Beep Beep Beep
I work in a cube in the back of an office building on SU's quad. I had a picture with my trademark red arrow but I can't find it.* So you'll just have guess which building it is.
I get to work about 7AM most days and today was no different. About 7:12AM I notice a scraggly looking student peering in the window near my rectangle. I try to duck out of view but alas it's too late and he notices me and though I pretend not to notice him moments later he's knocking on the door just outside my squared.
I go to the door and open it just enough to peer out. Everyone knows that a fully open door is an invitation where as a partially opened door states emphatically "WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW THAT YOU'VE BOTHERED ME?".
The gentlemen hands me a pager just like this one....
....and in broken english says something like "I found this outside the house and I know of no one else to place with". Those probably aren't the exact words but I do remember "house" and "place with". With that he's gone down the hall and I'm left holding a pager that I'm really hoping is wet with morning dew not what looks like Mountian Dew.
I stare at the pager for a moment noticing it is featureless save for the features of every other Motorola pager I've ever seen. Shrugging, I put it down on a counter and go back to whatever I was doing. About 5 minutes after 8:00AM the pager goes off. I'm really hoping there's a number to call but alas 11 isn't an exchange in Syracuse so I clear the message and put it down again. What follows is 7 more pages of 11, 22, 22, 12 and finally an 889-1207 which is also not a working number. Clearly the loser (of the pager, not Jerry Springer's typical guest) is looking for the thing. I suddenly realize that this is symbolic of a lot of relationships I've had. I want to help, I stand ready to be a friend with feet but am powerless due to a lack of information. Ill equipped to meet the defined need.
Eventually the loser put his telephone number in and we re-united them and yes I dried the pager off and washed my hands thoroughly.
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THE SECRET PHRASE IS ->>>* the arrow appears to come and go as it choses.
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