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[active_apathy]

So, today was my first day of becoming a studenty type again. Whee!

And here are the challenges that faced me today...

We start with the merging of two unrelated concepts. The first is 7:43am, which I've heard of a few times but have seen little actual evidence of. The second is a bus. When you put them together, bad things happen - those bad things being that I'm sleepy and unimpressed for half the morning.

7:30/bus? OTP

Then, we come to my next puzzle for the day: A door that refuses to open. I try pushing on it. I try pulling it toward me. Someone inside has a shot at helping with it, but no dice. So, I find a way around and get inside.

About a minute later, someone else comes along and hey, presto, pulls the door open without any kind of problem.

Problem the third was that these people seem to think tea can be made in a foam cup. I'm fairly sure no further commentary is needed there.

And then things went well. There was an informationy-orientation-thingy, which must've been good because I remember there being lots of Powerpoint slides.

So, yey. Actual learning starts on Monday.

Comments

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

Any time before 8am is a terrible thing to see. *shudder*

Foam cups: I don't think they trust students will real cups/mugs, because they are breakable and cost money to replace, which means students will break them. I have no idea how many foam cups of coffee I got through as a student, but I suspect it may be a 4-figure number.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Coffee in foam isn't as bad.

Well... let me clarify. Properly-made coffee in foam isn't quite as bad as tea in foam.

I think that the faculty just refuses to provide real mugs because there's a very real chance that students may swipe them, condemning them to forever dwell on milk crate coffee tables.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big fan of tea in foam myself, but back in my coffee drinking student days I didn't really care about the container, as long as it contained the sweet sweet caffiene, the juice of life itself. Not that I had a caffiene problem...

Theft is a big proble with students. Back in my first year, the university owned bar (named Bar One) had a large number of two-pint glasses with "Stolen from Bar One" printed on the side. They stopped doing it because so many got stolen. Bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, really.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

That should be problem, not proble. My fingers seem to be having a bit of an off day.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Also, a student stole your 'm'.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

"Is that m supposed to be missing like that?"

"Bloody Students!"

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Milk crates are a *perfectly legitimate* form of furniture. And you can keep stuff in them, too!

We only got real mugs in honours year, and that's because we a) met in the lecturers' kitchen/common room, the cheapskates, and b) stole their mugs.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I used to have my caffeine supplied by cafes; I suspect this will again be the case. There's a much better chance at getting mugs, and a much lower chance of having to drink instant coffee.

Milk crates are perfectly legitimate furniture, yes. They're also cheap, mostly because they're stolen. :D