Miss Information

Miss Information is annoyed about...repair people

Recently there have been a number of service people at Miss Information's library and while she's grateful that they're working so hard to keep the dilapidated building from collapsing on her tiny delicate head, she wonders whether they intentionally pick the least convenient times to show up.

Just in the past couple of weeks, Miss Information has had her lunch disrupted on no less than 3 occasions and her lunch break is often the only part of the work day she enjoys. First there was the memorable day when the plumbers came and shut off the water to the entire building. Right at noon, of course. Now, this wouldn't be a problem if Miss Information worked in some civilized, friendly workplace where lunch hours were flexible but she doesn't. Everything here is run with military precision and if you can't wash your apple because there's no water, it's your own damn fault for not thinking ahead.

A couple of days later the elevator guys came. They work out of a little hole in the staff room floor and when they're servicing the elevator, access to the staff locker room is totally blocked. These guys have never appeared at 9 am or 2 pm. No. They only ever come in at break time. Mass starvation results. The UN is investigating.

One memorable lunch hour recently, Miss Information discovered a glazier bleeding profusely into the staff room sink. It made filling the kettle unbelievably awkward. Miss Information was asked to perform first aid, as she had had the most recent training. Unfortunately the training really only prepared her to say "ick" when confronted with an emergency situation. Luckily the man was able to complete his work without collapsing from blood loss and eventually left the building, but not before completely destroying Miss Information's appetite.

posted by Miss Information @ 11:00 PM