"I can bring veterans of the Central Military District." A Kaliningrad English teacher is threatened for waving the British flag.
At a school in Kaliningrad, a cleaning lady threatened English teacher Valeria Kuznetsova with "veterans of the SVO." The reason was the British flag the teacher had hung in her classroom as a teaching aid.
What was in the note?
A cleaning lady named Irina left a threatening note for the teacher:
"Dear Sir! You don't get it the first time? I can bring some SVO veterans!!! They'll explain to you in layman's terms what a study guide should be like."
The conflict over flags is repeated
Valeria Kuznetsova noted that this isn't the first conflict with Irina. Last time, the cleaning lady similarly removed the flags of not only Great Britain but also Canada, Australia, and the United States from her office. At the time, she explained her actions by saying that she was "the mother of a veteran of the Soviet Military District" and that "the children will only study under the Russian flag."
After speaking with the school principal, the cleaning lady returned the flags. However, the English teacher no longer had any desire to hang them up again.
How users reacted
In the comments, most users supported Valeria Kuznetsova. They advised her to hang a portrait of Vladimir Putin's meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. Some also suggested reminding the cleaning lady of her job description, which does not include changing the classroom's decor.
"I have flags of the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK hanging in my office. Irina, the cleaning lady, would shoot me. There are also posters of Paris, New York, and London," "I'd report her to the police for using the SVO in vain. Let them sort it out," "Hang whatever you want in your apartment. It's the flag of another country—its symbol. If you'd hung your country's flag higher and the British flag lower, it would have been somehow understandable. It's a government agency, so why make such a priority?" they write in the comments.
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