Toni and I are very much interested in getting to know people. We want to know what they do, what they like/dislike, what they drive, who they are, what time the eat lunch, whether they are busy, etc. Some people call that "stalkers", but we don't ;-)
When Toni and I went to the Power & Light district together the first time, Toni spotted this good looking guy-- as we were walking down the stairs, he was walking up the stairs. So, we and him had a little moment. I told her that the guy worked at our company and also worked out at the gym. That was probably why he was looking at us for a second. She got all excited.
Toni and I have a pretty similar taste in men. It is good for us because we won't be fighting over a guy. If he plays on her team, she can have him. If he plays on my team, then, he's mine! If he plays on both teams, well... we haven't figured that one out yet. But I sure will keep you all posted once we figure it out. Hopefully, we won't encounter any of those.
After the incidence, we ran into him at the cafeteria a couple more times. He was as gorgeous during the day as at night-- very charming and stylish, which is very rare in Kansas City! I caught him checking out Toni and her "girls" several times ;-)
I saw him at the gym 3-4 times a week, but never really talked to him. I overheard him talking to someone one time and I made a conclusion that he was definitely straight-- sport talk, you know? So, I thought he would be a good match for Toni and my mission would be to set them up! ;-)
Everytime I saw him at the gym, when I got back to the office, I'd give Toni a gym report telling her what he did today... blah blah blah... since we didn't know his name, we called him "Pokemon" (yep, as in the Pokemon syndrome in my second blog of the year). Over a period of two months, I made very little progress in gaining more information about him. All I knew was what time he usually came to the gym on what days, what time he usually left the gym, what cafeteria he usually went to after the gym, and what direction he usually went after the cafeteria. Hello people, I couldn't just go say hi to him as if I was hitting on him! Toni and I (along with a few coworkers that knew) got frustrated with the situation.
One day, Toni and I were supposed to meet in a conference room to work on a report. Toni was running late. She looked panicked when she got to the room. She said, "Jack, I just saw Pokemon walking towards our building! Where do you think he's going?". I immediately thought he might be going to the convenient store on the first floor of our building. So I said, "I think we should take a little break and go to the convenient store!" We both looked at each other and immediately got up, ran to get our coats, and ran down stairs to the store! When we got to the store, the guy was coming out and sitting on the bench outside the store. I was pretty sure we looked panicked as we didn't know what to do. Being as smart as we were, we had to pretend it was a coincidence and that we were going to the store. As we were opening the door, Pokemon said, "Hey. How's it going? I've seen you at the gym!" Of course, I was in shock and probably shakey too! He then introduced himself to me and shook my hand. I introduced myself and was getting ready to introduce him to Toni. Well, I turned around and Toni had already gone inside the store! That was awkward. I told him I'd be right back. So, I went inside and told Toni to come out. Toni decided to buy a bag of sunflower seeds as a "snack" so he wouldn't think we were stalking him. I had never seen Toni eating sunflower seeds!
So, Toni came out. I introduced them to each other. We talked for a while. Toni blushed. Turned out, he wanted to be an auditor. He asked if he could come sit with us to see what we do. We said, "Oh sure. That wouldn't be a problem at all. Maybe we can add you to the IM so we can keep in touch?" Smooth, huh? He gave us his full name so we could add him to our IM.
Perfectly executed! So, we "stalked" him (so what?!), but were not very successful. Somehow, he came forward and introduced himself to us. Weird, huh? That was one incidence. I'll tell you about another incidence that happened to us this weekend in the next episode.
To be continued...
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