Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Turn on the lights. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Turn on the lights. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

Turn on the lights.

The Type 75 in charge of the physical plant walks by me as if I were indistinguishable from some piece of classroom furniture.

He looks around my room and the room of my colleague without so much as an acknowledgment that we are standing there.

Naturally, I comment on this.

As if aware of our presence for the first time, the Type 75 asks if I notice the new lights that were installed