Written by Lynn the Thomas
Nowhere else is a red vest a symbol of such power, nowhere else does
it command such respect, nowhere else do people actually wear such
vests in public. Yes, I will admit, I may have gone a teeny bit power
happy during orientation week, particularly when I had both the
blackberry and a walkie talkie. It's not often that I'm in a position
to ask/tell someone to do something and they do it right away. Edcom
actually did what I asked them! Events ran smoothly, frosh had fun and
learned things but quite possibly the highlight of my week was when
this black and camo clad, chain wearing, non smiling, 6 ft plus guy
did what I asked him to. And in this case, I decidedly asked, I didn't
tell. I guess technically I was ranked higher during Orientation
Week, but I have a little secret: Edcom scare me and I did not want to
make him mad. So I asked nicely, and immediately he went off to do my
bidding. How I wish that happened more in my life.
But please don't get me wrong here; I didn't become FOC purely for the
power of the position. There were many other exciting things that
happened because of my FOCness and of course I loved them all equally
as well. But my favourites are as follows…
- I heard a million variations on the 'Lynn's off foc-ing', theme and
had to explain very carefully during co-op interviews (and to my
rather shocked parents) that FOC rhymes with dock and not other words
like luck.
- Leah and I spent over $100 in one shopping trip at Dollarama. It
doesn't sound all that great, but believe me, it was exhilarating. We
totally backed up the whole check-out process (they finally started
another cash register and about 10 people went through in the time we
took to buy our stuff) and amazed the guy who worked there with the
randomness of our selection.
- I got to hit things at Edcom smash. Hit things with a huge
sledgehammer (though they kept taking it away from me and giving me a
little crowbar instead). The most exciting one was an old
computer monitor and I highly recommend trying this at home (though
please complete a Risk Management Form before doing to ensure complete
and total safety and limited liability!).
I had about 5 minutes of free time the whole week, slept very little,
wore the same shirt for 5 days straight, constantly ran all over the
place grabbing last minute things, went way over the speed limit down
University Road trying to get some of those things back in time,
shouted frequently and had one of the best weeks of my life. A HUGE
thank you to everyone who was involved,
particularly the incredibly amazing Grebel frosh leaders and the
foc-tastic Leah and Dave. I can't wait to do it all again next year!
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