Friday, February 07, 2003
I will now proceed to tell the single event that ruined my day today. I had a test in science, that took me about 10 min. during lunch to finish. so after joyfully giving the papers to my teacher, i went on my jolly way to lunch. I caught up with my friends, who had also been taking the test, and we went to our lockers. As i have said before, my locker is in the 1 hundreds unit, near the office. Well, the 1 hundreds unit is also the hall that everyone hangs out in after they eat. It was still comparitivily(sp?) early so the hall was deserted still, except for a security lady. As my stupid hands were fumbling with my locker knob (the darn thing just wouldn't open!), the lady came over very fast, and said that we couldn't be in this hallway (no one can until about halfway through lunch) and that we had to leave Now. Well, my friends and i all clamored that we had a science test and we just came, but this lady ordered us off (while pointing towards the lunch room). I unfortunatly still hadn't managed to open my locker, and was desperatly twisting the knob, when the lady bent sideways, looked into my face and said, you need to go (none to gently). Here is where it gets absurd: A flash ran through my mind, telling me how hungry I would be if i couldn't get my lunch, and I said "but my lunch is in here." and to top off my humiliation, tears came into my eyes. She said "oh, well I'm going to stand here and watch you get it " at that moment, my locker opened, I grabbed my lunch, and departed on my way, desperatly blinking back tears. By the time i got to the end of the hallway, i was really really angry at myself for almost crying, and angry at that lady. I was fuming, and (sadly) spoke sharply to my friends, who were waiting for me at the pop machines. That put me in a mood for a full 5 minutes, and i didn't start laughing at myself until my friend spilled lemonade on my lunchbag and homework (that was due next period). After I laughed at myself for letting a little thing like that make my eyes water up, I could see that security lady's point of view, but i'm still inclined to be mad at her. And little or not, it still ruined my school day.
