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Molnfo is a game that is
played constantly by the office
staff at Graham Memorial
Student Union.
Each one of the eleven
staff members has developed
a vast repertoire of responses
and actions that will meet
any situation that can occur.
To new members of the staff
the game is fascinating to
learn and they enjoy answer
ing the phones for several
weeks until they have master
ed the rules and actions, then
boredom sets in.
If by chance a member has
not properly learned the rudi
ments, and allows the insti
gator, the phone caller, to win
too many games; the staff
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member will be' forced to
quit for the demands of the
job will completely unnerve
him. An experienced hand
will not allow the instigator
to win a game, and will even
brutally attack one of the in
stigators and soundly, put him
down in an effort to relieve
his own irritations. The game
is played across the informa
tion phones, but much of what
is applicable to the phone sit
uation, is also pertinent to the
other services that a staff
member is required to per
form while on duty. It is
mostly notable across the
counter, but can be seen in
the distribution of the morn
ing papers and even when a
person is cleaning up the room
and is required to ask a per
son to keep his feet off the
furniture.
SITUATION: The office staff
member, white, is tired
from answering the phones
for several hours, the time
can be as much as three
hours on a Saturday.
A fraternity man, judged
. from background noises
welling from his brothers
and their dates playing a
social role of suavely get
ting drunk, phones and is
sues a directive, rather,
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What happens on a
when daf odills are coming out and it's too balmy
to stay in and study?
The sociology department solved this problem
Friday afternoon when the sociology faculty chal
lenged the graduate students to an informal game
of baseball combining crickett's two bases with
basesball tactics.
The green in front of Morehead Planetarium
resounded with a bevy of yells as faculty slugged
away with a yellow plastic bat at a yellow plastic
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barks an order.
White: The number of Susie
Slut, please. (The please is
entirely optional)
Black: Please, spell the last
last name. (The please is
entirely optional)
White: Hell . . . I don't
know, try schlut.
Black: Hold a moment, please.
PAUSE
Black: What was her first
name?
White: Susie, no wait, its
Martha Susan ...
Black: Hold a moment please.
Black: Two Cobb Terrace.
White: No I want her num
ber. Black: Hold a moment, please.
PAUSE . . . PAUSE
White: Emits a shrill-whistle
to gain attention unpreten
tiously, the tune could easi
ly be "Can't Wait to Get
My Hands on You."
Black: Just a moment, please.
Pause
Black: Ha 36-24-36.
White: Thank You.
Black: ???
Distinct Advantages
In the actual game situation,
White is rarely aware of his
distinct advantages. One al
ready mentioned is the jcb
position of Black, who with
just a slight error could con
ceivably lose his job. White
also doesn't realize that the
incident of the call itself, the
noise in the background and
even the asides that he yells
to his brothers at the party,
all combine to give him the
initial advantage the war of
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warm, early spring day
and grad students join
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nerves.
This missed opportunity gives
Black all the advantages .he
needs to make this a profit
able game for himself. If
White were to just omit the
optional 'please' of the intro
ductory . sentence, or leave it
in and just intone it deroga
tively, he could indicate a
good number of his true feel
ings. One such thought that
he might be expressing would
be that he really doesn't give
a damn about your help and
wouldn't even be calling if
there was any other way to
get the listings.
Since White doesn't usually
push home his advantage,
Black has the proper come
back to this type of attitude
of White, and by speaking the
phrase "Please spell the last
name.", White does indicate
to Black that he intends to
control this game and further
more, he will terminate the
conversation only when he,
Black, is good and ready. Of
course the tone of voice ond
the speed with which Black
speaks this phrase show his
true intentions, and these are
the two attributes Black must
have developed over the phone
during his apprenticeship
earlier. He coild also be say
ing on a less hidden meaning,
"I don't think that I would
understand the last name if I
was to have him repeat it,
he is too drunk for that or
it is too noisy at the party:
so I must have him spell it
for me."
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ball. Bases were a yellow legal pad and blue text
book. "Come on, Dr. Ellis, knock 'em home!" the
crowd standing around the green yelled.
