We join Pat once again in the department after hours....Pat has just closed the door. It is 6pm and Pat needs to finish up some work and then pack up and go home.
A knock sounds at the door.
Gasp! But Pat has closed the office!
Pat continues to pack up hoping that the student at the door will come to the inevitable conclusion that the door is closed and the lights are off- so the office must be closed. But no.....the student sees Pat through the window and decides to continue harassing.
Pat glances up with a look of annoyance. Having made eye contact, the student's hope is renewed. He knocks louder and longer and despite Pat's gesture to the clock, refuses to stop. Pat begins to grow concerned- obviously such persistence MUST be due to an emergency that only the assistant-secretary Pat can solve at this late hour, in this closed office. Pat opens the door.
The student is relieved and rushes through his demand, "Do you have a stapler I can borrow?"
But this isn't an emergency or any good reason to disturb Pat! "I'm sorry, no," Pat responds.
"Really? You don't?" The student stands in shock and dis-belief, not allowing Pat to close the door.
"No, I don't have a stapler for students' use," Pat is not Office Max.
The student is bewildered. Shouldn't the university be providing him with all of his school supplies?
The door closes in the student's face. He is forced to move along without his undeserved staples that he didn't pay for.
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