"My professor had a stroke and is in critical condition" said Jewy
"Oh wow. What causes strokes?" I asked innocently
"It's a bunch of factors"
She pauses.
I roll my eyes. Doctors are sooo annoying. "Just give me a straight answer"
"You want me to break it down for you? Okay. Cerebrovascular accident something-something gibberish blood vessel clot burst. It's not just one thing. It's multifactorial. So if for example someone had hypertension balderdash gibberish different from aneurysm something something"
"Never mind"
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Over-achiever
"Oh my God! I bombed my first exam! I am so sad!"
Jewy came in from school wailing about her exam today.
"Eyaa pele." I said. "How bad was it?"
"I got X." She names a score that is an A-.
Pause. Errr...
"What was the average?"
"Y" She states a B- score
"Pschew"
Jewy came in from school wailing about her exam today.
"Eyaa pele." I said. "How bad was it?"
"I got X." She names a score that is an A-.
Pause. Errr...
"What was the average?"
"Y" She states a B- score
"Pschew"
The Marine
Ok yea there is a marine male man in my class that feels the need to share his thots aggressively every time Even the lecturers shudder at his wealth life experience(eyes rolling!). Then I get delusional enough to ask him to work with me on a group project. Looking shocked, he said with the deepest baritone " Oh yea Sure, we ll talk about it in class", slightly intimidated, I happily replied see ya!
Days later he practically erases me out of vision and I could swear he had never seen me before from his blank look. At this point I am so confused.
I tell it to Owumi and she pleasantly says "welcome to America" (helpful roommate).
Please I believe you guyz are more helpful and can tell me what may be going through this veteran's mind.
Days later he practically erases me out of vision and I could swear he had never seen me before from his blank look. At this point I am so confused.
I tell it to Owumi and she pleasantly says "welcome to America" (helpful roommate).
Please I believe you guyz are more helpful and can tell me what may be going through this veteran's mind.
America 101: Customer Service
I spent two hours and fifteen minutes on the phone with Customer Service. I daresay living in America is 50% dealing with customer service.
Soooo annoying.
Airline charged card for flight, but does not supply confirmation number. Bank says can not drop pending transaction unless Airline supplies merchant authorization code. Airline does not have merchant authorization code because charge did not go through on their end, and wants Bank approval code. Bank does not have an approval code because charge is still pending.
After calling each one back and forth, I finally got them to talk to each other on three-way. They must have a secret customer service people language, because finally some kind of code that showed up on both ends can now be used to send an authorization to drop off the charge. Airline started working on it, kept checking in with me every 5 minutes for 50 minutes and telling me to stay on hold... then my phone died.
My head hurts. That's all I can say.
Soooo annoying.
Airline charged card for flight, but does not supply confirmation number. Bank says can not drop pending transaction unless Airline supplies merchant authorization code. Airline does not have merchant authorization code because charge did not go through on their end, and wants Bank approval code. Bank does not have an approval code because charge is still pending.
After calling each one back and forth, I finally got them to talk to each other on three-way. They must have a secret customer service people language, because finally some kind of code that showed up on both ends can now be used to send an authorization to drop off the charge. Airline started working on it, kept checking in with me every 5 minutes for 50 minutes and telling me to stay on hold... then my phone died.
My head hurts. That's all I can say.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Polite Stinker
Can't believe I just got schooled by an eccentric TA. One minute she was commending me for great ideas , the next I get a mail telling me to indirectly to get my priorities right before time and not bother her with questions. I had to re-interpret the mail in Yoruba to get the real picture.
In my head: Oyinbo with tribal marks, clapping her hands and saying " e gbami lowo sesede, aye e ni mo wa ni? Jo kuro lori email fun mi, Nonsense!!"
Yes! I gave her tribal marks that made me feel so much better.
In my head: Oyinbo with tribal marks, clapping her hands and saying " e gbami lowo sesede, aye e ni mo wa ni? Jo kuro lori email fun mi, Nonsense!!"
Yes! I gave her tribal marks that made me feel so much better.
9.00am shopping
Jewy came into my room this morning to ask for my opinion on black winter boots.
I gave my opinion.
She proceeded to stay another 41 minutes browsing through shoes, her laptop on my leg and bed, talking to me while I tried to make it obvious I just wanted to be left alone before I had to go to class.
Make that 44 minutes. She's still here.
Introverts unite. Extroverts, aaargh.
I gave my opinion.
She proceeded to stay another 41 minutes browsing through shoes, her laptop on my leg and bed, talking to me while I tried to make it obvious I just wanted to be left alone before I had to go to class.
Make that 44 minutes. She's still here.
Introverts unite. Extroverts, aaargh.
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