Thursday, August 16, 2007

What I'll miss the most

With just two days left "on the job" here are recaps of the two conversations I'll miss having the most as an academic in the work-a-day world...
Coworker: "So you're going to school?"
Me: "Yes"
Coworker: "So do you go to school at night?"
Me: "No. I'm done with my class work. I'm just researching and writing my thesis right now."
Coworker: "Oh."
1 week later
Coworker: "So do you go to school at night?"
Me: "No. I'm done with my class work. I'm just researching and writing my thesis right now."
1 week later
Coworker: "So do you go to school at night?"
Me: "Yes, I go to school at night."
Coworker: "Wow, you must be busy."
End Scene

Coworker: "Anthropology, eh."
Me: "Yup, Cultural Anthropology"
Coworker: "Do you ever watch Bones?"
Me: "Sometimes (I lie). She is a forensic Anthropologist. I study cultures."
Coworker: "Cultures? (pause) I thought that would be more like biology."
Me: "Not throat cultures, people's cultures."
Coworker: Oh.
End Scene

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