Peeve of the day

[shadesong]

Okay, they planned this building badly. There are three pavilions, right? West, East, and North. The offices in the west pavilion begin with W - W401, W402, etc. East pavilion? They begin with E. North pavilion, with N.

This doesn't seem like it should be difficult.

Also, you must understand that my desk is at the junction of east and west. So, if people are looking for E offices in the W pavilion, they can *see* that there's another hall of offices *right in front of them* as they ask, "Uhh, where's E410?" What's even more annoying is when they *know* what the E and W stand for, and will stand within inches of the beginning of E pavilion and ask "Where's East-410?" Well, duh, if this is W, and there are other offices right across the hall... maybe there?

Another favorite... "Where's the North pavilion?" Well, it's north, you dipshit. If that's east and this is west, and there's only one other hallway on this floor, where do you think north is?

The other complication arises from this: They've reused the numbering. Yes, there's a W402, E402, and N402. And half the students that come in here don't know which 402 they want. Not only that, but half of them don't even know their professor's name, so they can't look it up on the directory. Yes. There's a directory right next to me, and they still ask me what office Professor fill-in-the-blank is in.

I swear, this'd be a great job if not for the goddamn students... *sigh*

EDIT: Immediately after posting... "Umm, where's E412?"
And just now, as I typed that in: "Um, is 431 that way?" he says, pointing down the west hallway. "Which 431?" I ask. "E431", he replies, and I point east...

Comments

[amokk]

which way to south 666?

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