The Starbucks Diaries: Oddest Day Yet

The Starbucks Diaries

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Oddest Day Yet

Today was by far the oddest day at Starbucks that I've had yet...

Things started off as they always do. Walk in, set up the laptop, and then order something tasty. After sipping on my coffee a bit, I notice that there are guys conducting interviews as per usual. I've always been curious as to what company these guys are recruiting for, so as they begin to pack up I popped the question to a guy near me.

"What is it that you are interviewing for?"

Guy (yes, his name is Guy) looks at me and says, "Well, I'm actually recruiting."

The light bulb comes on over my head because, lets face it, I need a higher paying job. "Oh really? Pray tell."

So, that begins a 45 minute conversation between Guy and I about his company. It so happens that they are looking to expand the legal services market in Northern American and Canada. Europe has a system that is in place where legal services are just as important as buying insurance. Guy went on to explain a lot of things that made me start to really get excited about insurance sales again. He agreed that I started into a field that would be high in demand and, if I could keep loyal customers, would give me the life I always wanted.

Next thing I know he's taking down my information and I have an interview scheduled...

For tomorrow...

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Meanwhile, there is a guy who is obviously upset that we're taking up all the usable outlets for laptops. He keeps eying us and sighing impatiently. So, Guy collects his things and his son (who was very polite and patient). They smile and wish me a good evening. Impatient dude swoops in and takes the one free outlet to my left.

Patience is a virtue...unless your mother failed to teach you these things.

Jackass.

Here's the funny part though. Impatient dude sits down and gets situated. Then he starts watching Hobbit and I on our computers. We're totally geeking it up. We have cables all over, external drives hooked in, and we're talking geek. Impatient guy notices all the interesting things and pipes up from his cozy corner.

"Just a question if you don't mind."

Arching a brow, I motion for him to continue while trying not to act too annoyed with his previous display of retardedness.

"Are you guys running internet wirelessly?"

Hobbit chuckles and start rambling off techy jargon that he seemed to somewhat understand. Aside from his douchebag first impression, the guy was pretty damn fun to talk to. He learned a bit much about wireless internet and how to use cell phones to connect his laptop from any location, but it was awesome rambling like a geek.

So yeah, it was a weird day at Starbucks, but very enjoyable. And to top it all off, it seems that one of the ladies that works at Starbucks has a daughter named Diana. I scored mucho points at the 'Bucks today!

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