For those of you who don’t know, I work on Mississippi State Universities campus. I’m an affiliate of the university, not an actual faculty member, but I’m a recent college grad. My office is located in a dorm building called South Hall on campus. It’s a recently built building, so it’s really nice and our offices are on the 3rd floor. I don’t usually take the elevator, but I had this encounter and thought it might be fun to share some various encounters I may have on the elevator. I’m sure you can imagine that riding a freshman dorm elevator can be somewhat amusing from time to time. I’m not sure how many stories I’ll have after this, but I thought I’d go ahead and get the ball rolling with The elevator diaries, part 1!
Freshman Boy: So, you done with classes today?
Me: Um… no, actually, I work in this building on the 3rd floor
Freshman Boy: OH… wow… I’m really sorry.. I didn’t know.. {awkward moment}
Me: No, it’s fine. Thank you though!
Freshman Boy: Wow… that’s really embarrasing.
So {one} He had to have thought I was a freshman, I’m definitely 5 years older than that! {two} I took it as a compliment because even though I’m not that old yet and most people my age or striving to look older, I’m still happy to know that I look young so that when I am actually old, I will hopefully still look 5 years younger! and {three} I’m not sure why he felt so embarrased unless he realized that he was accidentally about to hit on someone 5 years older than him!
That’s a cute story! I’m 26 but nobody ever believes it haha. People always think I look 16/17 years old. It makes me angry now but when I’m older I’m sure I’ll appreciate it more 🙂