MBA2s are like second term Presidents: they get the dark circles under their eyes and start to make statements without any real meaning without any real conviction. I noticed this during a class discussion today when everybody and their dog was sharing their case groups' assumptions. My friend Mark brought us back on topic with the reminder that "we might assume that they'll find a pot of gold under the machine, it is completely arbitrary." Yes! Exactly! Let's stick to what we know for certain, let the professor profess, and then have break.
Speaking of break, what an odd thing it is. Some people - who fit a certain profile - take breaks whenever they like. 11:07? Perfect... they'll take 10 minutes, get up, walk out, come back with a croissant. Then, at the appointed break time, everybody does the same, and that same person will come in six minutes late with a soda or a muffin or apple pie ala mode. I think Sodexho has made our professors take breaks because that's the only way I see the cafe making any money. Two forty nine for a salad can't be profitable, but I bet selling seventy muffins and bottles of Fruitopia at $1.99 each in ten minutes is a pretty brisk business.
Thursday, January 18, 2007