The Denum shorts-clad scorekeeper sat cross
legged among the spectators. 4-1 for grad stu
dents. A little child wandered around the green tug
ging in a dog's leash, totally oblivious to the shouts
around here.
Spring is here and "Play ball!"
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in informal game of
Usual Response
The usual response made to
this is some form of an ag
gravated I dont know', which
when translated to the second
level of meaning comes out,
My God: What a stupid
!" But here Black
is on familiar ground . and
prompt request to have White
wait for a minute or so, fol
lowed with the asking for the
first name again, setting him
up for a slight provocation
with the confusion of names,
which can be immediately
undermined by asking him to
wait. Here is a definite case
of what I mentioned before,
the setting up. a leading of
the conversation by Black to
coerce White into making an
easily defeatable attack.
Blacks next bold the line is a
real blow to White who has
been accustomed to waiting
for a right good while before
being helped further. In seem
ingly switch . of pace Black
does not make him wait, how
ever, but deliberately gives
him the wrong information.
White is by now thoroughly
annoyed, and after a lengthier
pause, begins whistling or yell
ing, or blowing into the mouth
piece of the phone. This is
usually in pure annoyment,
often even in anger, which
is even further aggravated by
the brief pause and then the
final information.
White's curt thank you is
seldom acknowledged, or even
if it is, it is done cheerfully
enough to further irritate.
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Needless to say, black has
come out way ahead in this
game, often,, and surprisingly
to me, the whole deal going
unnoticed by some of the
white players.
Every Friday, Saturday
This particular game is play
ed approximately thirty times
every hour on Friday and
Saturday nights, with the
numbers dropping to as low
as one or two during the week.
With this frequency it is easy
to see why proficiency in
game playing is built up ond
why this could be unnerving
if you let it. I. feel that it is
obvious that the instigator,
Black, is taken in this game
exchange, and that it is usual
ly unnoticed by him. There are
several reasons for this, per
haps his degree of sobriety,
the skill of white in leading
conversation and in his con
trolled voice (gained from ob
servation of the "old pros"
that train the new workers),
and even the simple lack of
observation of White, per
haps by the lack of importance
of the phone call to White.
Skill of Operator
The many situations that
this game could include vary
ing with the skill of the opera
tor. Usually, only two people
are involved, but sometimes
on a long distance call, the
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commercial operator gets in
the game. The diversity of
this operator is interesting;
usually she helps Black keep
White from gettirg any neces
sary information until he is
good and frustrated. How
ever the operator may not
be in the mood for any shen
anigans, whereupon she will
attack the staff worker with
a series of responses that
could hinder his further em
ployment if he tries to count
er attack.
The basic issue of the game
for Black is to give the least
amount of information in the
most offensive way without
being outwardly rude. White
is then of course out to try
to pump information from
Black, but if Black has gained
the upper hand, there is little
that can be done except to
grin and bear it, for black
can control the tempo of the
game very easily.
. Force Play on Black
However, on the other hand,
if White should let on that
he is familiar with the game,
and if he says that he doesn't
want any part of it, then
Black can do nothing but
give the requested information
due to the nature of his job.
Black must show a certain
degree of hostility in all the
games and resentment at any
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There are suprisingly few ef
forts made by White at over
throwing Black within the
game structure. As will be '.
seen, they are all perfunctory,'
subconcious in all probability,
or perhaps as is even more."
often the case, they are al-,.
lowed by Black to White for'
the sole purpose of ego build.-;
ing. That is to say, Black";
sets White up, then cuts him
down. This of course gives
Black a marvelous psycholo-.
gical boost.
Perhaps the most obvious';
reasons for this game develop
ing have already been discus '
sed, i.e., the dislike of Black.
to be disturbed, and the sub-,
sequent irritation, in the of-'
fice, and of Blacks immediate ...
desire to get even. ;
For the desk worker, this'
superiority in the game psy
chologically helps him over-'
come a major loss in status,
for a working male in the uni
versity environment is looked
down on. v
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