Other administrators complained that the date was too late for the votes on their districts' budgets.

Parents, administrators and teachers have all long been complaining about the weight of backpacks.

It is "too complex, takes too much time, or requires too many resources," one administrator complained, another calling it a "very exhausting process."

Ms. Fryson said that when tenants call the administrator to complain, "it's like talking to the deaf; they put you on hold forever."

Some students react to the abuse by breaking the code of silence and telling their parents, who then call administrators to complain.

Many hospitals are experiencing financial difficulties, and administrators complain that there are not enough nurses and other health-care professionals in the job market to compensate for residents' reduced hours.

Students and administrators complain of the erosion in quality that stems from cutbacks in everything from maintenance to faculty hiring.

Some administrators complain that their schools cannot be lumped together and judged as a monolith.

Teachers and administrators, for example, have complained that despite the administration's commitment to school-based management, it is issuing orders with little warning and no input from school-level management.

As a British administrator in Palestine once complained, his date was 1947, but for the Jews it was 5707 and for the Arabs 1367.