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Monday, March 29, 2004

 Aeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

*pulls hair*

Who's a dumbass? Who. Is. A. Fucking. Dumbass. Okay, you're looking at ONE of them. And I'd have to say, it wasn't entirely our fault. *kicks VanWilder*

Got to work this morning, thought we'd have an easy day because TeamBitch is taking all of today to come back home and everyone else we normally deal with is in Atlanta for a national training seminar. J and I knew we were going to Long Island to drop something off at one of our outsource houses. No problemo. We got the directions and everything off mapquest and were ready to go. Ran into R, asked if he wanted to join us. Okay. Good. The three of us, on our way to LI. Cool. No problems.

Except... you knew there would be. The exit we needed on the highway was closed and there were NO detour signs, and we ended up on the Turnpike. Then instead of crossing over at the Lincoln Tunnel, we trekked all the way up to the GWB. Okay, no biggie. We can work with that. Except... the directions on mapquest doesn't even mention any Hudson River crossings. D'oh! Got to midtown Manhattan and couldn't find the LIE, because really... who in their right mind actually wants to go to LI unless they live there. Went the wrong way, turned around, finally found the Midtown Tunnel to get to the LIE. Luckily, J was driving, and let me tell you... Louisiana drivers are truly something. Her big thing was giving a cute little giggle and a "I'm not from around here!" and then ZOOM! cut across three lanes to get to the exit at the last second. Heh. I was fearing for my life, yo. Finally got all the way to LI, and were very excited because VanWilder had constantly gushed about "these guys" who lived in these "great million dollar houses" and "worked out of their garage." Okay... except when we finally found the place... it was CRAP! To be fair, all it really needed was a new coat of paint and maybe some landscaping, but it really wasn't much to be impressed by. Carried the heavy Something to the door, waited... and....

Him: "Oh.... you brought it to the wrong place. Our lab is actually in Jersey."

............... ????????? *stare, stare, stare, body language, telepathic swearing, stare stare stare* ??????? .................

Us: "What?"

When we told him VanWilder had sent us, he didn't seem TOO shocked that we ended up at the wrong place. OR that it took us 3 hours to get there. ARGH! Hey, we get that VanWilder might have been distracted, but seriously.... Anyway, the guy took the stuff from us and we started to go back to work. Except curiosity got the better of us, and we somehow NEEDED to see this "gorgeous, wonderful, spectacular, million dollar house" and ended up trying to find the real place. In Jersey. And... ok... the only thing that was expensive about this place? The property taxes. We were so not impressed. Looked just like any ol' upper-middle class suburb. Not even a McMansion in sight. Hrmph. Also... their garage needed paint, too. Heh.

The thing is... VanWilder had given J a printout of an email. On the email was a handwritten note to bring the Stuff to So-And-So. There was a photocopy of So-And-So's business card, with the LI addy listed on it. The second page, which no one looked at because it was the second freaking page... had a quick hand-drawn map, and in tiny letters, a NJ address. Now... when VanWilder handed the email to J, he didn't tell her which address to go to. Also, she spent all of Thursday telling people -- people who have gone to said company, including VanWilder and FlyersBoss -- that she was going to LI on Monday. Everyone said they heard, and no one corrected her. So why would we think our trip to LI would actually be a detour to the right place? The real place actually wasn't too far from work, and what should have been a 3 hour trip max, turned into a SEVEN hour trip around the NJ/NY/LI area.

So, yeah... we were dumbasses, but you know, we're just freaking ameoba interns and it wasn't entirely our faults. We finally stopped at a nearby mall to grab some lunch (at 3 PM, after having starved since 9 AM), and tried to decide whether to tell anyone what happened. This is important since we need to decide whether we want to be reimbursed for the almost $20 in tolls paid during our Trip. There was the embarrassment factor to consider, you know. The only thing we ended up agreeing on was that internships are learning experiences, and because education is priceless, $20 is but a small price to pay. But other than that, the story will probably get out because it was funny as hell.

Onto more superficial things....
1. I wore my hair down to work for the first time this year because it was the only day I knew I wouldn't have any real work to do. When people start telling me how cute it looks, that's when I know it's time for a haircut. But because getting a haircut is such a traumatic experience for me, I'm now all confused about how short I want to go.

2. I think _ might have a crush on me, which, if true, is only cute because he's really just a kid. I'm usually great at noticing this stuff when it involves other people, but I'm totally clueless when it has to do with me. Maybe it's a self-esteem issue or a modesty issue, but you really need to drop an anvil on my head or smack me silly before I Get It. So you know, I'm not absolutely sure, but there must be some kind of vibes in order for me to have "sensed" it. Or... maybe I'm just starting to feel desperate? Or maybe it was the sandwich I had for lunch.... Bah.

3. Umm... playing around with the webstats, and noticed someone had gotten to the site through the forums on prison-online.com. Uhhhh..... If it's one of you, trying to mess with me... Yeah... Very funny.... I think. *smap* (ETA: Just checked the IP, and it's based in China. Ermm... that's just very wrong. If it's a He, he can definitely NOT be on the shortlist for FutureHusband. Just wanted to make it perfectly clear.)

|| posted by Pooh at 7:44 PM ... ||