There are a lot of strange things about this particular student that I have both observed and heard stories about. I have heard that he showers, brushes his teeth and flosses here at the school in the mornings. I have heard (though not seen) that in the wintertime he wears a hat made from polar fleece that is shaped like a neon pink and green dinosaur. He wears shorts and sandals every day (even that week when the temperature outside did not get above -10 degrees outside). He is not a young man by years (he appears to be about 60) but if his garb is any indication his is a young man at heart. I do not know this man's name but, as Mach 1 observed, he is the Creed Bratton (from The Office) of our law school so I will call him Creed.
I had never had any interaction with Creed for my first semester plus of law school. My first contact with him ever came today. This week (and this entire semester) has been particularly busy for me so I was trying to squeeze in some study time while waiting for my 1:30 class to start. I standing facing the recycling bins with my book propped up on them reading when a friend of mine came over. "What are you doing?" he asked, incredulous that I was reading standing up facing garbage cans. After explaining that I was studying he asked "well why are you doing it here?" Before I could respond Creed (who was just passing by in the hall) yelled "that's his office!" then he laughed to himself and kept walking.
Honestly these kinds of interactions with people might be my favorite. People that, in passing, offer a single joke simply because it came to mind show a joy for life that has been drained out of the majority of law students and professionals. I sincerely hope that I can rely on Creed for this kind of day-brightening one liner in the future.
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