Annoyances

This post was from an older blog I had, but I thought I would share this with the world:
So, I have a little time to myself (amazingly), and I thought I would just write about some minor annoyances that occur on a daily basis around my office. Now, I have written several times in my original blog about the fact that everyone who stops by my office thinks that we not only know everything, but feel that it is their god given right to complain to me about everything and anything in the school, and think that I can do something about all of it. But, quite honestly, I would rather deal with that than these little things that occur like the constant slow drip of a Chinese Water Torture!
One of these annoying things revolves around the placement of my office. My office is right next to the open front desk area and has a large picture window that looks out into the hallway in the student union. Because of this, I call my office "The Fishbowl". I keep a bell at the front desk in case my student assistants are away, running errands and/or I am working diligently at my desk. However, I get two types of people who come up to the desk:
Type 1: People who feel the need to ring the bell until I am standing in front of them, and even then they must think I am deaf, retarded or both because they continue to ring the bell when I start speaking to them.
Type 2: People who must have been attacked by bells as children, because they will do anything and everything to get my attention, but won't even think about using the bell.
Quite honestly, I don't know which annoys me more, but I have to say that the people that fall into the second category amuse me more. Usually someone needing attention will just knock on my window, (which I do find more annoying than the persistent bell ringers), but quite often there will be a very passive person who will just stand on the other side of the window and stare into my office. (The first time this happened, it scared the shit out of me. I was writing a report and looked up and HOLY SHIT! SOMEONE WAS RIGHT THERE, LOOKING AT ME!) But now, I can usually see them on the corner of my eye. But do I jump right up to help them? Nah! I like to see how far they will go: Some will start shuffling books and papers and eventually start clearing their throats, in an effort to catch my attention, while other will start waving their arms and convulse in front of the window. It's simply amazing that people would rather do this than ring a bell, but it really adds a certain amount of spice to my day.
So, okay... the blank stares through my window aren't so annoying as much as they are entertaining, but sometimes I get these same blank expressions from my co-workers. You see, many of my co-workers have an amazing amount of faith in me - to the point that they think I know where everyone is at every second of the day! In their defense, some people tell me where they are going and/or when they will be back, but more often than not, my co-workers will just leave. However, it's not a complete mystery. We all have notice cards on our doors that give a vague idea of what we're doing: they will say things like "MEETING" or "OFF CAMPUS" or "LUNCH" or "GONE FOR THE DAY" or something like that. But these notices are never good enough for my co-workers. They like details. So, when my boss steps out, (as she did this morning), and leaves the note cards that simply states, "OFF CAMPUS", I am usually flooded with questions as to her whereabouts, but like the people who stare through my window, there is some entertainment value. One co-worker will walk into my boss' doorway, stand there for five or ten seconds, (as if to let in sink in that she is not there), and then walk to my office, (right across the hall), give me a really confused look, (as if they had just witnessed my boss evaporate into thin air) and ask, "Have you seen her?"
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