For about twenty seconds, Joe was pretty sure there was no way the new arrival in the staff room was going to make it to the nearest chair without dropping his papers, spilling his coffee, or both. When he did, Joe was hard pressed not to break into a round of much deserved applause.
"Right, right," Joe said, offering up a smile. Patrick had gone through a really fucking quick rundown of the other professors, but Joe hadn't retained much more than a slew of disconnected names the strong impression that a good portion of the staff was a little on the odd side. Which, hey, worked for Joe just fine.
"I'm Joe," he said, holding out a hand. "I mean, Professor Trohman, which still sounds weird as shit. And yeah, I'm the new Divination guy."