Being told off as an adultWhen was the last time you were properly told off? You know: treated as an errant child rather than the sophisticated adult you are.
The sort of thing that dredges up an involuntary teenage mumble of "Sorry, Miss" whilst you stare at the ground.
Go on, tell us what childish thing you were up to when you got caught.
Oh, and can we have more than one-line answers this time? Cheers!
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chthonic, Thu 20 Sep 2007, 17:18)
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my signature is wrongI'm a new mature student at University College Dublin, and I was told off yesterday. Or, at least, someone tried to tell me off, but the years leading up to this, working for a large IT company, have left me with zero tolerance for bureaucratic bullshit.
Sequence of events:
- 1st Physics lab has a sign-in sheet, which I duly sign, next to my name in the column marked "signature"
- another bloke - prob. the course head - comes in to class, looks at the sign-in sheet, and calls out my name. The following (paraphrased) dialogue ensues:
"I can't accept this signature."
"Why not?"
"I can't read it."
"Eh?"
"I can't decipher your name from your signature."
"Well, it's my signature, next to my name."
"I need to read your name from the signature"
"Why? If you had a reference sample of my signature, you could match it."
"Well, I need to read your name, to see if it matches."
"Well, that's my signature. I can print my name if you like."
"No, I need to read your signature. This signature is wrong."
"How can my signature be wrong? It's my signature, and it's not going to change now."
Bloke wanders off, muttering to himself, and I printed my name alongside my signature. I suppose he's used to dealing with 1st year kiddies, still wet behind the ears, whose signatures are not yet fully formed. Well, I've had 20+ years for my signature to solidify in to its current form, and it's not about to change just because someone can't read my name from it. Twunt.
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bnt what, me worry?, Sat 22 Sep 2007, 15:29,
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