a place we frequently visit and know some of the staff. One of the waitresses asks me, "You're a computer networking guy, right?"
When I basically answer yes, she starts explaining how her home system has been hacked. And from what she described, she's pretty much pwn3d. So I gave her the rundown of what she has to do (backup data, not programs, wipe clean, reinstall, get a firewall, antivirus, et all, scan data before restoring it, blah blah blah).
After she notes all this and walks away, my friends start talking to me like I was stupid not to offer to do it for her. *ahem*
First, "I have a computer problem" is not a pick-up line. Second, it's a holiday weekend, and it is not my desire to work. Third, she's sixteen years younger than I am. Fourth, she wears too much makeup. Her whole face looks pasty white, and she has very dark lipstick (like the color of dried blood), and dark eye liner. She probably would be pretty if she didn't wear so much makeup. I don't think it's a goth thing, because she doesn't seem to have a goth attitude.
Anyway, if she had asked me something like, "Do you like $activity? I'm $doing_activity tonight. Are you interested?"
Then, I might have said yes. But not the computer thing on a holiday weekend. No thanks. |
