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An excerpt from an email from Eric ASM to the Sales Team, in response to an idea proffered by Brian:
Excellent idea, Brain! I challenge ...
An email from me to Brian:
Just so you know, I am TOTALLY calling you Brain from now on. But only if you call me Pinky.
The next day:
Brain: Hey, Pinky.
Me: Hi, Brain!
So later, I'm telling the story of my new nickname to Brad.
Me: So I'm Pinky now.
Brad: Pinky?
Me: Yeah, like Pinky and the Brain. [no response] Pinky and the Brain. Do you really not know Pinky and the Brain?!
Brad: What are you talking about, Kid?
Me: Oh my God, you're so old.
Brad: 8-O !
Me: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it just came out.
Brad: Well, you know what I think of every time I hear 'brain' -- "check out the big brain on Brad." [no response] The "big brain on Brad."
Me: Didn't you just nickname yourself "Dimwit" last night*?
Brad: No, I -- from Pulp Fiction. [Alaina shakes her head] You don't remember that scene from Pulp Fiction?
Me: I've ... never seen Pulp Fiction.
Brad: 8-O! [He starts to storm off, then returns] Wait -- didn't you say you've also never seen Shawshank?
Me: No ... I've never seen Shawshank Redemption either...
[He truly storms off at this point.]
Why do I think my Christmas present is going to be a box full of all the VHS copies of Shawshank Redemption someone can find?
*I received this voicemail the night before:
"Hi, Alaina Patterson. This is Brad. Or, actually, you can call me 'Dimwit' from now on. Or 'D.W.', whatever. I forgot to punch out when I left tonight."
Later that day (but before he stormed off and stopped talking to me), I was helping a customer and waiting in line to use the computer to check inventory when:
Customer: Oh, I found one!
Me: You did? {notices the fixture the shirt was on} Oh, they're hanging up! I should have noticed that, I was only leaning on it.
Brad: Yeah, Alaina, they're hanging up. [He literally takes one look at my face and darts around the corner to avoid being hit.]
Me: HEY! WATCH IT, D. W.!
Brad: [still on the other side of the wall] All right ...
Excellent idea, Brain! I challenge ...
An email from me to Brian:
Just so you know, I am TOTALLY calling you Brain from now on. But only if you call me Pinky.
The next day:
Brain: Hey, Pinky.
Me: Hi, Brain!
So later, I'm telling the story of my new nickname to Brad.
Me: So I'm Pinky now.
Brad: Pinky?
Me: Yeah, like Pinky and the Brain. [no response] Pinky and the Brain. Do you really not know Pinky and the Brain?!
Brad: What are you talking about, Kid?
Me: Oh my God, you're so old.
Brad: 8-O !
Me: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it just came out.
Brad: Well, you know what I think of every time I hear 'brain' -- "check out the big brain on Brad." [no response] The "big brain on Brad."
Me: Didn't you just nickname yourself "Dimwit" last night*?
Brad: No, I -- from Pulp Fiction. [Alaina shakes her head] You don't remember that scene from Pulp Fiction?
Me: I've ... never seen Pulp Fiction.
Brad: 8-O! [He starts to storm off, then returns] Wait -- didn't you say you've also never seen Shawshank?
Me: No ... I've never seen Shawshank Redemption either...
[He truly storms off at this point.]
Why do I think my Christmas present is going to be a box full of all the VHS copies of Shawshank Redemption someone can find?
*I received this voicemail the night before:
"Hi, Alaina Patterson. This is Brad. Or, actually, you can call me 'Dimwit' from now on. Or 'D.W.', whatever. I forgot to punch out when I left tonight."
Later that day (but before he stormed off and stopped talking to me), I was helping a customer and waiting in line to use the computer to check inventory when:
Customer: Oh, I found one!
Me: You did? {notices the fixture the shirt was on} Oh, they're hanging up! I should have noticed that, I was only leaning on it.
Brad: Yeah, Alaina, they're hanging up. [He literally takes one look at my face and darts around the corner to avoid being hit.]
Me: HEY! WATCH IT, D. W.!
Brad: [still on the other side of the wall] All right ...