Academia sometimes draws absolutely ridiculous people. That being said, you have NO IDEA just how crazy that professor's life could be outside the classroom. They seem a little haggard or distant on a particular day? Hopefully it's not like the one dude we read about in this list, who had his family being held hostage. Want a bit of a lighter read? Check out some of the most ridiculous questions students have asked their teachers over here.

Text - Nightxp 22h Research fellow at University of Exeter (UK) here, we recently had all our office bins removed as part of a new policy to try and improve recycling. Got lots of mass E-mails replying with tons of sass and annoyance. One professor just replied "What next! Do you expect us to drive to the local skip!?" Tbh it just reall

Academia sometimes draws absolutely ridiculous people. That being said, you have NO IDEA just how crazy that professor's life could be outside the classroom. They seem a little haggard or distant on a particular day? Hopefully it's not like the one dude we read about in this list, who had his family being held hostage. Want a bit of a lighter read? Check out some of the most ridiculous questions students have asked their teachers over here.

Text - Nightxp 22h Research fellow at University of Exeter (UK) here, we recently had all our office bins removed as part of a new policy to try and improve recycling. Got lots of mass E-mails replying with tons of sass and annoyance. One professor just replied "What next! Do you expect us to drive to the local skip!?" Tbh it just really annoying not having a bin in shared office. The worst part is now everyone brings in their own plastic bags to use as a temporary bin for the day and then we enmore...