I am not often educated, not anymore. I guess since I was 15 I have known everything so there has been nothing other people have been able to teach me. I try not to flaunt my overwhelming intelligence on those around me and instead let them figure it out for themselves.

About four years ago though I got the education of my life. I was at a bar in Melbourne called the Metropolitan, it isnt a nightclub and is in no way related to underage nightclub The Metro. We were all gathered there after work as it was what the bankers did.

Sitting at the bar was this beautiful girl. I have never been good at talking to woman I dont know so I rely on a technique I learned a long time ago. I would sit in the shadows and look cool in the hpoe they would be overcome by my coolness and approach me instead. This of course never worked. My coolness never overcame my ugliness.

I pointed her out to a few of the group and it was decided she indeed was beautiful and that I should approach her. It took much persistant questioning of my sexuality before I got up the courage to approach her.

I walked over with no idea what to say, in the end it was easy because I had to apologise for tripping and nearly knocking her off her barstool. Always a good conversation starter I find.

We chatted for about five minutes and surprisingly to both me and my friends I was doing pretty well. I joked about everyone one around before horrifyingly finding myself starting to run out of conversation. I started to ask questions and this is how the conversation went.

ME: So what do you do for a living
HER: Not telling
ME: Why?
HER: Because my job is awful
ME: Could be worse, I am a banker. Nothing is worse than that
HER: Want a bet?
ME: It isnt like you are a stripper or a prostitute, everything else is ok
HER: well, what if I was one of the above
ME: You are a stripper???
HER: No
ME: oh

From there it was two minutes of polite chit chat before heading back to my seat and sharing the goss with all my workmates.

Nothing like a good ego battering to sort a guy out. She was interested but at a price. Another reason to feel sorry for all teh single people out there. You poor fools.

Keep Smiling

Jason

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