Yeah, I’m Back
Though I’m signing off here in a minute to make dinner.
Working the phones. Well, I got forty calls in, but no more. When I got there, the door was open, but nobody was at the desk. I walked in, said, “Hello?” several times, until this young woman came out of the back.
She was a volunteer (a PSU student), she had been there an hour, and she hadn’t seen the person who was supposed to be at the desk. There was a note taped on it that said, “Back in 15 minutes.” I never did see the person. Maybe he was abducted by space aliens.
The student had to go to class about thirty minutes after I got there, so I was alone. I did get one very entertaining woman on the phone, but I digress.
People kept coming in for bumperstickers, buttons, etc., and since I was the only one there, I had to keep getting up. All of them wanted to talk — particularly about Palin last night — and most commented on how hard the office was to find (it is).
So I left. The door locks when you close it. I’m going back in Tuesday. I hope there’s somebody actually staffing the office.
Mitch H.:
Hrm. Disturbing. I went in at 5:30 to get some calls in, and the door was still locked. Spent about an hour in town, checking to see if anyone was in at the College Republicans (no) and went home early. The guy who runs the office said on Weds. that he was going down to Altoona later in the week to arrange for McCain/Palin material instead of the straight McCain stuff in the office, maybe he was detained down there for some reason.
I guess I’ll try again tonight.
September 5, 2008, 10:01 am