Thanks Boss.
Anyway, here’s what happened last Friday. We left the training area and went to an engineer’s office. It’s basically a room in the middle of the factory with about 2 dozen cubicles where the manufacturing engineers do their thing. The trainer had to get with one of them on some kind of issue that’s being worked on. The other two trainees and I waited by the door, since technically, we weren’t supposed to be in there. As we waited, a pair of engineers came in-- a guy and a very attractive woman, probably mid thirties. She stopped to get a folder out of a file cabinet directly behind me, and greeted me with a smile. I said “Hello”, and she asked if we needed anything. I told her we were waiting on Bruce (the trainer) with a nod in his direction, and she said “Ah… so are you guys new?” I seemed to be the spokesman for the group so I explained who we were and the circumstances of our transfer. She said “Well, welcome to Renton. Hope you guys like it here.” sort of sarcastically in a wink, wink, nudge, nudge way.
After that, we wandered out, and Bruce saw an older, but not unattractive lady working on a tailfin and said “Okay, we’re going to go over there, and I’ll say I’m showing you guys around. Jon, do whatever you have to do to make those things work.” I rolled my eyes and said “Yeah, yeah… probably nothing now that you’re forcing me along.”
We walked over and Bruce said we were trainees and that he was showing us around. The lady looked at me and started explaining what she was doing, and asked me how long we were with the company. Bruce and the other two sorta took a step back, leaving me right beside her talking. We ended up talking for about 10 minutes about various things related to the work. It was good rapport with smiles and chuckles, and a lot of eye contact. When the conversation ended, she wished me good luck and told me if I ever had any questions about [the particular work she was doing] to let her know, and she’d be happy to answer them if she could.
The reaction from the guys ranged from “Not bad” from Bruce to “Oh shit, Jon’s the stud!” from Will, the guy I’d given some TUTH to a few weeks ago.
By then, it was lunch time, so we went to the cafeteria and grabbed lunch. No hits to speak of in there, since we sat at a four place table off in a corner. It was then that they started noticing my behavior, saying I was sitting up more straight (I’m a notorious sloucher, especially when I’m bored), and that when I spoke, I seemed to have a deeper voice and also seemed to be careful with my wording. Said I used bigger words. Hmm… perhaps I’ve discovered Instant Intelligence?
Since Bruce and I both smoke, we stepped outside while Will and the other guy, David, finished eating. After they joined us, we went to an outside table, where some people Bruce knew were sitting and took a seat ourselves. A lady came up who had apparantly been away on some kind of leave for a few weeks, and Bruce arranged it so the only place to sit was between he and I. She sat down, and they spoke of things familiar to them. He introduced Will, David, and I, and as we got to talking, she started peppering the conversation with euphemisms. I can’t remember exactly some of the stuff she said, but it was like she was attributing sexual characteristics to mundane things. Sort of like the knowing look two horny women would give to an especially long cucumber.
That’s basically it. After that, we went on to class, and nothing remarkable happened. Hope it was worth the wait… I apologize that my heart isn’t really into this report, but I said I’d do it.
-D4
), but she’s easy on the eyes, and I’ve never been around her long enough to see how she reacts to pheros. It’ll be interesting. She and I are friendly with eachother, so I’m not anticipating any bad vibes as a result of that… er… other situation.
