On one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes George is on a date and is invited up to the womans apartment at 12:30 "for coffee." George turns her down because "I can't drink coffee late at night it keeps me up." He then bemoans his stupid move for the rest of the episode eventually saying "people this stupid shouldn't be allowed to live!" My favorite line and apply fits me at this point in time.
So I have this new job, a chauffeur for British Motor Coach, I get to drive people around the greater Seattle area. I have recently made my way up the ladder from the lowly van driver to driver of Rolls Royce's. So Friday night I had a small two hour gig at a wedding in a nearby town. I had to stand near the car for over an hour waiting on bride and groom to finish up. So while waiting I was able to start talking to some of the bridal party including several apparently single bridesmaids.
Then the moment I will never get back happened. There was one bridesmade in particular that was staring at me as she smoked. Eventually every one else walked away, we made small talk about the car. She said all of a sudden, "you look pretty good standing next to the car." Now she was technically slightly inebriated but I froze. She eventually made her way over to stand next to me and we kinda told life stories. It was all over before I knew it and I couldn't close. I did not get her phone number or imply that I felt the same way, which I most certainly did. Before long I stood there alone again watching her sachet her way across the dance floor to reunite with people that might actually show her the attention she wanted. I was left with a George Costanza moment where I hit myself viciously on the forehead for several minutes and wiped the tears away as I opened the car door for the bride.
"People this stupid shouldn't be allowed to live!"
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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You are too hard on yourself, mr. stupid
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