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    Sleepin' away in my Stairwell

    The other day, I had a guest come to my desk and complain that there was someone sleeping in the stairwell. So I went to investigate. Sure enough...

    Me: *Gently nudge with foot* Get up.
    SC: (On his back, barefoot) *No response*
    Me: *Nudge again* C'mon you need to get up.
    SC: *Mumbles, opens eyes, turns to side, goes to go back to sleep*
    Me: You need to get up
    SC: *Looks at me* No speak Spanish?
    Me: [How do you say get up in Spanish, again. Ah screw it] You need to get up now.
    SC: (Finally on his feet) No speak Spanish?
    Me: Tiene un cuarto aqui? (Do you have quarters here?)
    SC: Si.
    Me: Donde? (Where?)
    SC: *Room number in Spanish*
    Me: Va. (Go?)

    I am so grateful that I took 4 years of Spanish in HS. Unfortunately, that was a dozen years ago.

    SC
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  • #2
    For a second there, I was not registering the "housing" meaning of "quarters." I was wondering why you were trying to bum change off some drunk in a stairwell.

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    • #3
      Quoth sirwired View Post
      For a second there, I was not registering the "housing" meaning of "quarters." I was wondering why you were trying to bum change off some drunk in a stairwell.
      I wasn't the only one!
      A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)

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      • #4
        Quoth bainsidhe View Post
        I wasn't the only one!
        I'll third that ...

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        • #5
          Me, too. :/
          "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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          • #6
            At least he left without too much of a fight.
            Customers should always be served . . . to the nearest great white.

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            • #7
              Good thing he didn't put up too much of a struggle and went away. But I can't imagine sleeping on the stairs would be good for your back.

              Slightly off-topic, but I think the word for "get up" is "despierta", but I might be wrong. My bachelor's degree was in Spanish.

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              • #8
                "Get up" in Spanish would be "Levantate."

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                • #9
                  If he had a room, why the heck was he sleeping in the stairwell? Don't know about anyone else, but I'd certainly prefer a bed (or even a couch) to a cramped, uncomfortable stairwell.
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                  • #10
                    I have friends that drink and others that take Ambien. Both will tell you of the many places they have woken up from having a little too much of either [or both].

                    That guy, however sounds like he was just blasted and wanted somewhere to sleep besides the sidewalk. Glad he vacated when you told him.

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