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I give your life directions/ I make everything so clear

One of my most frequent duties here at work is to direct people to the Office of International Programs. It makes perfect sense that people would be confused between all of the "international" offices on campus. There's our office, which deals with non-UM-affiliated study abroad programs; the OIP, which handles all of UM's own study abroad programs; the International Center, which deals with the needs of international students coming into UM; and the International Institute, which is an academic unit comprised of the Area Studies departments.

Anyway, I think at least half of my interactions with visitors to the office consist of directing them to the OIP. I have developed a spiel:

"Just go down this hall, all the way to the end. Go through the door, across the lobby, through the other door... just go straight until you hit a wall and then turn left."

People who chuckle at me instructing them to hit a wall get Ten Imaginary Dollars. People who just nod and start off down the hall get Ten Imaginary Punches Upside The Head. The guy who I forgot to add the "and then turn left" to and who looked at me with confusion and sorrow because my directions ended in tragedy gets One Imaginary Look of Pity.

srah - Friday, 3 December 2004 - 9:56 AM
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