Ghost of Employment Future?

Ah, fall is in the air!

...for those of us who are still around to breath it in anyway...

Anyone living in a university town has likely noticed the students starting to file in and this, sadly, is my first September not being one of them. It's been 18 years since September meant back-to-school and it feels surreal not to be a part of it.

For the last few weeks I have been intently wishing that I was going back to university and today I got my wish and got to go back to university... but it wasn't really what I had in mind. You see, there was a dead cat near one of the university buildings and so off I went.

I pull up next to the cat, get out, and start filling out the card in case someone reports it missing (general stuff like location, colourings, estimated age, any tags, gender, etc).

Cue cute university boy to enter the scene.

He walks across the street, smiles, nods, starts with "Hey there" and continues on making general small talk. Initial thought: oh this oughta be good.

Not wanting to be rude I respond with a polite hello and mentally begin the countdown.

5...

He definitely has not noticed that I am standing beside a very dead cat.

4...

In fact, my right foot is no more than a 2-3 inches from what's left of body.

3...

As it turns out... I'm not even sure how this cat managed to make such a mess (or how he's managed to miss seeing it). The thing's body was sprawled out on the curb while it's intestines trailed out onto the street for about a foot and a half.

2...

...Head was completely smashed in, eyes popped out, brains... you get the picture...

1...

aaaaaand so did he.

After a mid-sentence casual glance to the ground he quickly trailed off as his eyes shot up in alarm as if to say "OMG THERE IS A DEAD CAT RIGHT BY YOUR FOOT!"

Then, in an instant, I watched the realization set in as his eyes darted between the cat (or what was left of it), the Humane Society van, and myself. His expression swiftly shifted as if to say "omg... you're here to PICK UP the cat...".

At that he turned around and walked away.

He never did finish his sentence.

Funny story: He's getting his degree from the same university that I have one of mine from.