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January 14, 2004

Computer geek + Health Club just don't mix
Posted by Jess in Geek Humor

I love a good fish out of water story. As with any consultant, the one thing we get to do is get a glimpse of many industries, verticals and office situations.

The other day was spent working onsite at a health club. Now, before I go any further, I feel I should add that my idea of working out is lifting computers. My idea of a perfectly balanced diet is ice cream (dairy), red wine (grapes/fruit), goldfish crackers (fish), and candy corn and JuJu beans (vegetables).

I was there for about 8 hours, and forgot to bring food with me. By hour eight, I would have eaten my scarf. (The only thing that stopped me was the fact that it was about 4 degrees outside, which is good, because I heard that wool is murder on the digestive system.) The computer I was working on was called smartly called "CHECKIN", at the reception desk. I was at a command prompt trying to get something going, and couldn’t for the life of me figure out why I kept getting "file not found." Turns out I was typing "CHICKEN".

This should be a reminder to me to bring a snack with me no matter where I go. Though, hindsight being 20/20, I should plan ahead and bring a snack that won’t ruin diplomatic relations with my clients. I guarantee you, if I had brought a snack with me, it probably would have been a Snickers bar or something like that.

There’s no way I could have brought out that bad boy in the middle of a health club, I would have had to shrink and huddle in a corner somewhere and open up my prize, praying not to get caught. On the other hand, maybe I could have scalped it. It’s a health club, so maybe they don't eat that stuff very often. Who knows, I bet they would all be secretly whispering to me, "c'mon, just one little bite!". The staff eats behind the counter, sure, but it’s always an orange, or "Protein Dew".

Though I know we all have our professional nitpicks, it’s what we do for a living. As soon as they would look at me and say "my god, look what she’s eating!", I could just as quickly come back with a "I saw you power computer down without going to Start first!".

At least they are in better shape than I am.

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Comments

ewww, that doesn't sound very appealing! lol

Posted by: Cindy at January 16, 2004 07:30 AM

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It didn't sound appealing until he mentioned the extra layer of chocolate, LOL...

Posted by: Jess at January 17, 2004 04:56 PM

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