Here I am, blogging on the clock. My coworker should be back from his break in eight minutes, so let's see what we can do.
On the third floor of Barnes & Noble @ Boston University, there are more novelty products and shiny folders and picture frames than you can imagine, even if you've been there. Along the perimeter of the ceiling are helpful quotes, like "When I paint the sea roars. The others splash about in the bath." - Dali. What great advice! Another quote that is, at present, obscured by sky blue and floral curtains, is a surprisingly sexist saying by Eleanor Roosevelt, something about how women are only strong in hot water. Forget you, female olympic athletes. Unless you're syncronized swimmers.
Anyway, a "customer" just came up to me, profoundly affected by something or other, and said, "You have the best floor to work on." I couldn't understand him, so he repeated it two more times. "Oh," I said, on alert, "yeah, I do." Something was going on with this one. "It is so calm," he said, "and you have inspirational quotes all around you!" (The New England proverb "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without," somehow leaves me uninspired.) I thanked the man for telling me these things, and he gave me a weird grin and said, "God bless." I have no doubt that he'll be waiting outside to kill us all when we live for the night, but oh well. Workers comp!
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