This morning, when I came into my office, I saw a note on my desk, reading as follows:
Now, I haven’t told anyone around the department about this place (I’ve alluded to it, but always as “I got into a discussion yesterday…” or “a few of my friends say that…” or some such), and so far as I know, nobody here knows me as “Chronos”. This says one of two things: Either someone here (the network administrator?) is reading my e-mail, or there’s another Doper somewhere at Montana State University, about whom I do not know. Now, if the network admin were reading my mail, I don’t see why she would drop me a note to get me suspiscious, and I don’t think anyone else here would have access to my e-mail account, so I think I can eliminate the first possibility. So, out with it, guys, which one of you knows me IRL?
Chronos, mon ami, someone’s reading your e-mail. Welcome to the electronic age! So far as I know, you and I are the only two active posters from the Big Sky Country. There was a third (a girl) but I haven’t seen her around in quite a while.
iampunha, the profile for A Girl says that she’s in Orange County, California. I think that Jodi was merely saying that the third Montanan was female, not naming her.
I can accept the possibility that the admin is reading my mail, even though I’m nobody particularly special and there’s a couple hundred people on that mailserver (maybe she noticed that my volume of mail suddenly went up significantly, and decided to investigate. I dunno.). What I find puzzling is why, if she were reading my mail and thus found out about this place, would she leave me a note about it? Furthermore, the note specifically said “elected”, and it’s pretty clear to a person reading the e-mail exchange that this was not subject to a vote, even by the other moderators. They had some influence, but it’s Ed and Ed alone who makes the final decision.
Maybe I should have put this over in the “very vaguely creepy” thread…
This morning, there was another, similar note in my mailbox in the main office. According to Rose, one of the secretaries here, it came in via campus mail, meaning either someone is going way too far to cover their tracks, or it was sent from on-campus. It seems to be different handwriting and style from the first note, but it’s in cursive (the first one was in print), and they’re small enough samples that it’s hard to tell. Like the first, of course, it was unsigned.
It would seem that I have a secret admirer… I’m flattered, I suppose, but could you please tell me who you are, assuming you’re reading this?
Someone on this board knows someone who attends Montana State. The person sending the notes is merely a stooge, acting under the evil influence of one of your fellow dopers. That might account for the “election” snafu, since the hapless dogsbody may have misunderstood his/her instructions. (You just can’t get good help these days!)
So the culprit may not be a doper at all – just a foil in the hand of one of the twisted millions!
Don’t want to alarm you unduly but… I’d recommend check the brakes on your car - you don’t keep rabbits, do you ?..we could be talking a ‘Bunny Boiler’…
As a matter of fact, yes, JayLa. Who’s you’re father, if I may ask?
Uke and London, very funny, but I have neither house, nor booze, nor car. On the other hand, I did get a mysterious flat tire on my bike a couple of days ago…
And Coldfire, thanks for the advice, but I much prefer Doom II. Double-barreled shotgun, you know.
I actually did think of the third-party possibility, but that seems even more of a stretch than the other two. We then have:
[ul][li]Doper has an… interest… in me[/li][li]Doper also has a friend at MSU[/li][li]Friend is willing to go along with doper’s nonsensical (to a non-doper) instructions[/li][li]Doper knows of at least two ways to get ahold of me, despite not being at MSU[/li][li]Friend either doesn’t figure out or doesn’t care that this is getting kind of weird, after two notes delivered by separate methods[/ul]That’s a bit too much conspiracy for me to swallow, at least for now.[/li]
One other point of information I forgot to mention: The first note was apparently written with the red pen I keep at my desk (yes, I recognized the ink), on a folded piece of printout paper. This suggests to me that whoever wrote the note didn’t come prepared, but perhaps did it as an afterthought of sorts. I don’t think that the choice of red is significant; that pen is the handiest writing utensil on my desk.
Could it be that the person in question has access to the computer on your desk? (He or she apparently has access to other implements there.) That person might have even seen an open SDMB window over your shoulder and thereby gleaned certain information about your identity and status on the boards.
