Turning the tragedy into Triumph
Attention: The events of this post are all true - Hell, I didn’t even change the names.
Everyone knows about myspace.com, right? Yeah, its a “facebook-like” website with profiles. It’s searchable, etc.
I’ve had an account there for ages, and I’m going to admit that I am constantly looking around on there. I know, i’m pathetic, right? Anyways, my addiction to myspace took a strange twist today …
It’s around three on Sunday and I’m totally just checking out some new apartments in the Overland Park area. I walk into Sandstone Creek Apartments and am greeted by a pretty cute girl (this is not abnormal, as most leasing consultants that I have met are attractive). She showed me like 48 different floor plans and gave me the down-low as far as prices go, ammenities, etc.
Overall, she did a good job and I was possibly interested looking at one of the apartments in the near future. She said that she would email me a new price list reflecting January’s “specials” and so of course she got my name, number, apartment number, cellphone, email address — the whole nine yards. We chit-chatted some, I was asking about demographics of the place (age, etc) and she told me about her dog, and it was just normal conversation.
The entire time, I find myself thinking “Where do I know this girl from? Was she at Church once? Did I see her at the Mall? Does she work out at my Gym?” — She looks VERY familar, but I can’t place the face. I walked out and was like, HOW DO I KNOW HER?
It hit me as I pulled out of the parking lot — myspace.
So I’m jacking around on the Internet an hour or two later, and I check my account on myspace. No new message, but I think, well, I’m curious, so yeah, you know, I’ll look this girl up. Sure enough, she is on there - I KNEW it was her. And yeah, she had some pics on there.
NOW is when the story turns ugly. She has the “Love Calculator” on profile - so I click it. It has “List your Full Name” and “List three people you think are cute” - NO, I didn’t put her name, though it was tempting. I put my name and three other people I know. Again, keep in mind, i’m doing anything I can to NOT be doing work at this point. I’m just goofing off on the Internet….
I click “Submit” and I get this page - “FOOLED YOU - SENDING THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE YOU LIKE TO (Girl’s Name) at (Girls Email Address)”. Not the girls I listed — but the Leasing Consultant. It emailed her My Name and the names of the girls I like! I didn’t know it was going to do that!!!
Absolute embarrassment rolls over me. I’m sure she thinks i’ve instantly gone home and started digging up info on her! I want to die.
Update
After joking with my buddy Randolph and Bofe about this, I was informed of something. She has a boyfriend. A boyfriend, who, according to them, played Varsity football. I’m not a man for conflict, a more accurate description of my general attitude toward “fighting” would be fearful of carnage. Lets hope and pray that I am not randomly slaughtered anytime in the near future!
So rather than feel bad about it - I’ve decided to post this story so that other people will learn from my mistake. Don’t Google or MySpace people you meet in real life. Ever. No matter what. Um-Kay? Also, if you have any BS forms like this one that fool users - GET RID OF THEM!
17 comments December 11th, 2005
