Emily's class, along with North Glendale's FANTASTIC art teacher, Megan Boyer, created this painting for the NG Silent Auction using the kids' fingerprints:
I knew how excited Emily would be if we won the painting, so I went to work. Occasionally I'd cruise by the art table and try to seem uninterested in the paintings. When it was just down to a few minutes left, I got to work and started bidding.
It appeared that the bidding was between me and a dad. I made my last bid with about 20 seconds left. The dad came over and with time running out (they were counting out the last 10 seconds so he knew exactly how much time was left) he started writing down his bid. Time was called before he even finished writing his name much less that the dollar amount he was bidding.
He tried to finish his bid AFTER time was called.
If you know me, you know that I see things, such as rules and laws, in black and white and this was definitely wrong. So, I called him out on his cheating. I believe my words were "You can't do that. That's cheating." He shrugged his shoulders and just looked at me. So, I said "If you really want to cheat and win the painting, that's fine. Go ahead." and just looked at him. He walked away!
I was telling this to someone on Sunday and I got the impression that she wasn't surprised that he tried to cheat and was trying to win the painting.
Anyways, I told Paul that I wouldn't bid on the class picture next year to let someone else have a chance to win it. However, if this guy's kid is in Em's class again and tries to win it, I might just have to out of spite! :)
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