My Morning
- seth: i had an insane day
- seth: completely insane
- seth: like nothing i ever imagined
- seth: so
- seth: new interns were supposed to get to mountain view by 8:00
- seth: returning interns by 8:45
- seth: i'm in san francisco; mountain view is a non-trivial distance away
- seth: i figured i might as well get there early
- seth: so there was a bus that left from the civic center at 6:45
- seth: and another at 6:55
- seth: my reasoning was that if i somehow missed the 6:45 one, i'd at least see it leave, and know where the stop was, and be able to get the 6:55 shuttle
- seth: so i woke up at 5:30 since i really didn't want to miss these shuttles
- seth: i got to the civic center at 6:20 or so
- seth: plenty of time to spare
- seth: when it occurred to me that i didn't know exactly where the stop was
- seth: i realized that the "civic center" area was far bigger than i thought it was
- seth: like a few blocks in both directions
- seth: so i was looking for the stop, but i didn't see it
- seth: and i didn't see anyone who looked like they worked at google either
- seth: anyways
- seth: long story short, 7:05 rolls around, and it's pretty clear that i missed both shuttles
- seth: now, apparently i had passed by a certain coffee shop a few times while i was rushing up and down the street
- seth: and this guy came out and asked if i was lost
- seth: or looking for something
- seth: so i told him i was looking for the google shuttle, and that i had to get to mountain view
- seth: he was very friendly and offered to help
- seth: said he had some time to spare
- seth: i was thinking about getting a taxi since i didn't want to be late on my first day
- seth: but he suggested that i take a caltrain (public transportation) to mountain view and then go from there since it would be a lot cheaper
- seth: the caltrain station wasn't very close by
- seth: so
- seth: the plan was to take a taxi to the station, take the caltrain to mountain view, and then get to google after that
- seth: now
- seth: he said he was going in the same direction that i was
- seth: so he went with me to try to flag down a taxi
- seth: we tried to get one, but they kept passing us on the wrong side of the road
- seth: anyways
- seth: it soon became abundantly clear
- seth: that he was gay
- seth: and hitting on me
- seth: pretty hard
- seth: like, he eventually lost all subtlety
- seth: he asked if i was "a healthy young man"
- seth: well, i'm not sure if he asked that or stated that
- seth: and if i liked to party
- seth: what i liked to do
- seth: pot, alcohol
- seth: where i was staying, how i liked san francisco so far, what i'd be doing for google, where i was from
- seth: etc.
- seth: i answered his questions with the minimum amount of information required to be polite
- seth: do i like to party? sure
- seth: where am i staying? around union square
- seth: how do i like san francisco so far? it's pretty good
- seth: etc.
- seth: i mentioned "i'm spending the summer here with my girlfriend"
- seth: didn't faze him
- seth: he was very persistent
- seth: at one point he mentioned possibly getting my number
- seth: i deftly changed the subject and he didn't bring it up again
- seth: anyways we finally found a taxi
- seth: so since he was going the same direction, we both got in the cab
- seth: during the cab ride
- seth: he asked if i had a pen
- seth: unfortunately, i did not
- seth: fortunately, he had both a pen and a piece of paper
- seth: he gave me a piece of paper with his name
- seth: and his phone number
- seth: and his email
- seth: the one piece of information that he didn't give me was his actual address
- seth: we finally reached the caltrain station
- seth: and i got off the taxi
- seth: he offered to pay
- seth: but i didn't let him
- seth: so
- seth: i got out of the taxi
- seth: paid
- seth: and then he tells the taxi driver "no, i'm not getting out here... can you take me back to where you picked me up?
- seth: so he just came along purely for the ride
- seth: anyways i finally caught the caltrain
- seth: i was like 30 minutes late
- seth: on my first day of work
- seth: luckily, it didn't end up being a problem
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