A story...and I'd like your opinions...

Alright I must share a story with you guys. Hehe! So, I’d say for the last few months that when I walk into work in the morning THE WORLD IS MY RUNWAY!!! Not like “vroom airplane” runway but like “click click, look at her” runway! :D So yesterday morning I had my mp3 player ON and IN listening to Beyonce and Alicia Keys “Put it in a love song” (if you haven’t heard it, it’s a fantastically groovy song). So I’m listening, strutting, strutting, walking into work. I feel beautiful, sexy, walking pretty fast I guess. I come into the door, through security, then to head up the stairs. I guess I was walking TOO fast or strutting TOO MUCH b/c my left foot completely MISSED the first step, I FUC**N TRIP UP THE STAIRS!!!! Right there in front of 2 guys at the security station, 2 chicks who walked in behind me, and 2 chicks walking out! OMG! It suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked ass! I am not a clumsy person so I rarely do embarrassing shit like that!!!! I had a Monster Energy drink in my hand (I know, I know, naughty naughty, it’s an addiction) and it flew out of my hand and spilled all over the stairs and only a bit got on my arm. None on my clothes thank God. But man was that embarrassing. This guy from security immediately ran over and I’m like thinking “omg what just happened? Omg! Omg! What the hell? Omg! I look so damn stupid. not the kind of sexy I was going for. Ugh!” he runs over and says “Are you ok? Are you ok?” and to be all cool and chill I say “Oh yeah I’m totally fine. But I made a huge mess!” and he was polite and said he’d get someone to clean it up and I didn’t need to worry about it. I’m sure I LOOKED like a deer caught in headlights b/c I was SHOCKED and I was shaking horribly. I’m sure it was noticeable! Ha-ha! When I fell, I had my black coach bag and my canvas bag of snacks on my right arm and they fell down in front of me so I landed ON them! Ha-ha! Sheesh, man! It just sucked major big time!







And every time I went out for break yesterday, I had to pass those stairs, those security guards, that whole mess. I went in and out like 6 times in a day and every time I’d avoid eye contact with that guy and not do my general “smile and say Hi” thing. Ugh! Mortified. Then this am walking into work in the SAME shoes, Monster in my left hand again, (I know, bad girl) and listening to that damn Beyonce song again I had to think “I am setting myself up for the same scenario? I am secreting the fall to happen again?” ha-ha! And yes I was strutting again this morning, even w/ the bruise on my right shin from the fall, nothing stops me from strutting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






And oh yeah, I did not fall this morning. Success!!! :D






Now a tiny bit of back story that adds to the awkwardness of that fall. So that guy at security, he is probably my age, I think maybe Irish b/c he’s real pale and has reddish brownish hair. AND he has tattoos on both forearms (I’m a big fan of that). Anyway so that’s what he looks like, he’s cute NOT “OMG HAWT” but cute! Well I’ve seen his face everyday 6x a day for 3 yrs. Well I noticed in the last month or so he’s smiling bigger at me, looking longer, opening doors for me, etc. It was strange enough I noticed the difference. Maybe he thought “ohhh who’s this new skinny chick, she sexy!” I dunno, and I doubt he talks like that. But the attention is fun! Well so I’d been charming him, smiling as I go by, teasing him when I run into him IN the building, joking, ya know. He’s been receptive! :D Well so that damn fall happened while he was right there at the security desk and HE was the one who ran over “are you ok? Are you ok?’ and I thought I’d die b/c I’m thinking this dude who MAY like me just saw me look like a DAMN FOOL!!! So yeah, that made it worse! I’ve still been avoiding all eye contact and smiles to this dude until maybe the memory of my graceful fall escapes my memory! We’ll see how long that takes. Considering I strut in every morning and carry a monster like every other day, then I’m sure I’ll be reminded often. Ha-ha! :D I’m such a nerd!






While I’m on that dude (hehe, not ON) I’ll tell you about another one. There’s this guy, “J”, who I’ve worked with for 3 yrs as well. Well he works downstairs in management and so I rarely ever saw him except outside smoking. I’d only see him like once a month or so and he was always with this chick. So I just assumed they were dating and never even talked to him. Well recently I’ve ran into him outside MORE OFTEN alone, maybe 1x a wk. And I noticed he is getting thin. He was maybe considered “overweight” before but had to be only like 20 lbs, he wasn’t fat. Anyway, he’d lost the weight. (He too has forearm tattoos, hehe) So I saw him out then he went in. I’m setting there w/ my gf M and I ask her “Do you know that guy?” and she said “Yeah, that’s J. Why?” and I said “Oh I was just wondering. I’ve noticed he’s lost weight. Has he lost weight?? I don’t know him.” She said “OH yeah he has. He’s worked really hard. Started a few months back, started doing the protein shakes and working out with a trainer to get fit and built.” And I said “OHhhhh ok. I thought he was cute before, I didn’t think he needed to lose any weight.” It was left at that. Then she emails me later and says “P.S. He’s single!!!!!” and I was like OMG, yay! So I ask her all these questions about him, and her info just makes me likes him more. So she said he generally has a rule to not date co workers but that I should go for it. So I figure, since he does have that rule I’m not just going to jump on him or be abrasive (as I normally would). So I’m just going to chat w/ him when I do run into him outside. Maybe stalk him a bit, hehe, have M tell me when he goes on break then I can “just show up”, haha! Really honestly, that’s just mild stalking. :D






So with these two guys at work I have the hots for (there are plenty others sexy as hell but I don’t know anything about them, nor have I talked to them) it poses an age old question I’d like your opinions on.






IS IT APPROPRIATE TO DATE CO-WORKERS??






My opinion: I think it can be done if done professionally. A lot of people HERE are dating or married. A lot of people here are even doing the whole “hooking up” thing and I’ve known one guy to do that with 5 diff chicks (at diff times of course). So it happens at MY workplace. But truth be told, I am all kinds of freak on the INSIDE, but I think it very important (to me) to uphold a ladylike image in public and be respectful, professional, have those southern manners. :D That’s just me. So I COULD date someone at work and contain myself and be cordial and professional. But some say it’s an absolute NO NO!!! I know plenty who think it’s dangerous territory. Tell me your thoughts!!!






P.S. Just came back from a meeting at work. Got stuck walking behind this chick walking SUPER SLOW and I felt like it ate at my soul to walk that slow. Anybody else like this? I walk super fast now, everywhere I go. And I’ve just noticed so many people here at work walking around, moping around like in uber slow motion! Irritating!!!


xoxo,
Lizzle :P