Ok, so number 1: Im starving. To the point where im irritated. But anyway. Im reading the email sent to me about the blog, but i didn't read it thoroughly. Now I have a Blogger account that i will not use, but can't get rid of because i don't know to cancel it. I believe they make things like that difficult. It specifically stated that i should just fill in false information. (tantrum): i dont want to! I want to close it now!
Number 2: Never Let anyone take you away from a good thing. So after our training this past Friday, I attended an event held by the Public Administration department. The Durham County commissioner was there. (atleat i think that who it was) Anyway, they had many people from the community and various organizations talking about the plight of the community. It was a discussion about the issues and what can be done to counter them. It was very informative. It was also a chance to network.
So, I saw a few familiar faces, which was cool. And the new faces were people I was trying to become familiar with...I'm sitting there...taking in everything. Then I saw this lady get up and leave.
Now, this lady. For some reason, i have always had a bad vibe about her. Its something about the energy she brings...or maybe my energy and hers don't mix. But i have seen her around campus over the past few years in passing. We have never really spoke to one another. Which for me is strange because i tend to speak to everyone, or atleast try. And i know you should not base someone's personality on the way they look, because they may be having a bad day, but.....SHE ALWAYS LOOKS SO MEAN! Kind of intimidating. Like if i would go and say hi, which i have once before, she would just cut her eye at you. Now that I think about it...i had a class with her. Anyway.
So she leaves the room for like 15 minutes. Then comes back in. Before i continue, i have to say that there were close to 30 people in the room. Im all the way in the back at the other end of the table. Why did that same lady i don't know, nor does she know me, asks me to come outside really quick. Interrupting my learning. But i go outside. Then there is a Campus police officer outside waiting for me. So now im really wondering what the hell is going on.
The officer then asks me if he could talk to me for a second because he needs my assistance. Im like "sure." He then proceeds to tell me that he is in the MPA program and is having a problem with his accounting homework and wants to know if i can help him.
(WHAT?!) Im saying to myself, "you pulled me out of a meeting for this bull?!"..."this is your damn homework! I don't know you!" "Leave me alone!"
Keeping all of those comments to myself, I obliged him, thinking it won't be too long. Before i continue. The meeting started at 6pm and ended at 8pm. I got pulled out at 645. Im thinking "715 at the latest, i will be back" Then came 720...730...and im like "what the hell?!" and all that time was just on 1 word problem! His butt is taking online courses when he needs to be in the classroom. So im having to explain things to him like i was a tutor or a professor. Nevermind the fact that i haven't had a math class in like 6 years. I was always pretty good at math but i had to dig deep. Hence the headache.
But again the brother was humble and he looked like he needed help. So i stayed. However, i left my things in the conference room where the meeting was held, thinking i woulc be back. So i go back to the conference room to get my things. Everyone looking wholly satisfied with the information i was trying to saturate myself with. But Nooo...i couldn't do that because im being too nice. Ran into a cat from freshmen yr who showed up after i left and everything. But i could stay and talk to him because i had to go and continue to help dude downstairs. The cat that i ran into from back in the day was always a cool brother. We both were studious of Malcolm X. However he was the NOI Malcolm and i was the OAAU Malcolm. But anyway, he spoke of this tape that i let him borrow back in '03 (which he still has by the way...negating the fact that he was supposed to give it back to me...point 1: make sure you get your things back from people in a timely manner) However, the subject of the lecture was more along his speed than mine. So, him saying that that particular lecture opened his mind and to a point were it hasn't been closed since, i took it as a blessing. And i was thankful God put me in a position to do that.
But after we exchange contact info, i went back to help old dude out. Got back to the car and we were still working on that one problem. Then an APB came out on his radio. Someone's car died and they needed a jump. The officer had a portable jump box in his back seat. Im thinking: "this is my chance to get out of dodge. After the officer gets off the radio, he says: "they are just going to have to wait, because this (his homework) is more important." WHAT?!?!?! This cat is on the clock doing homework. Now, people do that, but a police officer?! Now i really stuck.
Now its about 830. (mind you, i started helping him out around 645) And i finally got him to understand the word problem. Thinking that its over, i get my things together and proceed to get out of the police car. Then he says: "And this 2nd word problem is killing me too" and im starting to say (to myself): "no, YOU'RE killing ME!" so then we started working on that one. Taking forever.
Then another APB comes out. Someone smashed a window and broke into a car like 100 yards away from the police vehicle that he and I were sitting in. Im thinking: "ok, he HAS to leave now."
This guy then gets out of his car...stands up and attempts to peer up the hill in the middle of the night to see if he sees anything. So now im really getting pissed off. Thats why campus police are damn near worthless. They don't want to do what they're supposed to do.
Finally, common sense sets in and he decides that its finally time to get back to his job that he was on the clock for while he was doing homework.
With all of that said. I should have just lied and said i couldn't help him. It would have saved me the headache...im getting one just thinking about it. Missed all that good information and only received a headache in return...
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