Over a week ago I walked into my job and in less than 5
hours was on the road headed to Jackson Mississippi to avoid an oncoming
hurricane. Let’s just say that I was less than pleased.
After arriving at Millsap’s College, a version of Tricia
that my colleagues had only guessed out came roaring forward. I marched 100+
students in a line to their new accommodations, assigned them rooms, gave them
meal cards, and info sheets in under 45 minutes. All with the help of some coaches.
You see I was not alone in this endeavor, and for that I am
ever grateful. I had my two coworkers, three police officers and four coaches.
The coaches were there to watch over the athletes who made up over half of our
group.
While I was enjoying sleeping in and roaming the campus, the
athletes had to practice. EVERYDAY.
The accommodations were sparse but better than what we
expected. Our contract with Millsap’s mentions cots in a gymnasium (NOT what I signed
up for like EVER!) Luckily for me and everyone else we were put in a closed
residence hall with beds for most everyone, and a room all to myself.
I can’t say I did much while at the college, I met up with
some colleagues in the field, watched endless episodes of How I Met Your Mother
on NetFlix, and every day at 8pm performed roll call.
However by Thursday night what seemed like a long week was
really only three short days, I was ready to GO HOME.
One instance in particular made me re-evaluate just how much
I was willing to do for this job.
You see SOME people lack all common sense, and when told
that they needed to evacuate, somehow managed to believe that this was a day
trip. Either that or this one kid owns nothing but the clothes on his back. We
will give this child, (and I don’t care how old he is after the way he acted he
is a child) the name of John.
John brought nothing with him but his laptop. So on the very
first night my awesome coworker ran to the nearest Wal-Mart and bought this
kid, sheets, blanket, towel, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, and a pillow. All
on his own dime because John didn’t have any money.
On Thursday night right before Roll Call, and thus “curfew”
a young man approached and asked for a ride to Wal-Mart as he had not brought a
blanket. I said sure after Roll Call.
After a fairly quick Roll Call, I and one of my staff
members (as I was not about to go ALONE with a stranger) go to head out. To my
surprise 6SIX6 people follow us out. Say WHAT!? This guy had told his friends
where he was going and they invited himself.
To my shock me telling them no was not enough to deter John
from getting into my car. That’s right he just up and GOT INTO MY CAR. Needless
to say I said from very unprofessional things, ranging from how rude, to an I
can’t believe this. Despite this terrifying outbreak, he stayed in the car with
some lame excuse about needing an ace bandage. After a very short trip to Wal-Mart
and back a few things dawned on me-> 1. He never bought that ace bandage,
and 2. He used his own money to buy cigarettes and soda. This the guy who had
been wearing the same clothes all week.
Ladies and Gentlemen, his actions still make me angry, and
still confound all of my coworkers.
Needless to say when Saturday rolled around I made sure that
those kids were on those busses in record time, less than 15 minutes.
Luckily for me John does not live in my hall, he lives
across campus as the private housing option. HWOOWHOOWOWOW
Also, as well, tambien this Hurricane managed to cancel a
trip my best friend was planning to come and visit me. L Oh well at least I got a lot
out of this Hurrication. Like a cold.
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