*eyeroll*

[shadesong]

So. We have student workers. They answer the phone, and they're generally capable of handling 90% of the inquiries we get. So when I get a call, it's usually because the person actually really does need *me* in particular.

So. Phone rings. Andrew gets it. He rings me up - "It's Prof. S. for you." So okay. I pick up. Prof. S. says, "Hang on, Prof. L. needs you." Oookay. Don't know why Prof. L. couldn't dial the phone, but fine. Prof. L. says, "I'm in the lab, and we're having trouble with some students' passwords - can you transfer me to M.?" (M. being Chai-Fetching Sysadmin)

Okay.

So why did all of these people need to be involved? Why didn't Prof. L. just call, get Andrew, and get transferred to M.? Why am I The Answer for these people?

Comments

[suibhne-geilt.livejournal.com]

You're a victim of your own competence???

When I was assigned to the Special Warfare Center, some of the people regarded me as the "Answer Man". Whatever they asked me, I had an answer for. It may not have been the right one, but it always made sense in its own warped way.

- Eric

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I'm also the Goddess of the Machines. Seriously, machines like me, copy machines that jam for everyone else work for me... but people tend to translate this to all machines, asking me to help them with, jeez, shredders or cabinet locks (which don't count as machines in my opinion, but hey)...

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Ooooh do I get to be Assistant Goddess of the Machines? Or like, demi-goddess or something? The machines like me, too. People are always hollaring around here for Ro, the computer guru, or 'get Ro, she can always fix this copier'. ^_^ (Although the cabinet lock in the hallway can get stuck in an odd position --I don't know HOW someone manages it, but it gets locked oddly and we can't get it back open-- and we call *Anne* to fix it. Though I think I can do it now, having watched her fix it twice.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

One wonders if (1) L considers S an underling, to do L's dirty work, and (2) if L (in that same vein) didn't trust the studentdroid to get the transfer to M right?

It's not about you, Song, it's about elitist-prof's attitudes... one could ask why L simply didn't call M directly? (There are other kinds of profs than elitist... believe me, I used to work with two of them @gatech... one was an Aussie with a wicked twisted sense of humor, and the other an Atlantan born and raised (rare, that!) who enjoyed and often contributed same.... I miss those guys. May you find more like them.)

--
Rugby is a lower-class game played by gentlemen.
Football (soccer) is an upper-class game played by ruffians.
    -- quip from their colleague, who grew up in London...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

No, S has more seniority than L... *shrug* I dunno.

And yes, we've got some nifty profs as well. :)

[amokk]

maybe the professors see you as a competent individual who should be asked important things.

i'd take it as a compliment, even if it is annoying for such simple things.

[crimmycat.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

It's because you are The One!

*scampers off*

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Ah, but am I The One That Was, The One That Is, or The One That Will Be?