Emma
Definitely.
Jade
Oh boy.
Sara
Emma, you are both adults. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.
Emma
There is definitely something to be embarrassed about. My professor, who I have to stare at for several hours a week for the next ten weeks, knows what I taste like.
What I TASTE LIKE.
This is very disturbing.
Eventually, Jade and I coax Emma out of the room she’s hiding in so she can go home. I don’t blame her for freaking out.
I work for nearly another hour before my phone starts dinging again.
Emma
I pepper-sprayed him.
FML
Jade
What? How? I don’t . . .
EMMA. WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
Emma
I thought he was following me. I didn’t mean to pepper-spray him. It just happened.
Jade
Your pepper spray magically fell out of your purse and aimed itself at him and fired itself?
Emma
I got scared!
Sara
I think we need to video chat.
It takes much longer to talk Emma down this time. She’s having a shit day, which puts my day into perspective.
I’m being unproductive, and it’s frustrating me.
She pepper-sprayed someone who’s going to help determine whether she gets her degree or not.
When we convince her to calm down and go home, we hang up, and I get back to work.