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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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november 14, 2001 - 10:51 ayem
I was in the acm lounge just a while ago preparing my schedule for next year when I heard a knock at the door. I didnt answer, but moments afterwards the door opened and two cleaning personel entered.
"hi, " I said.
the two women said nothing. they looked confused to see me there.
"...do you need me to move?" I asked.
"huh?" the first woman replied.
just as confused as her friend, the second woman added, with a heavy accent, "we clean?"
"okay, sure," I said as I returned to my course listing. yet there was silence. I looked up to find them still looking at me, puzzled. "am I in the way?" I asked again.
they said nothing.
"do.. you.. need.. me.. to.. leave?"
"VACUUM," she responded emphatically, gesturing towards the floor.
upon this, of course, I gathered up my things and moved to the graders office.
the weird thing is, I feel kind of bad for some reason. as though I either should have tried harder to successfully communicate with them or not have tried at all. the way things stand, I cant help but feel they were pretty annoyed with me, and I really wasnt trying to get anybody mad at me this morning.
Posted by on 14 November 2001 at 10:51 AM
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