1L shunned after poorly timed question

Hans Olo, The Stool

As her civil procedure class wound down to the final minutes last Friday, Lisa Greico committed what many consider to be a terrible social blunder.

“Our prof asked if there were any questions before we broke for the weekend, and I was curious about [personal jurisdiction] so I asked. After class everyone was kind of saying things under their breath and looking at me. I don’t get it” said Greico.

Greico had fallen victim to the common “any last questions?” rhetorical question gaffe. “You just want to get the hell out of there,” 3L Justin Leeper told us. “Profs only ask that at the end of class because they feel like they have to. Anyone who actually asks a question a minute or two before the end of class on a Friday – or any day really – should be hit in the throat with a tack hammer.”

“The best thing to do if you have a question at the end of class is just go up and ask the prof after class is over,” 2L Leslie Carlisle said. “That way we don’t have to sit there and pretend to listen to the answer.”