I attended a training last week with a man first thought to have some form of untreated ADHD, but I think he just liked to hear himself speak. I apologize to my friends with ADHD for giving them a bad name. In one breath, 'Guy' was asking the trainer for advice on how get staff in the field to access the sight when most of them did not have computers. Later he was asking if the portal could be configured with Flash because it was "too boring."
The trainer was showing us how to upload photos to the portal and used a Steelers jpg as a demonstration. (Earlier in the class we had all established that we all grew up in Pennsylvania. Trainer now in Atlanta, me in Baltimore, Guy in Chicago). Trainer asked if I was a Steelers fan (yes!). Asked Guy if he was a Steelers' fan. "No, he replied."
Trainer - "Eagles?"
Guy - "No."
Trainer - "Bears?"
Guy - "No".
(crickets).
Guy, finally, "I don't follow any sports. It's too expensive." Then, a breakout discussion about the cost of attending a baseball game (tickets, concessions, parking, merchandise). I roll my eyes and tell him instead of Cubs, maybe he should go to a White Sox game.
At the end of the day, we're talking about our rental car experience. I was talking about the base model economy vehicle I rented, a Yaris. Said it was weird that I had to manually lock all of the doors. Guy said, "I requested a premium vehicle, but was upgraded to luxury. It wasn't a problem until they put me in a Mustang Convertible. I don't drive soft top convertibles, because they're too noisy. I had to get another car."
This is just an abbreviated version of the other observations, remarks, exclamations and discoveries by Guy throughout the training.
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