written by
Jaron Summers
©2011
As you know we rent five rooms to mostly grad
students in our home in Edmonton.
The housemates decide who can move in.
We have one guy from OZ who is into computers and artificial intelligence.
Anyway, he was dead set
against any 19 year old fellow who wanted to live in our home. Dismissed
the guy and would not even have him in for an interview. All on the
basis of this guy's age.
Then he wrote me this:
BTW, given that
the only housemate who is a gal might be leaving in April, and the
rest of us have 1 year contracts, shouldn't we find a female for
the next tenant?
So I sent him back:
We are working on this. We almost had someone but I
know you don't want a 19 year old guy in the house. So obviously no
19 year old women, right? Sally will be twenty in a few months but I
said no, we just can't break "the rules" (your age rules) for her --
Here is her photo:
She's a grad student in artificial intelligence of
all things. Apparently she's the Scrabble champion of Sydney
where her father runs Toshiba's main plant. Her mother owns hotels
and casinos in Vegas.
Count on us to continue to respect your wishes banning immature
people in our home. We can't have undesirables.
cheers,
jaron
Not a word came back from the Oz guy. The
Swedish doctor wrote this to everyone:
Well guys,
Considering how desperate she looks, and she might be craving to live closer to the U of A, I think we might break the rule once for God sake, and help our sister in humanity!
As for me, I will be so generous to offer her my room all the month for FREE :)
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