Up the Down Staircase

A couple of weeks ago I wanted to attend a meeting which was being held in a different place than usual. The meeting was to be on the second floor of a Senior Independent/Ass't Living building. We were so happy that they permitted us to meet in a room on the second floor even though we were not residents. But we are Senior Citizens. (in my day people like us were referred to as "the old folks".

I wanted to play it safe and get there early. I entered the building through the main door and spotted an elevator and pressed the button to take me to the second floor. There I was greeted by a nice lady asking if she could help me. I told her about the meeting and she said, "Oh, that is on the other side of the building".

So I set out to walk to the other side of the second floor, but she stopped me and told me that

I had to go back to the first floor in order to get to the other side of the second floor. There are

no steps visible to a newcomer to this building, so I took an elevator down to the first floor.

There I was helped by another lady who guided me to a "hidden" elevator that would take me

to the second floor again, but this time I would end up on the right side, which was really the

left side of the building as you enter.

I found the meeting room with the help of this nice lady but no one was in the room, and the nice lady said "There is no meeting this morning."

I couldn't believe my ears! I knew there was a meeting scheduled. But then another person who came to attend the meeting appeared as if out of nowhere and said, "Yes, there will be a

meeting this morning"!

And there was....... attended by a group of confused "old folks".

I would love to get a look at the blueprints for this building.