I work in a federal building in downtown Spokane. Recently I went to the General Services Administration office to get the key to a phone closet that houses a backup server that had crashed. There are two customer service counters in the office. Nobody was behind either one. The far counter had a sign next to a bell that said to ring the bell for customer service. A woman sitting at a computer in a cubicle behind the counter looked at me when I walked in and then went back to her computer screen. I could hear voices in the back so I assumed the person at the front desk had stepped into the back for something and would return shortly. After a minute passed I didn't think anyone was returning shortly. I looked at the woman who saw me come in and then I looked at the bell. I thought, "No, this is not going to happen. Someone is going to help me any second now." Another minute passed. Defeated, I walked over to the other counter and rang the bell. The woman behind the computer immediately jumped up, "Can I help you?" Pavlov must be in charge of their training.
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