Mistaken identities

Window 1
Kate: Hey sweetie, what ended up happening with that assignment?
Dan: Oh, its back on now…
Kate: What!? Can’t that woman make up her mind?
Dan: Apparently not, lol.

Window 2
Scotty: Hey Dan!
Dan: Hey hey, how you?
Scotty: Good, so what’s going on with that assignment of yours?
Dan: It’s back on…

Window 1
[scott has been added to the conversation]

Dan: Over here Scotty!
Dan: Kate, meet Scott. Scott, meet Kate.
Kate: Hi Scott! Charmed.
Dan: I’m adding you both in together because you’re both asking me the same thing and I’m getting sick of repeating myself!
Scott: Returns from the abyss
Scott: Hi all?
Dan: Ok so yeh, it was cancelled on Sunday and then suddenly this morning she changes her mind and it’s back on. Can you believe it!?
Kate: Unbelievable.
Scott: So what questions are being asked?
Dan: “What happened to the assignment?”
Scott: Oh I see.
Kate: So let me get this straight… You get an assignment. It’s got two graphs, both based on a research study. You found the study and noticed the graphs didn’t match up. You questioned it online.
Dan: Yep, all correct so far.
Kate: And then she comes along and says “you can’t use the internet, googling is plagiarism!” and cancels the assignment. How am I doing?
Scott: Oh man, I hate it when that happens.
Kate: Yeh I know, totally fucks up your whole weekend!
Dan: So then I wrote a post saying I don’t think it’s fair to have the assignment cancelled because she wasn’t specific as to what we could and couldn’t read, I mean it said we had to relate it to studies in class and to our own reading, and anyway I’m offended she automatically thinks I’d plagiarise.
Kate: Bitch.
Dan: And then this morning she reinstates it… It’s like knee-jerk reaction after knee-jerk reaction!
Dan: Anyway, my legs have been really bad today too… my day went like this:
Dan: Wake up at 8:40 to my dad knocking on the door saying “you ready to go yet?” Me getting dressed at record speed and leaving at 8:47. Left lunch in fridge. Got to town 1 min after train left. Went to PO then baker’s delight for 2x cheese/olive rolls. Got train 9:30, went to Town Hall cos the walk from Town Hall station to the busses is less than from Central to busses because my legs were about to fall off. Got bus. Got to uni, found out assignment was reinstated. Really fascinating lecture on sign languages. Went to city. Got there at 1:20, my friend arrived 1:40 (meant to meet at 1:30... why no one can arrive on time is one of this life’s eternal mysteries, I mean two people and neither of us at the right time!)
Dan: Grabbed some lunch. Went to Hyde Park and sat and ate. Hobbled back to Museum station, hopped a train home, met Mum and Sister at the plaza, went iron shopping and I bought a set of flannel sheets for my bed (double flannelette $16.88). I wanted to look around more but Sister had the shits. Got home at 6.
Kate: What was Sister’s problem?


Window 2
Scotty: So why is it back on then?
Dan: Huh? I already told you!

Window 1
Dan: Hold on… which Scott is this?
Scott: Yes, I’m somewhat at a loss.
Dan: Scott from Melbourne?
Kate: Haha.
Scott: Nah, Adelaide Scott.
Dan: Right. Hold on.

[scotty has been has been added to the conversation]

Dan: Over here Scotty!
Kate: Lol
Dan: Right. Now we have Adelaide Scott, Melbourne Scotty and Kate... Sorry Scott, musta been confusing.
Scott: Just a little.
Scotty: Yes well…
Dan: Here’s what happened… Scotty and Kate were both asking about this assignment. And I added Scott, who I thought was Scotty, by accident. Then the three of us talked for ages, all the while ignorring Scotty who had no idea what was going on.
Scotty: Hang on for a second. Who’s here?
Dan: I got suspicious when Scotty asked me in a private window what happened and I was thinking “aren’t u reading the other window?” And then I realised.
Kate: Lol.
Dan: So here we all are… three people who only know each thru me :)

The moral of the story: Make sure you know the identity of those whom you invite into chat. Oh, and make sure you can read your lecturer’s mind to avoid stuff ups like my linguistics assignment.