This morning I got into the office like I always do. I sat down, booted up my pc, waited five minutes and realized that it wasn’t going to reward me with my desktop, so I logged out and logged in again. It was at this point that I realized my newly purchased Carmex was still in the car.
As I was doing that, I remembered that some Security Updates from Microsoft had been downloaded yesterday at noon (Thanks guys that plan that stuff). I remembered because, as soon as the download finishes, Windows prompts you to reboot every ten minutes until you do.
But I don’t like shutting everything down and rebooting in the middle of the day. It takes a good 15 to 20 minutes. So instead I clicked the "Reboot Later" button exactly 31 times before I left for the day.
Anyway, after I rebooted I logged in and, since it was gonna take 15 minutes to get logged in completely, I grabbed my keys and headed out to retrieve my beloved Carmex.
When the elevator got to the lobby and the door opened, I started walking out into said lobby.
At the same time, the building’s day porter and some woman with a briefcase on wheels both decided to enter the elevator at the same time. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER!! Before I could get out!
This was a first for me. I’d never been menage a blocked in the elevator. My initial instinct was to kick one of them in the shins. However, the day porter knows me and she might replace the toilet seat covers with tiny punji sticks which would make my day unpleasant.
And the woman, well she might have been from the G iant S nowball K ompany and I think kicking someone from there might lead to me being classified as no longer "in good standing" and thus voiding certain compensation I am awaiting.
And thirdly, the thought of kicking them both in the shins simultaneously seemed appealing, but ultimately made me think I’d look like a midget trying to kick himself in the head .
“menage a blocked in the elevator” (BRILLIANT)…me either, but I’d certainly have to shin kick one of the two!
As a daily rider of your beloved MARTA (LOVED your recent post regarding The Yellow Situation, by the way) I must tell you, since they have decided to shut down all escaltor service, we are all forced to use the elevators. Never in my life have I seen such rudeness. Disregard for what is clearly a line. Pushing your way on before people can get off, it makes me insane. I have cussed at total strangers for the first time in many years and formed several stand-offs of my own —–next time….I am kicking them in the shins!
I don’t think I would have kicked them in the shins. But, I probably would have looked at them both and said, “What the FUCK?!?!”