Man....you think you know people...

nofearengineer · 05-10-10, 08:12 PM

I have worked at my A/E firm for almost 5 years now, and it still strikes me how little you actually know people.

I had a Revo STX shipped to me at my office, as I didn't want it sitting on my doorstep for a week while I was away. Well, the secretary brings it to me, and she says "oh, did you get a new reel?"

I'm kind of curious about this as she's 50 years old, married, and the last person I'd ever pick to know anything about fishing. Boy, was I wrong.

She goes on to tell me how her and her husband were down at Reelfoot Lake last year and she caught a 9lb bass, felt like she was the master (mistress?) of the universe, only to have her hubby catch a 9.5 lb'er 10 minutes later. Then she tells me they had them mounted together in the same piece to commemorate the event.

I went from thinking she was just a good secretary to one cool lady in the space of just a few minutes. Awesome.

1/4 stick · 05-10-10, 08:35 PM

That is cool NoFear. There used to be a lady that I worked with for years that I always thought of as real prissy, prim, and proper. We used to get a kick out of how she'd come to work, at a grocery store, in nice dresses and all made up as if she was going to church. We happened to be on a break one day about the same time and she asked how I was doing. I said I'd be great when I got off cause I had three days off and was going to spend it fishing. Next thing I knew she was showing me pictures from where her and her husband had been fishing on their vacation, and her in cut offs and a metalica t-shirt holding a string of bream that would make anybody proud. Ya just never know.

Bassboss · 05-10-10, 08:58 PM

Phew! I was thinking this was gonna go no where good really fast! I was thinking it was gonna get stolen and than you would do some CIS and find out it was here or something!

Sounds pretty cool though.. a teacher like that would be cool to0!

bamabassman · 05-10-10, 09:20 PM

bassboss, i thought the same thing at first too man. That or someone was getting into it again,lol.
Bryce that is truly awesum man. Maybe ya'll can get a trip up or something.

BassinNC · 05-10-10, 11:11 PM

I was thinking you were about to say some one took it.
Maybe now you have someone to swap fishing storys with at work.

keithdog · 05-10-10, 11:13 PM

Thats a really great story Bryce! Funny how people can suprise us. I met an elderly woman I'd guess to be about 75 working at the gift shop at a Hyatt Regency once many years back. Very frail, sweet and soft spoken. UNTILL I mentioned the Cowboys had gotten beat the day before. She came unglued with passion for football I've never seen. She knew EVERYTHING about the guys on the team including juicy details about there personal lives you'd never hear on ESPN! hahaha Like they say, can't judge a book by it's cover.

05-10-10, 08:12 PM	#1
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Man....you think you know people... I have worked at my A/E firm for almost 5 years now, and it still strikes me how little you actually know people. I had a Revo STX shipped to me at my office, as I didn't want it sitting on my doorstep for a week while I was away. Well, the secretary brings it to me, and she says "oh, did you get a new reel?" I'm kind of curious about this as she's 50 years old, married, and the last person I'd ever pick to know anything about fishing. Boy, was I wrong. She goes on to tell me how her and her husband were down at Reelfoot Lake last year and she caught a 9lb bass, felt like she was the master (mistress?) of the universe, only to have her hubby catch a 9.5 lb'er 10 minutes later. Then she tells me they had them mounted together in the same piece to commemorate the event. I went from thinking she was just a good secretary to one cool lady in the space of just a few minutes. Awesome. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

05-10-10, 08:35 PM	#2
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	That is cool NoFear. There used to be a lady that I worked with for years that I always thought of as real prissy, prim, and proper. We used to get a kick out of how she'd come to work, at a grocery store, in nice dresses and all made up as if she was going to church. We happened to be on a break one day about the same time and she asked how I was doing. I said I'd be great when I got off cause I had three days off and was going to spend it fishing. Next thing I knew she was showing me pictures from where her and her husband had been fishing on their vacation, and her in cut offs and a metalica t-shirt holding a string of bream that would make anybody proud. Ya just never know. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

05-10-10, 08:58 PM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Phew! I was thinking this was gonna go no where good really fast! I was thinking it was gonna get stolen and than you would do some CIS and find out it was here or something! Sounds pretty cool though.. a teacher like that would be cool to0! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

05-10-10, 09:20 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	bassboss, i thought the same thing at first too man. That or someone was getting into it again,lol. Bryce that is truly awesum man. Maybe ya'll can get a trip up or something. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

05-10-10, 11:11 PM	#5
BassinNC BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: albemarle, NC Posts: 788	I was thinking you were about to say some one took it. Maybe now you have someone to swap fishing storys with at work. __________________ 138 bass in 2K10. Biggest 4LBS 14oz.

05-10-10, 11:13 PM	#6
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Thats a really great story Bryce! Funny how people can suprise us. I met an elderly woman I'd guess to be about 75 working at the gift shop at a Hyatt Regency once many years back. Very frail, sweet and soft spoken. UNTILL I mentioned the Cowboys had gotten beat the day before. She came unglued with passion for football I've never seen. She knew EVERYTHING about the guys on the team including juicy details about there personal lives you'd never hear on ESPN! hahaha Like they say, can't judge a book by it's cover.

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