8/20 the bank boy

i bank at south valley and every dang time the bank boy chats with me. i’ll call him b “the bank boy.” a couple weeks ago, on paycheck day, i ran over there on my “ten minute” break (which is more like a twenty minute break lol) to deposit my money. i walk in and the bank boy catches me right as i enter. i’m writing my deposit slip, trying to hurry, but he keeps chatting…and chatting…and chatting. for nearly fifteen minutes! he was on his way to lunch and me, nice ole me, kept a polite and charming smile the entire time. i finally started shifting my way towards the line when he threw up his hands and said “oh! don’t let me get in your way!” he said it in a way that made me feel bad. EEK! fast forward a couple weeks.

i’m downstairs working with cc when i look over at the café, and who do i see? bank boy! he’s standing in line looking over towards the register area. immediately i duck below the counter.

“cc,” i say, “i..i am going to errrrr take a break or maybe run upstairs for a while.” i proceed to tell her very quickly my situation. she laughs as i run upstairs to talk to rac. meanwhile, i’m remembering where i went wrong. i remember that during our conversation previously mentioned, i had told him that i love to take my lunch at two because it makes my day shorter. plus, he already knew where i worked.

as it’s nearing two, i tiptoe downstairs and as i turn the corner i see him pacing near the t-shirt rounder. i take a sharp left turn into reservations and run to the break room. i get js “the creepy teacher” (ok, you think he’s sorta creepy lol) to get my purse from behind the retail counter so i can lunch.

successfully avoided! when i get back cc told me he paced around downstairs for ten minutes looking for me. i escaped!

well, maybe i didn’t.

THE NEXT DAY

the bank boy comes for round 2 of…where’s jasmine hiding?

after i avoided him i had felt really bad. and childish. he’d made a point to seek me out and the least i could do was reward him, if just a little bit.

sure enough, he comes in same time the next day. i’m downstairs minding my own business when nlo comes back from lunch and i have to go back upstairs (no, i did not purposefully go upstairs!). i go up there, chat with kll while cc heads to lunch. not 5 minutes later who makes the door go beep? you guessed it. he heads straight over to me and i feign surprise. i ask him if he’s been here before and he’s like “not for a long time.” HAH! LIAR!

to make a long story short, i got the impression he was heavily christian (volunteers as a leader of a youth group) so i did something sorta, kinda bad. i tried to turn him from “on” to “off” by being as inappropriate as possible. a mixture of provocative, outrageous, and wicked. sorta how i always am but times 100.

since he hasn’t been back, i think it worked… :)