Freaking DONE
unless I fail philosophy, heh.
And of course today had to remind me of the various ways in which URI can be annoying.
Might as well start at the beginning. I woke up early so I could finish my philosophy paper and edit the whole thing. Got it all done, no problem. There wasn't too much of a rush, since it only had to be in before 4, but I still wanted to get it squared away as quickly as possible.
So I guess it was around 12 when I got to campus. I returned my 13 library books, sold back the only 3 I wanted to get rid of ($12! not bad for 3 paperbacks :p) and then headed to my philosophy professor's office.
Now, I knew that the class's final was taking place, so I wasn't expecting him to be there. I figured there'd be an envelope or something in front of the door though, or something indicating that he was waiting for our papers. But there wasn't. I stood there for a second in front of the closed door, wondering if I should just slide it underneath. At that moment, a voice from the next room over called "Who are you looking for?" So I told her, noticing that she was his secretary, and said I was just there to drop off my paper.
"Oh," she said, "I think he's at your class' final right now!"
Well dur, I KNEW that, so I told her that he had written directly on the worksheet for our final paper that it was due at his office before 4 on 12/15. Today.
She seemed clueless about this, which started to make *me* a little worried. Was I supposed to have shown up at the final to hand it to him? The paper's in my lap right now, and it definitely says on the bottom: "R, 12/15 Final Papers due no later than 4pm at Dr. Johnson's office, Lippitt, 206." And that's where I was, so what was the problem?
She told me to just slide it under the door, so I did, but I do find it funny that he didn't tell her what to have students do if they stopped by to drop off their papers. I have a vague recollection that he said something during the last class about seeing us next week either to take the exam or to take our papers, so maybe he was ust expecting that we'd drop it off while he was there? I don't know, and I'm mildly stressing over it. At this point, I really just want to pass the class, even if it's a freaking C-. Damn though, I would never recommend this professor to anyone. he seems like a nice enough guy and he does know what he's talking about, but the way he ran this class was awful. Hmph.
Oh, but I forgot to mention what happened before I even parked my car. So I was driving through my usual parking lot, and since it's just an exam day, I turned down the row closest to the building's entrance, fguring my chance of finding a spot was good. Well, first thing I noticed as I made the turn was that the stupid parking services truck was parked down the other end of the row, just kind of sitting there. There wouldn't be any problems if I found a spot, so I kept driving.
Except there *wasn't* a spot, and now someone was behind me, having also turned down that row. As I kept driving forward, the parking services truck wasn't moving, and there wasn't enough room for me to fit my car between it and the first parked car so I could try the next row. Plus, with the car behind me, I couldn't just back out. And the thing is, the parking services people weren't even DOING anything; they were both sitting in the truck, looking back at me! As I kept getting closer and closer, I figured they MIGHT get the idea that they had to go somewhere since they were blocking my only way out-- but no! I was seriously only feet away from their truck and I guess that my gestures and yelling (with the windows up though :p) made them FINALLY get the hint. Grrr, what asses! And you know what they did? They just drove to the other, completely empty end of the parking lot and just sat there instead. Wow, that was difficult!
I have more to say of course, but that's enough for now. I have the screennames of several people from my class, maybe when one of them takes down their away message I'll ask what the deal was with the papers. Hopefully I didn't f up, but I showed you exactly what it says on the sheet; I was just following his directions.
And of course today had to remind me of the various ways in which URI can be annoying.
Might as well start at the beginning. I woke up early so I could finish my philosophy paper and edit the whole thing. Got it all done, no problem. There wasn't too much of a rush, since it only had to be in before 4, but I still wanted to get it squared away as quickly as possible.
So I guess it was around 12 when I got to campus. I returned my 13 library books, sold back the only 3 I wanted to get rid of ($12! not bad for 3 paperbacks :p) and then headed to my philosophy professor's office.
Now, I knew that the class's final was taking place, so I wasn't expecting him to be there. I figured there'd be an envelope or something in front of the door though, or something indicating that he was waiting for our papers. But there wasn't. I stood there for a second in front of the closed door, wondering if I should just slide it underneath. At that moment, a voice from the next room over called "Who are you looking for?" So I told her, noticing that she was his secretary, and said I was just there to drop off my paper.
"Oh," she said, "I think he's at your class' final right now!"
Well dur, I KNEW that, so I told her that he had written directly on the worksheet for our final paper that it was due at his office before 4 on 12/15. Today.
She seemed clueless about this, which started to make *me* a little worried. Was I supposed to have shown up at the final to hand it to him? The paper's in my lap right now, and it definitely says on the bottom: "R, 12/15 Final Papers due no later than 4pm at Dr. Johnson's office, Lippitt, 206." And that's where I was, so what was the problem?
She told me to just slide it under the door, so I did, but I do find it funny that he didn't tell her what to have students do if they stopped by to drop off their papers. I have a vague recollection that he said something during the last class about seeing us next week either to take the exam or to take our papers, so maybe he was ust expecting that we'd drop it off while he was there? I don't know, and I'm mildly stressing over it. At this point, I really just want to pass the class, even if it's a freaking C-. Damn though, I would never recommend this professor to anyone. he seems like a nice enough guy and he does know what he's talking about, but the way he ran this class was awful. Hmph.
Oh, but I forgot to mention what happened before I even parked my car. So I was driving through my usual parking lot, and since it's just an exam day, I turned down the row closest to the building's entrance, fguring my chance of finding a spot was good. Well, first thing I noticed as I made the turn was that the stupid parking services truck was parked down the other end of the row, just kind of sitting there. There wouldn't be any problems if I found a spot, so I kept driving.
Except there *wasn't* a spot, and now someone was behind me, having also turned down that row. As I kept driving forward, the parking services truck wasn't moving, and there wasn't enough room for me to fit my car between it and the first parked car so I could try the next row. Plus, with the car behind me, I couldn't just back out. And the thing is, the parking services people weren't even DOING anything; they were both sitting in the truck, looking back at me! As I kept getting closer and closer, I figured they MIGHT get the idea that they had to go somewhere since they were blocking my only way out-- but no! I was seriously only feet away from their truck and I guess that my gestures and yelling (with the windows up though :p) made them FINALLY get the hint. Grrr, what asses! And you know what they did? They just drove to the other, completely empty end of the parking lot and just sat there instead. Wow, that was difficult!
I have more to say of course, but that's enough for now. I have the screennames of several people from my class, maybe when one of them takes down their away message I'll ask what the deal was with the papers. Hopefully I didn't f up, but I showed you exactly what it says on the sheet; I was just following his directions.
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