Teacher yelled at me.

Today, while working at my favorite school a teacher yelled at me for using the staff lounge on my lunch break. I’ve been subbing at this school off and on for going on 3 years now. She’s a new teacher who started at the beginning of this school year. This is how the conversation went:

Me: about to walk into lounge

Teacher: Umm that room is for staff only.

Me: I know, I’m on lunch and don’t have my own room today opens the door

Teacher: reaches around me and slams the door back shut I don’t know what you don’t understand about it being staff only. YOU. ARE. NOT. STAFF. SUBSTITUTES DO NOT COUNT!

I just stood there dumbfounded, I didn’t know what else to do so I just walked away and went straight to the principals office to tell her what happened. I have NEVER had any problems at this school, that’s why I applied for a full time position for next school year but this honestly shook me a bit. I go out of my way to be nice to EVERYONE at that school whether it be students, staff or the occasional parent I come across. I just don’t know how to feel about it.

Edit to add: Thank you to everyone who has commented, I am trying to read them now. I just got off work (second job) and was able to get back here.

To answer some questions:

The principal said she would watch the cameras and take care of it, I fully believe she will. Like I had said earlier, this is my favorite school and I’ve never had any problems with any staff members. They are all very friendly, usually. Yes, substitutes are allowed to use the lounges whenever they need. For those of you that don’t think this is real, unfortunately it is. If you look at the comments multiple people have shared similar stories. I am still going back tomorrow because I have a job to do and I’m not going to let one person ruin my day.

Edit again: I have posted an update