Thinking about it now, I guess there isn't anything I said that I should feel I need to take back, but I wonder if I would behave differently if I knew who my audience was...
Have a friend in town from Pittsburgh. Actually, I had never met her in person until yesterday. We worked together for about a year, talked on the phone daily, and got to know pretty much everything about each other. She finally came to town to do some training. Was great to finally meet her (Steph).
Work was not so great yesterday. As a matter of fact, about 400 people were let go, with another 500 scheduled for today; though I didn't hear the outcome on that one. Point is, it was was a really great day yesterday. Since most of the folks that were let go, saw it coming for a few weeks, they planned a happy hour at Bryant Lake Bowl. I went to provide my moral support and took Steph.
By the time we got there, most everyone was gone but there were a few people from my area that were still around. A couple I knew, including my girl Amy, and a couple I didn't...which is where my story comes in.
So this one very nice gentleman named Mike, starts talking about his upcoming trip to Maui. At which time, Amy and I say, "we love Maui, we just went a few months ago". To which he asked, "so did you swim naked in any waterfalls while you were there?" I promptly respond, "No, not waterfalls, but we did go skinny dipping in the Ocean late one night. As a matter of fact, one of our friends, stumbling in the dark, very drunk, fell down the cliff"
This sparked quite a conversation and before you knew it, we were talking about our naked adventure in the dark and I think he was giving us ideas of other naked adventures when we go back next time on our girls trip.
He was great fun. At the end of the night, I said, very nice to meet you, and off he went.
This morning on my way into the office, who do I see but Mike. Now, if you don't know this about me, I'm not very good with names.... so we chat on our way to our work area. I wish him well and that is that...
Later that day, I get a LinkedIn invitation from a project manager that used to be in our group. I didn't know him directly, but for some reason he thinks he knows me. Ok, great, I clicked accept. I go out and take a look at his profile, more specifically who his contacts are...
Well I see he has my boss on his contacts, or more specifically, THE boss on his contacts. A few layers up - it's a big company, everyone is an AVP, VP, or SVP - no really. I put no stock into the titles until you get to the SVP level, then I know you have some pull in the old boys network.
So, I click on the profile, to see what I can find about THE boss... Oh look, he has a picture...it's Mike from last night....
OH LOOK, IT's MIKE FROM LAST NIGHT
I start thinking, what the hell did I say? Well, it is what it is, and really could I be anything other than what I am? It did make me smile a little. No matter how you dress me up, you still can't take me out.
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My silly girl!! One thing I have always loved about you is that you are what you are! Don't ever change. XOXO!
Thanks honey. I knew I could always count on your support. I think one thing I left out of this was that Mike told us after we were done with our story, that his last visit to Maui with his wife, they tried to swim in as many waterfalls as they could naked.
After the first swim (with suits) it was messy getting in and out of the car; they took the road to Hanna. So they just decided to stay naked and do the rest that way, unless there were crowds. I suppose if I add that little tid-bit, it really isn't so bad I shared our details. Besides, it's not like I told him about the night we were actually successful in our attempt to climb down the cliff. Even if it was only for about 30 secs.
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