The Weirdo at the Door (fwd)

[Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>]

From: float@interport.net (void)
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: The Weirdo at the Door
Date: 4 Jun 1999 16:15:31 GMT

It has recently come to my attention that the guy who watches the door
at my new workplace, while nice enough, is extremely confused about many
things.

Yesterday, he stopped me on my way in to ask if computers and home
electronics were made mostly with aluminum.  I told him I thought he was
thinking of silicon, perhaps.  He asked me how aluminum was made, and I
said I thought it was mined -- whereas silicon comes from sand.

He asked if aluminum was made from copper, and I replied in the
negative, and repeated that I thought it was mined.

Later, as I passed by again, he informed me that it's made by adding an
alloy to silver.  Oh.

Today, he said that the coffee from the cart down the block is watered
down.  He knows 'cause he had a cup the other day, and it had him
running to the bathroom every five minutes.

It doesn't even register when I say, "no, you mean silicon", or "all coffee
does that" -- he might acknowledge my statement, but then he keeps on rattling
about whatever delusion he's on at the moment.

-- 
 Ben

"The world is conspiring in your favor."  -- de la Vega
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