Thread about N9thing: 99 pages of Naught on the Wall (Page 81)

TheSchwamm - 2007-09-25 4:09 PM When i was in undergrad, i worked in an office on campus. i'd run errands for the professors, make photocopies of articles, send out mailings--just general office stuff. There was a guy in the office, E, who did a lot of the LaTeX setting, images, and graphic design for the professors. E's a great guy, always had something to say about everything. i graduated and got a job with another program on campus through one of the professors in the group, F. He likes to take care of his own, i guess. i've been here a little over six years, now, and a few months ago, i ran into E in the hallway here. i guess not too long after i'd left, E got cancer (mouth, i think. longtime smoker) and then retired. Except the money's running out, and so F is finding stuff for E to do over here, now. i just ran into E in the hallway again, and now he's using a walker. And i don't know what to say or do. i'm just so sad.