At the Office Episode 4: Scooters!

A few moments ago, I was sitting in my new office trying to figure out what to do next to fill up my time. I brought a few books with me, and I'm intending to try to work on the website I'm designing for my cousin's business in a few minutes. I'm teaching myself how to use Dreamweaver as I go, so it's taking me a while. Anyway, this thought process was interrupted by one of the guys in my office, who walked in, saw me, and said, "Hey Ashley! What's goin' on?"

"Absolutely nothing!" I replied.

"Nothing at all, huh?" he walked to his cubicle, set his keys down, and then walked back towards the door he'd just entered through a moment earlier.

"Nope!" I yelled toward the doorway. "Did you have any work earlier this morning?"

"Nah, not a thing." It was then that I heard the sound of wheels rolling on tile. I was expecting him to come rolling through in an office chair because the guys do that quite frequently when work gets a little dull. I've seen them roll around the cubicles and back down the hallways and into my office . . . there may have actually been a race at one point or the other.

However, it would appear that I was incorrect because as I heard the wheels approaching, I turned and saw the guy coming toward me on a red scooter as he sped around the bullpen area toward my office door.

I couldn't stop laughing. "Where on earth did you find that? Was it in the office somewhere?"

"Nope! I brought it with me! There's a blue one, too!"

"You brought two scooters to work?"

"Yeah! A red one and a blue one! Ya want one? They're in the back office by the side door against the wall!"

Before I had a chance to answer, he turned on his red scooter and raced off to get me the blue one. He returned in a few seconds on his scooter and handed me the second one, then began circling the cubicles again.

I'm sure this sort of thing happens at everyone's workplace all the time.

I used to think having a job with not much work would be pretty dull, but since starting grad school, I've learned to appreciate dull moments.

I mean, after all, it's only when people think work is dull and boring that they bring in scooters to liven things up a bit.