I am an extrovert. I
know; you’re shocked. I love human
interaction. I need it to survive. It is why I enjoyed living in a room with 4
other females more than living in an apartment by myself. It’s also probably why I love my career so
much. I think I get it from my dad who
has never met a stranger.
I love engaging strangers in conversation on the
elevator. There was this one hottie a
couple weeks ago that we chatted in the elevator, and then later in my head I crafted an entire romantic comedy plot for
us filled with mistaken identity and plot twists all starting with our meet
cute in the elevator. (It’s a captivating story…I
mean there are 3 Sarahs in my office, what if he wanted to contact me and got
the wrong one!)
I also enjoy learning people’s names like Fedeke is the
parking lot attendant at the gym, Rhandy is the concierge I get my packages
from at my apartment, Rosslyn works security in the building I work in on the
weekends…so on and so forth.
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| (This is a visual approximation. I did not attempt to take a photo while driving.) |
Anyway, due to the lovely DC traffic situation I take all
back roads to work. So, on my usual
commute I pass multiple bus stops. It
saddens me every day when I see this particular bus stop on Walter Reed and
there is a line of 8 people standing there completely silent, all with earbuds
in.
What if this is your chance for a meet-cute?! (meet-cute: when a female and male love
interest meet for the first time in a romantic comedy in an adorable way;
definition comes from the romantic comedy, The Holiday)
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| Old dude talking about Meet-Cutes in The Holiday |
Even if you don’t meet your soulmate, what if you meet someone really cool? Or at least someone nice, or interesting, or anything?!
Today I was actually on time, so I drove by this particular
bus stop a few minutes earlier. There
were only 2 women at the stop, but it was the most brilliant sight…they were
laughing! Not just an obligatory chuckle
either, it was the kind of laugh where one of them was bent over holding the
wrist of the other one type of laughing.
It was glorious!
It made me really happy!
Now maybe tomorrow I’ll drive past and everyone will be back
to staring down at their phones with their earbuds in…or maybe, just maybe,
tomorrow morning those two women will at least
greet each other first before they tune out the world.
To summarize, when I am with people:
I like doing this more than this.
