Annoyed when *other* people do it

It’s about 10 after 1 on Thursday afternoon.  In theory, I’m supposed to be in my office until 1:30 anyway (doing office hours).  But about 2 weeks ago, I scheduled an appointment with another faculty member to discuss a contract issue she has.  I don’t know what the issue is (so even I were allowed to talk about it, I can’t anyway).  We were scheduled to meet at 1 pm. 

So this morning, I e-mailed to confirm the meeting and pick a meeting place, which we hadn’t done.  Guess what?  No response. 

It’s possible she’s resolved the situation and doesn’t need to discuss it with me.  It’s possible she just forgot about the meeting.  It’s possible she’s sitting in her office waiting for me right now and just didn’t check her e-mail.  My hunch is that she just forgot.

I forget a meeting every now and again, sure.  Just about everybody does.  So why is it so annoying when somebody else does it?

Three is the magic number

Congratulations to former MN Senator Norm Coleman for needing to hear only three times that he lost the election to Al Franken.  Although the vote was close, the recount showed again that he’d lost, as did two unequivocal court decisions rendering his legal arguments the bullshit they were all along.

Now that this is over, I hope Coleman has learned the essential lesson of this debacle.  SHUT UP!!!!  Get a job.  Get on with your life.  And leave all the rest of us, those who respect democracy and actually believe in the voices of voters, alone.  You can be as much of a scumbag as you like in your own private life.