I went on craigslist this morning at around 9:30 am, looking for furniture. (I’m redecorating, in case you needed to know. or wanted to buy me a nice mattress.) I came upon a table and chairs that looked good, contacted the seller, and set up an exchange for tomorrow morning. at 4 pm today, in the gym, a colleague of mine, b, came up to me.
“hey c,” he said. “are you getting a table off craigslist?”
“yes, b,” I said, “and chairs.”
“oh. cc [a mutual acquaintence of ours] and I were talking just now, and she said she knows the guy that’s selling it to you. she said I should tell you to act crazy to him. like a serial killer. freak him out. then say ‘just kidding!’ and run away.”
“okay,” I said. “wow.”
later I ran into cc.
“ohmygod, c,” she said. “are you getting a table?”
“b already told me,” I said. “you want me to scare him?”
“oh yes. please. he looked you up on facebook just to make sure you were real and asked me if I knew you because we were mutual friends and your picture is of you scowling. I said you were a real teddy bear, that you just looked that way, but you could totally get away with it. c’mon, creep him out a bit.”
the future is here. in it, everyone knows you are getting a table. it is scary.
also, maybe I shouldn’t scowl in my facebook picture?
January 14, 2010, 5:43pm Comments
