DC Cookie

Friday, November 03, 2006

Cojones

A girl can be nothing but blushfully flattered when a man is so fleetingly taken with her that after a handshake and a thank you he realizes he cannot let this be the last moment you converse. Despite the presence of 50 of her fellow recruits and colleagues lingering at the tail end of a private dinner, the upscale server throws caution to the wind and chases the girl down the block as she departs towards her car.

Server: "Cookie!"
Cookie: "Oh, hi. Shoot, did I forget something?"
Server: "No, no..." (catches his breath) "I wanted to see if you had a business card."
Cookie (surprised): "Okay. Sure, let me check..." (hands him card).
Server: "Thank you. I was hoping that you would be free to meet me for drinks sometime."
Cookie (uncomfortably blushing): "Oh, that's incredibly thoughtful! I'm so sorry, I'm actually engaged [artistic liberty, I will be soon enough] so drinks would be out of the question, but that's very kind of you and I'm sincerely flattered."
Server (awkward pause): "Yes, well, my brother is looking for a job, so perhaps I can e-mail you his resume?"
Cookie: "Okay! Please do." (Server returns to the restaurant).
Cookie (to the recruiting candidates watching the episode unfold): "Wow, yes, our waiter really did just ask me on a date...how hysterical?"

I must admit, that took a ridiculous volume of courage to race after me on the street like that. I wish more men in the world had those kind of cojones.

12 Comments:

  • At November 03, 2006 12:02 PM, Blogger I-66 said…

    "soon enough"?

     
  • At November 03, 2006 12:39 PM, Blogger Phil said…

    That move is akin to the reverse, the patron returning to the restaurant to ask out the waitress (as famously noted in Seinfeld and which I myself have successfully pulled off prior to said Seinfeld episode) - a more difficult maneuver in my opinion, but nonetheless daring.

    (in case you were wondering, I went out with her twice before she accepted a job with United Airlines and moved to Houston...or so she told me...still the gutsiest move I have ever made).

     
  • At November 03, 2006 2:31 PM, Blogger Drunken Chud said…

    that does take balls. and even bigger ones if you had a group of people with you.

    phil, i applaud thee. good move. however, i usually use my time tested line of, "hey babe, you, me, us?" you have to have the smarmy hand gestures and end it with a wink, but it works. though i have no proof that it works, since it has never worked for me. but the laws of probability are on my side.

     
  • At November 03, 2006 4:33 PM, Blogger Carrie Broadshoulders said…

    If he had been really ballsy he'd have looked at your hand and said any man who is engaged to you and hasn't given you a rock to match your beauty is not one you should waste your time with, handed you his card and then turned back and gone inside.

     
  • At November 03, 2006 5:34 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    why? so they can be lied to like you blatantly did? recruiting dinner! what a pain in the ass. if he was your server, you should have taken him out to drinks immediately for the ridiculous bullshit you and your 50 cube-mates just put him through.

    " ah yes, the name is under D-bag, party of 50, please".

     
  • At November 04, 2006 4:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I'm usually food shopping when I see these achingly beautiful kids, some of just luminous in their youthful bloom. I sometimes chat up the ones over the age of 20. Often as not it's a disappointing experience. You can tell that even the very polite, smart ones are thinking the stray thought 'Say gramps, what you want from me?'

    I don't think I've ever run down anyone though. I had a bud of mine who did that, and would up married to a tempestuous but seriously hot Spanish air hostess. He got her, and it probably ruined the better part of his next decade. A stunning success if you consider he was just a poor 'Jersey boy who had just dropped out of college.

    But yes, some gals have this certain effect on guys. And yes, the guys really should come across soon enough with something nice in case they miss their opportunity! Cheers, 'VJ'

     
  • At November 04, 2006 4:15 PM, Blogger KassyK said…

    Aww that is CUTE. :-)

     
  • At November 05, 2006 11:43 PM, Blogger roosh said…

    "I wish more men in the world had those kind of cojones."

    True, but this time he was met with rejection. There is a good chance he won't do it again. If you want to promote this type of behavior, you have to reward it!

     
  • At November 06, 2006 2:21 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I am not sure if you are aware of this, but your ego is so thinly veiled behind a very false modesty. It is painfully obvious to see. I have not "read you" in months, and yet nothing has at all changed here. Still writing about men who find you "captivating". Same for Namaste or whatever moniker it is she goes by these days. My God ladies, enough!It is hardly believable for one thing, and un-interesting for another. Being single is no crime, there is no need to invent school girl tales to over compensate for feelings of inadequacy. I am embarrassed for you.

     
  • At November 06, 2006 7:14 AM, Blogger DC Cookie said…

    My friend from Charlottesville,

    Sorry Namaste got under your skin so many months ago, but really, you should seriously consider letting go of your bitterness. It's just so completely unproductive.

    -Besos

     
  • At November 06, 2006 10:45 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    That's very flattering. The coolest thing like that that's happened to me is getting a phone number on my sandwich wrapper at a local deli. Random!

     
  • At November 06, 2006 12:27 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    To our "concerned" reader: Out of curiosity, what moves you to spend so much time perusing the blog world in the first place? If you are so mortally offended by what Cookie and I cast out there for banter, couldn't you come up with better ways to pass your time? I would caution you to point the finger at yourself, dear friend. If you are completely displeased by what you read, then devote your energy elsewhere.

    If I may go so far as to add my opinion (which is increasingly difficult not to do here), you are a shallow, one-dimensional thinker, who reads what he WANTS to read, and sees only what he WISHES to see. In terms of critical thinking with the ability to understand nuanced humor and sarcasm, you may want to work on this. Your self-induced myopia, my friend, is why you fail to understand that a blog is merely a slice of life. It's a forum, a place of banter, and a unique opportunity for one to express oneself however he or she may feel is reflective of the moment. I fear that you have always confused a blog with whole human being and somehow failed to grasp all of the intricacies that comes with daily life and personality. There is also such a thing as privacy. After all, as you and others have fondly taught me, there is a limit and a filter to what one will write, and this is completely justifiable. Frankly, you would not only fail to grasp who Cookie and I are in real life, but you are also not entitled to any of this information.

    If you don't understand this, then maybe it is best to move on. It's a waste of time to hate what you are fundamentally incapable of understanding. And if you do understand this, I encourage you to keep reading and thinking broadly, work on those critical reading skills that allow you to see the bigger picture (rather than what you think you see), get a sense of humour, and perhaps one day you won't be so turned off by people who actually enjoy their lives and their self-expression.

    Thank you for expressing your concern, and best of luck to you.

    Namaste

     

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