Shouldn’t Have Come Back
Posted by harlan on 14 Dec 2007 at 12:20 pm | Tagged as: talking to the void
I should have waited to come back to work today. I should have waited for Monday, when everybody is coming back. It wouldn’t have been so noticeable.
Here’s what happened. I saw Jane in the break room, getting some coffee. She asked me where I’ve been for most of this week, and I knew I couldn’t tell her that I’ve been in my bedroom for three days. Or was it four? I can’t remember.
I couldn’t even believe that she had noticed I was gone. I think maybe she must like me. That must be why.
So I had to make something up on the spot. I told her that I had been in Las Vegas.
Her: "What for?"
Me: "I like gambling." This was an idiotic thing to say, because I don’t know anything about gambling.
Her: "Really? I love poker. I play online all the time."
Me: "Yeah. I should try online poker sometime. It would be a lot cheaper than always flying to Vegas."
Her: "I’ve never been to Vegas."
Me: "Huh. I have to get back to work."
Is it possible she was hinting that she’d like to go to Vegas with me? That’s what it sounded like.
Probably not. If I had a better story ready, I could have used it to start talking about something interesting. Like I could have told her I went camping in Arizona or something.
Or I could have found out where she’s from and said I was there, visiting old friends.
I need to start learning to play poker, IMMEDIATELY.
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www.fatcyclist.com That’s also how I found your post… and I also went through and left some comments on old blogs. Pardon me for pointing this out, but your “No More Mr. Nice Guy” was hilarious (except for the fact that it caused you serious emotional distress) and put like that it makes me sound like a total jerk. I think I find it so funny because I can totally relate and the juxtaposition between your usual self and your response to the beautiful lady was so drastic it was humorous.
Wow, that’s cool. It sounds like you two are really starting to make a connection.
Research has proved that touching increases the connection between two people, so you should definitely make some an effort to touch her. Maybe make an excuse to shake her hand and then hold onto it a little longer than normal. Maybe give her a little neck massage, something like that.
Just be yourself and don’t clam up every time someone says ‘boo’ to you. If you can get past that, I think the rest will come naturally.
You sound a lot like this kid I knew back in high school. He never came out of his shell and for all I know he’s still pushing a mop around at Burger King.
Fatty rules!