The iPhone catches a lie

No, closeted, I just want you to know this isn't to make you sit, salivate, and want an iPhone even more. This is just a recounting of events today.

My nicotine obsessed grad student had office hours today, as she does every Tuesday from 2-6p.m. Half of our class is not on campus on Tuesdays- myself included. I have had to talk to her about each assignment since instructions she had given were so vague. I was busy today- had to sub, then go to the bank, and to Office Depot for a IEEE-1394 cord. My school is a good 15 miles out of my way.

On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Mike wrote:

Dear Nicotine Addict,

In assignment 2, you commented I cannot write. Could you please tell me what I could have done differently in assignment 2? I have attached a copy.

Also, what exactly is the difference between assignment 2 and 3? The instructions are the same for both, and I can't seem to differentiate the difference between the two.

Thanks,

Mike

She writes this back minutes later:

On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Nicotine Addict wrote:

Mike do you have time to come by my office. you do not know how to write. please stop by and I will explain once again.

I e-mailed her and explained I was not on campus, but at work, could she please let me know, or could I meet with her later in the week. I ask her if we could meet after 12p.m. tomorrow. She said 12p.m. would be better.

Since her office hours are from 2-6 I decide to dash over to the campus. When I get there at 3:45, this is on the door:





I wait around, stare out the window, then go over to the library. I walk around all 4 levels looking for her after waiting 20 minutes at her door.

I finally email her and say:

Feb 24, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Mike wrote:

Hi,

It would work out best for me if we could meet at 12:00 tomorrow, Wednesday. Let me know if this will work.

Thanks,

Mike

Sent from my iPhone

I avoid saying anything negative, though I waited for 45 minutes and couldn't find her, and was on campus. In hindsight, I could have probably said that I was going to swing by the campus and could probably be there in _x_ minutes. I didn't think of that then.

On Feb 24, 2009, at 4:28PM Nicotine Addict wrote:

Sorry I cannot meet at 12. I am in a work shop. What other times are suitabled for you? I will be in only after 1:30 when the workshop ends.

Funny, she e-mailed me while I was standing outside of her door, yet she wasn't in her office, and she e-mailed me so quickly. I finally e-mailed her and said:

On Feb 24, 2009, at 4:30PM Mike wrote:

I am sitting outside your office- I can meet now.

Mike

Sent from my iPhone

A minute later she writes back:

On Feb 24, 2009, at 4:31 Nicotine Addict wrote:

I am sitting in my office. Come in!

I try to turn the knob on the door and it is locked. I knock. I knock harder. As I am fuming, walking away, she comes running up the stairs on the outside of the building with her Starbucks. And she told me I just need to elaborate in my writing and describe everything. Couldn't she have told me this in the e-mail? No. I felt so awkward being so blatant and telling her I was STANDING outside her door. I hate liars. I do love that I caught her in the lie, and I think she was embarrassed by it.