doing? It's crazy. Why just put them kids on the back of the milk cartons? I know. The kids rally together to go find the kidnap kid and they get kidnapped too. I guess that was the, what, the first Amber alert? Like, hey. I'd like to joke and say that we were Cinderella of the school because we weren't actually in the school. We were like in a portable outside of the school. So the school was on lockdown one time. We had no clue. Oh, bless. I'm bringing the kids outside, the security guards like, Miss he'll inside,
0:37.8	it's on, it's on, whoa, back, back, back, back.
0:39.3	My thing at the beginning of the year that I always told my parents, like, back to school night is I promise I will believe half of what your kids tell me if you believe half of what they tell you. I said, Susan, do you drink wine at 9 a.m.? Like, the amount of like deaths I've heard about or dogs that they don't have.
0:56.8	Oh, pregnancies.
0:57.6	I had a parent the other. Do you drink wine at 9 a.m.? Like, the amount of, like, deaths I've heard about, or dogs that they don't have.
0:56.8	Oh, pregnancies, I had a parent the other day.
0:58.9	I heard he's going to be, like, a big brother.
1:01.3	She's like, no.
1:19.0	Yeah. Hey, best friends.
1:20.8	Welcome to this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.
1:22.0	If you are new here, welcome.
1:23.4	I am honest teacher vibes.
1:25.0	Also, Brie breezy.
1:25.8	I don't know why I do.
1:27.4	It seems fun. ADHD medicine starts to dip a
1:28.9	little bit and I am joined by two amazing co-hosts man tell the people who you are
1:34.3	hey I'm out Brandon Hills you can find me at ATX Hills Austin's very own you're you a podcast
1:41.5	veteran yeah I love it here TLD veteran fan fan love it here. TLD veteran, fan, fam, fam.
1:46.0	Hey, tell us, tell the people who you are, new fam.
1:49.0	Uh, kindergarten teacher Josh King.
1:51.0	You can find me at Joshua Riles King.
1:54.0	It's not Joshua Lus King, but people do confuse it sometimes.
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