Mysterious Teachers' Lounge/Playing With


 * Basic Trope: The teachers' lounge is a wonderful place for teachers to escape to.
 * Played Straight: The teachers' lounge has soothing music, soft couches, hottubs, etc.
 * Exaggerated: The teachers' lounge is a place of Crystal Spires and Togas.
 * Downplayed: The teachers' lounge isn't anything fancy, but it is designed to be a soothing place.
 * Justified: Teaching is a stressful job; they need a place to regain composure.
 * Subverted: The students expect the lounge to be a magical place, but it's an ordinary room with sofas, a little kitchenette area, and vending machines.
 * Double Subverted: But once the student leaves, a teacher presses some buttons on the vending machine, and a wall turns around to reveal a spa, a party room, a bar, or some other such great place.
 * Deconstructed: The school likely doesn't have the funding to pay for all these amenities. And even if it did, wouldn't it be better to pay the teachers a higher wage instead of just giving them Bread and Circuses?
 * Reconstructed: The school manages its budget so that it has the resources to provide teachers with a decent living wage, as well as a place of refuge from the stress of the workday...without compromising the quality of the students' education.
 * Parodied:
 * Lampshaded: "Off to the magical teachers' lounge! Wait, Did I Just Say That Out Loud??"
 * Averted: See "subverted"
 * There is no teachers' lounge.
 * Enforced: Rule of Funny
 * Invoked: One of the teachers proposes getting a hottub for teachers to use when the school gets some additional funding.
 * Defied: The hottub proposal is rejected, and the money is allocated towards providing more up-to-date books and learning materials for the students.
 * Discussed: "I wonder what really goes on in the teachers' lounge?"
 * Conversed: "Where do they get the money for that teachers' lounge, anyway?"
 * Played For Laughs: Almost always is.
 * Played For Drama: The school is suffering, but the teachers are too busy enjoying the spa to care...except for the Only Sane Man.