Getting my internet username and password: a 4 part play.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Scene I:
IT station in the Student Union.
Me: I need my username/password for the internet.
IT Guy: Sure, let me look that up.  Yep, your account was activated a week ago.  You should have gotten a letter.
Me: I didn't get a letter.
IT Guy: Oh, it looks like we never sent it.  We should have sent it, but we didn't.  Huh.
Me: So can I get it?
IT Guy: I can't get it.  You have to go to the main office.  Here is a map.  It's not so far, maybe a 30 minute walk.  They are open till noon tomorrow.

Scene II:
Open on me walking.  Quickly, for 45 minutes in -12 degree, snowy weather.  For a while I follow a dog carrying a large (probably 2.5 meter) branch in his mouth.  I can only imagine that he was doing some independent contracting for some beavers.  That's unrelated, but provides some comic relief.

Scene III:
"Central" IT department, which is not central to anything, except a bunch of Swedish forests.  The clock on the wall says 11:57, even though it is 11:35.
Me: I need my username and password for the internet.
IT Lady: Here you go.
Me: Thanks.

Scene IV:
Repeat Scene II in reverse, but without the dog.

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