Oddjob

So throughout our stay at the wonderful Hostel Panda in Vienna we had multiple roomates, but the one that I will always remember was Farzob from Taijikistan. How we met Farzob (or as we called him Oddjob) is a very bizarre story which began the very first night we arrived. When we moved our stuff into the room we noticed that one bed in the center had someone sleeping so we tried to stay quiet... however little did we know this was to be a common trend in the life of our "sleepy" pal. The next morning we slept a little late (around 10am) and when we awoke the man was still wrapped up in his blankets asleep. Thinking nothing of this we left and when we returned that night he was still asleep (I guess it was a late 10pm...). The following morning he did not wake up when we did and we left again, but this time returned around 4pm to find him still asleep. We began laughing at how ridiculously long this man has been sleeping we really did not know what to think. However we sat in the kitchen and talked for awhile until suddenly he woke up and walked out into the kitchen to stare at us...

We were a little creeped out but we talked to him for abit... I mean he was no bigger than 5'0 and there was 4 of us what did we have to fear. He knew little English and could only mutter one line phrases such as; "What is your name", "Where are you from", "America the country of Dreams", and "I'm Doctor" were for the most part our conversation you could fill in the rest. He then surprised us by asking us if he could come along with us to the Mozart concert we were planning on going to that night... and well we said sure why not. He awkwardly followed us all the way to the theater hall and when the concert began... he low and behold fell asleep.

We woke him up after the show and walked back to the Hostel where he immediately dove back in his bed and went into his hibernation with his infamous words "I sleep here". Oddjob truly was an odd and sleepy little man. This was the last time we spoke to him as he stayed asleep for the rest of our stay in Vienna. I don't know what they do in Taijikistan, but apparently it involves a lot of sleeping.