TIMSPEED
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:25:09 AM permalink
So I have worked at this place for 5 years now...
I absolutely KNOW people know I am single.
In the course of these five years, since it is part of my job to fix people's email (I'm an IT Director) I have came across emails in people's inbox's (when I create their emails, or fix their email accounts, I don't make it a habit of READING emails, but if one happens to be on the "view" pane, I'll read it for shits and giggles)
I have noticed that people hook other people up with co-workers, relatives, friends, etc...
However, in the years I've been here...absolutely NOT ONCE has anyone offered to "set me up" with anyone...
Now, I'd say they think I'm gay...however, even at THAT, they'd try hooking me up with a gay guy!
The kicker is...everytime I do something for someone (go out of my way) they're ALWAYS so thankful and praising me about how awesome I am, etc, etc...
This is ABSOLUTELY a lie!
I think early on the word got spread around, that I was a "gambler"...and apparently being a "gambler" is worse than being any kind of alcoholic or drug addict...
LOL, I just find it humorous...I think the next time someone praises me, I'm going to add the caveat "Yeah, but I'm a gambler, so that smashes any hopes I may have had to be a good person."
I've even TRIED hooking MYSELF up with a coworker who SEEMED mildly interested...only to find out she emailed another coworker who said "He's a gambler!" (this particular coworker has always been NOTHING but nice to me...to my face at least, right?)
Gambling calls to me...like this ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nap37mNSmQ
FinsRule
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:27:09 AM permalink
Lesson #1: Don't tell people you gamble
Lesson #2: Be nice to the IT guy
Lesson #3: Don't talk about the IT guy via company e-mail.
TIMSPEED
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:30:24 AM permalink
Quote: FinsRule

Lesson #1: Don't tell people you gamble
Lesson #2: Be nice to the IT guy
Lesson #3: Don't talk about the IT guy via company e-mail.


To expound on #1...people always tell me "Don't care what other people think about you."
Apparentely this rule DOES NOT apply to gamblers.
And I AM the IT guy! lol
Gambling calls to me...like this ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nap37mNSmQ
WongBo
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:33:47 AM permalink
they probably think you would sell them on a date to robert redford,
like woody harrelson did to demi moore...
indecent proposal
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief. - Proverb.
s2dbaker
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:53:21 AM permalink
I have to admit that this "gambler" pox has not made itself apparent in my little corner of the world.
Someday, joor goin' to see the name of Googie Gomez in lights and joor goin' to say to joorself, "Was that her?" and then joor goin' to answer to joorself, "That was her!" But you know somethin' mister? I was always her yuss nobody knows it! - Googie Gomez
FinsRule
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April 26th, 2012 at 12:10:53 PM permalink
Quote: TIMSPEED

To expound on #1...people always tell me "Don't care what other people think about you."
Apparentely this rule DOES NOT apply to gamblers.
And I AM the IT guy! lol



The lessons are for everyone.

And you shouldn't care what other people think about you, unless you're trying to get one of those people to sleep with you. Then it matters.
TIMSPEED
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April 26th, 2012 at 12:31:21 PM permalink
Quote: FinsRule

The lessons are for everyone.

And you shouldn't care what other people think about you, unless you're trying to get one of those people to sleep with you. Then it matters.


LOL! I like that!
"You should only care what the person you want to sleep with thinks."
I think I'll rebutt with that when someone says "you should care what other people think."..."I only care what the person who wants to sleep with me thinks!"
Gambling calls to me...like this ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nap37mNSmQ
SOOPOO
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April 26th, 2012 at 12:57:30 PM permalink
Quote: s2dbaker

I have to admit that this "gambler" pox has not made itself apparent in my little corner of the world.



Agree. I find that women who know I go to Vegas are more interested when they find that out, not less.
TIMSPEED
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April 26th, 2012 at 1:03:28 PM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

Agree. I find that women who know I go to Vegas are more interested when they find that out, not less.


What if you told them you went to vegas twice a month?
It's considered I have a gambling problem, since I'm in a casino more often than not. (too many +EV promotions to let them go!)
Gambling calls to me...like this ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nap37mNSmQ
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