The MOST Chaotic Sub Stories
Teachers Off Duty
Bored Teachers
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
From there, the conversation turns into a full-on roast session about getting older: random injuries, gray chin hairs, knees that file complaints the second you try to play Barbies, and the very real realization that your body is disrespectful on purpose. But the main event is the episode's theme: substitute teaching. The hosts break down the different types of subs (drill sergeant, timid, overly-friendly, retired teacher legend), the schools subs learn to avoid, and why a good sub should be treated like VIP because the entire system depends on them. And yes, there's an unforgettable story about a fourth grader delivering a roast so brutal it belongs on the comedy tour.
They also get real about teacher stress, using PTO without guilt, lesson plans that nobody actually follows, and why education has become so overwhelming that even "a normal day" can feel like chaos.
TIME STAMPS
- 0:00 – When Students Come Back With No Consequences
- 5:42 – Promoting the "Is It Friday Yet?" Comedy Tour
- 11:25 – Sunday Teacher Sweepstakes + Teacher Speakers
- 17:07 – The Reality of Substitute Teaching
- 22:49 – "I Subbed for 24 Hours and Quit"
- 28:32 – Why Fourth Grade Is Built Different
- 34:14 – When a Student Roasts the Substitute
- 39:57 – Schools Every Sub Refuses to Return To
- 45:39 – The Different Types of Substitute Teachers
- 51:21 – Lesson Plans, Burnout, and Teacher Shortages
- 57:04 – Internet Chaos, Kool-Aid Memories, and Teacher Life
- 1:02:46 – Final Thoughts + Follow the Podcast
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Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes
Jessica Hawk @MyTeacherFace
Albraden Hills @atxhills
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| 0:00.0 | My first day, the girl was going to tell me, |
| 0:03.0 | oh, not him. |
| 0:04.0 | I said, first off, I'm not him. You've just met me. Yeah, I'm like, I don't even know you. She was like, how are you broke, bald and ugly? I said, whoa. I would have been like, you might be talking about your day. She went for a trifecta. Just like there's a bunch of different types of teachers, and different types of substitute teachers. |
| 0:22.0 | And it'd be taking me out. |
| 0:24.6 | Yes. for a trifecta. Yeah. Just like there's a bunch of different types of teachers, there's a bunch of different types of substitute teachers. |
| 0:21.6 | And it'd be taking me out. Yeah, like they're sweet kids. You haven't even, like, figured out what their energy is yet. Like, you just came in automatically as soon. You watched a key and pill skit, you just knew it was gonna. I saw a sub-coming school in pajamas and I was like, ma'am, I ain't say nothing to it, but she had on, like, the tan-colored pajama set. Oh, so it looked like your legs? Yeah, it was like the equivalent of a man wearing great sweatpants to school. Oh, she would come over and say, what are you doing and what's going on? Or he would be like, what do you? And they said, no, we, she's going to collect this and read it. |
| 0:57.0 | We know her. |
| 0:58.0 | She's crazy. |
| 0:59.0 | Can we just get this done? |
| 1:01.0 | I didn't even think about this. Hey best friends. |
| 1:18.6 | Welcome to this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty. |
| 1:20.7 | If you do not know me and you're new here, I am honest teacher vibes and we're happy that you're joining us. |
| 1:25.4 | I am joined by my lovely co-hosts for the third |
| 1:27.7 | week in a row. Tell the people who you are. I'm Jessica, my teacher face. And I'm Al |
| 1:32.6 | Brandon Hills at ATX Hills. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, my people, we back again. The back again |
| 1:39.3 | made me think of when I send a student to the office and they come in, I'm back again. |
| 1:43.3 | Yes, she's back. Greg is just a consequence. |
| 1:45.4 | None. |
| 1:46.4 | All right. |
| 1:46.8 | That's like that Black Panther, Chimala, or whatever's name is, |
| 1:51.4 | from the Black Panther after he loses to. |
| 1:56.0 | From the journal book? |
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