This just happened not 10 minutes before typing this.
It's a busy but uneventful day here at the higher education center. We have two groups teaching their employees (defense contractors and big projects) here. This means that we're running 6 classrooms for one group and three computer labs for the other.
My job is to be the roving troubleshooter as well as the guy who sets up the rooms for these events. As I said, today was busy, but nothing more than the usual setups and troubleshooting for people who don't know how to connect their laptops to the overhead LCD projectors.
So I'm walking back to my office and I notice that someone was staring in my office at my desk. I pick up my pace a little bit and I catch up with her and ask if I can help her. After all, anyone looking in my office might be looking for me for help.
She fires off with "Where were you?" in a very harsh tone as if she were my mother and had told me to stay there or I'd get the spanking of my life.
I reply "I was helping the instructor in 126 setup his laptop. Is there anything I can do for you? Anything you need?"
She replied "No! There is nothing I need. But don't you think your place is in your office at your desk where someone can find you if they need you?"
Brain to mouth filter failed me at that point and I fired back with "I was at my desk in my office when the instructor in 126 needed me and came looking for me. Is there anything you need? Anything I can set up for you?"
"No, I'm not an instructor, I'm taking the class in 126."
Again the brain to mouth filter failed. "Then what are you complaining about? When your instructor needed me, I was where I was supposed to be. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be at my desk."
Dear God in Heaven what is it with some people? Why the hell can't they just worry about their own concerns and leave me the [smurf] alone?
It's a busy but uneventful day here at the higher education center. We have two groups teaching their employees (defense contractors and big projects) here. This means that we're running 6 classrooms for one group and three computer labs for the other.
My job is to be the roving troubleshooter as well as the guy who sets up the rooms for these events. As I said, today was busy, but nothing more than the usual setups and troubleshooting for people who don't know how to connect their laptops to the overhead LCD projectors.
So I'm walking back to my office and I notice that someone was staring in my office at my desk. I pick up my pace a little bit and I catch up with her and ask if I can help her. After all, anyone looking in my office might be looking for me for help.
She fires off with "Where were you?" in a very harsh tone as if she were my mother and had told me to stay there or I'd get the spanking of my life.
I reply "I was helping the instructor in 126 setup his laptop. Is there anything I can do for you? Anything you need?"
She replied "No! There is nothing I need. But don't you think your place is in your office at your desk where someone can find you if they need you?"
Brain to mouth filter failed me at that point and I fired back with "I was at my desk in my office when the instructor in 126 needed me and came looking for me. Is there anything you need? Anything I can set up for you?"
"No, I'm not an instructor, I'm taking the class in 126."
Again the brain to mouth filter failed. "Then what are you complaining about? When your instructor needed me, I was where I was supposed to be. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be at my desk."
Dear God in Heaven what is it with some people? Why the hell can't they just worry about their own concerns and leave me the [smurf] alone?
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