Andrea: Hello.
Me: Hey. It’s David. Are you partying in Clear Lake tonight?
Andrea: Nope. We’re at my company Christmas Party.
Me: No kidding. We’re just leaving Dana’s party. Where is your party?
Andrea: It’s at the Houstonian. It’s very nice. They have a good band. All you can drink.
Me: No way! I’m maybe 5 minutes from there. What’s the name of your company?
Andrea:
Me:
Andrea:
Me:
Andrea: Why do you want to know?
Me: Why do you think I want to know?
Andrea: David, it’s a very small company.
Me: I’ll be subtle.
Andrea: You’re not very good at subtle.
Me: I can learn. C’mon. I won’t embarrass you.
Andrea:
Me:
Andrea:
Me: I could call Jody. I bet she would tell me the company name.
Andrea: Not fair. Not fair at all…
Me: It’ll be fun. I promise I’ll behave.
Andrea:
Me:
Andrea: Ok. You’re from the Austin office. You work on computers. You can’t talk because your tongue was stung by a bee. You will stand in the corner and drink your beer and not talk to anyone.
Me: Cool. We’ll be there in 5 minutes. How big is the dance floor?
Here’s a picture of me and some lawyer guy I met at the party.
