Strains of an Amateur Musician

The strains of an amateur musician waft through the department door. Pat looks around….no…..this is still an office, not a concert hall. Who, pray tell, is disrupting Pat’s work environment? ‘Tis a traveling minstrel! Or in other words, it’s a pathetic college student that is desperate for attention and just because he owns a guitar he thinks that he is appealing and everyone within ear range must be subjected to his music….and so he continues in his quest to make himself obnoxiously heard.

Pat goes to the door and makes a point of glaring at the minstrel before pulling the office door closed. The office is closing five minutes early today and it is all his fault- Pat cannot take anymore. What’s worse about this student is that he is accomplishing his quest for attention and is flocked with young girls that romanticize his whiny voice. Although they are all college-aged and many could be classified as women, Pat would still use the term “girl” based on the immature manner in which they drool over this wanna-be and are so smitten with ridiculousness. They run their fingers through his hair and sway from side to side, eyes closed, as they relate to his lyrics about daydreams and clouds. Surely there must be drugs involved, Pat concludes.

Pat has the sudden urge to march out there, grab the little ladies by there ears and march them back home to their mothers while shouting to the lad, "You! Get out of hear!" His placement is inappropriate and he should be aware that he is obnoxious. Pat remains at the desk seething instead, trying to prevent making a scene.