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March 02, 2005

Glad It Wasn't Me...

There are times when you're so embarrassed you just want to crawl into a hole and die. Then there are times when you're just so relieved the embarrassing moment didn't happen to you.

Luckily, today was one of those days when it wasn't me. My boss plays squash. I don't know anything about it except that it involves a racquet. Anyway, he had been in and out of his office all day, so I never really know if he's around or not. I went downstairs to check the mail. When I came back up, his office door was closed. I knew he had an appointment to play squash with another professor at 3, and since it was just a few minutes before 3, I'd figured he'd already gone to play. So I went on with my work, typing and filing and emailing and copying and reading. THe janitor came in and emptied the trash in the front area, then emptied my trash. After our visit (I always like to visit with her), she went into another professor's office (we're in pods, so there are 2 front sections and then 2 offices) and emptied her trash. THen she pulled out her keys and let herself into my boss's office.

Apparently he wasn't gone. I heard an, "OH! OH, my! I'm so sorry!" and then she shut the door quickly. It seems she had walked in on my boss while he was changing into his sweatsuit for squash. But it gets worse--the janitor said he was not only in between outfits...but he WAS PUTTING ON HIS CUP!!! Basically, the janitor got a full view of my professor while he was putting on his male protective equipment. AAACCKKK!

It easily could've been me--I have keys to his office and I go in and out quite a bit because of how closely we have to work together.

But to make it even more enjoyable (and mortifying for the janitor!), my boss saw her in the hall when he really did leave for his squash game. He called out to her, "Hey, next time I'll hang a note on the door when I'm naked, OK?"

I learned an important lesson today: always knock. I'm sure the janitor will!!

This picture just made me think of it because someone added shorts to the pedestrian...