Thursday, February 4, 2010

Mind your own...

Hello stranger,

I see you think that I've parked somewhere that I shouldn't have. I apparently look like a student but have clearly parked in a Faculty/Staff spot. You obviously think that this is an affront to all the hard work you've put in becoming a Faculty/Staff yourself, and therefore think that it is your place, nay, your duty, to make sure I know what horrible crime I commited.

So you shout out (in a very confrontational, holier-than-thou way), "Do you have a Faculty/Staff sticker on your car?"

Being polite, I just answer, "Yes," when really I should have said:

"Yes, I am a faculty member* here, so mind your own damn business!"

In the end, what does it get you? If you're right and I was not allowed to park there, just enjoy the fact that I will get a ticket (that's what I would do), and if you're worried that I wouldn't, call the parking office. They would be glad to give me a ticket. Oh wait, I was legally parked.

In any case, just mind your own business, and stop pretending like you're more important than you are.

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* Sure, I'm just a post-doc, but that's part of the faculty, and it says as much on my ID card, so it's true enough. Really I would have only said this to be bitchy, which I should be more often, as it is so cathartic.

by Topher at 11:48 AM |