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May. 8th, 2002 02:19 pmToday I was supposed to guinea-pig for an hour. Had to skip class for it and everything. Was very nervous because it was a one-per experiment -- nothing so easy and low-anxiety as being one of two dozen people to fill out scantron surveys, but instead, just me and the experimenter and whatever torture has been devised. It's psych; they can do just about anything as long as they explain it afterwards. So, again, nervous. Very.
The experimenter never showed.
At first I was wondering whether this was part of the experiment -- the title was "Personality and Behavior", so maybe they wanted to see how people act when they're stood up for appointments...? Fifteen minutes past supposed starttime, I gave up. Luckily my psych instructor had office hours at that time, so I bopped on down, told him what the deal was, and he said he'd get me my credit slip, because even though I didn't actually do anything, I did show up. Rock on. All that worry for nothing.
So, having avoided taking part in a psych study, I slipped into the class that I'd been planning to skip. Was 20 minutes late, but figured that left 30, so I could get the hang of things.
About three minutes after I get there, instructor ends class. And turns us over to a couple sociology students. Who hand out a survey. So basically I got out of doing one study in order to do... a different study. Heh. This was just an anonymous survey on relationships, though, I didn't mind that. It just amused me that it worked out that way.
Rest of day was mostly uneventful. Mentally marked some more places for the asking of job applications. I really need to figure out my references so I can actually fill the apps out. I guess I might could use Becky... and, uh, my mom's boyfriend... and... hrm. Sometimes being nearly incapable of forming bonds with other people is a real drag, y'know?
Narf.
The experimenter never showed.
At first I was wondering whether this was part of the experiment -- the title was "Personality and Behavior", so maybe they wanted to see how people act when they're stood up for appointments...? Fifteen minutes past supposed starttime, I gave up. Luckily my psych instructor had office hours at that time, so I bopped on down, told him what the deal was, and he said he'd get me my credit slip, because even though I didn't actually do anything, I did show up. Rock on. All that worry for nothing.
So, having avoided taking part in a psych study, I slipped into the class that I'd been planning to skip. Was 20 minutes late, but figured that left 30, so I could get the hang of things.
About three minutes after I get there, instructor ends class. And turns us over to a couple sociology students. Who hand out a survey. So basically I got out of doing one study in order to do... a different study. Heh. This was just an anonymous survey on relationships, though, I didn't mind that. It just amused me that it worked out that way.
Rest of day was mostly uneventful. Mentally marked some more places for the asking of job applications. I really need to figure out my references so I can actually fill the apps out. I guess I might could use Becky... and, uh, my mom's boyfriend... and... hrm. Sometimes being nearly incapable of forming bonds with other people is a real drag, y'know?
Narf.
