I don’t think I’ve really written much in my diary about Photocopying Man, who does all the photocopying for us, and not a hell of a lot else. I guess he does our banking and posts our mail for us too, but I never really see him do it. He’s sort of the well built up quiet guy who looks like he’d deck you if you looked at him the wrong way.
Fortunately for me, I’m good mates with Photocopying Man. Today I was telling him of my current frustrations with my current job and how I applied for a job yesterday (see yesterday’s entry.. duh).
Me: Honestly, sometimes I just come home and feel like shit. It can be so frustrating here.
Photocopying Man: Ya know what I do when I’m frustrated?
Me: No.. what?
Photocopying Man: I go out and pick up a hooker.
That’s literally everyday idle chitchat for Photocopying Man. It sure is good being on his side though. You see, I recently ordered a video from the US, and needed to get it converted into the Australian video format. I took it to a place that does video conversion (and at a hefty price too, $30, plus sales tax). Anyway, Photocopying Man offered to go and pick up my video and the new duplicate on his way to the post office. I said to him to make sure, no matter what, that he picked up two videos (meaning my original video, and the duplicate).
Anyway, 20 minutes later, he came up to my desk with a satisfied grin on his face. He matter of factly dumped a bag on my desk, and inside I found my original tape, and not one but two duplicates. I asked him if he knew why I had two instead of one, and he said “Well, you said to make sure I picked up two copies didn’t you? I just had to have a nice, friendly chat with them, if you know what I mean. They were trying to only give me one copy”. I don’t know what the hell he said, but Photocopying Man can be scarey when he wants to, and now I have an extra copy of the video as well. I should probably give it to Photocopying Man.
Things I Wish I Could Say To People Who Ring Up The Uni I Work At #581:
Me: Hello, how can I help you?
Caller: Hi, could I have the library please?
Me: Well, you know, we kind of need it.