The Softer Side of Me
Between the Boy and I, we've got 3 IPODs, all different versions. Mine is the Mini, and the Boy owns two earlier versions (he bought an IPOD when he first moved to the E.C., and then got another IPOD from his old boss as a Christmas gift). Because the Boy maintains all of the IPODs (rips songs off from his coworkers and downloads from other places), he swaps our IPODs occasionally when he feels like carrying the Mini instead of one of his older, clunkier versions.
This week, I found the his clunkiest IPOD ,which holds a lot more music (pretty much anything and everything he's been able to get his hands on whether he listens to it or not), in my bag in place of my Mini. I didn't mind so much, as I now had a vast variety of songs to choose from. So at work, I entertained myself with a lot of Beck, Black Eyed Peas, U2, and the Strokes. Somewhere in the middle of my day as I was scrolling through to choose my next song, I noticed Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father" song and decided to click on it.
About 15 seconds later, my boss's boss stopped by my desk and motioned for me to hand over one of the earbuds.
Boss's Boss: Hand me one of those. I've always wondered what kind of music you listen to.
Crap! This isn't what I normally listen to. By now, my index finger was circling wildly around the touchpad, as I attempted to find and choose a Beck song. But damn it! There was just so much freakin' crap on this thing that it seemed to take forever.
Boss's Boss: What are you doing pushing all of those buttons?
Me: Uh, well, I was listening to some Beck when my finger slipped and clicked on some other random song. This is my boyfriend's IPOD, the touch pad is so sensitive, and there's just a lot of crap on this thing.
Ah, found it!
Me: Here (handing over an earbud).
Boss's Boss: No, no that's alright. So you mainly listen to alternative type music?
Me: I like a lot of everything, but I do listen to alternative stuff too.
Conversation continues for a minute and boss's boss leaves.
I plugged the IPOD back into my ears. Thank god the boss's boss turned down the offer to listen. Turns out that I'd found Beck, but didn't actually click on it, so Luther Vandross was still playing. I let the song finish. Secretly, I kinda like it.
This week, I found the his clunkiest IPOD ,which holds a lot more music (pretty much anything and everything he's been able to get his hands on whether he listens to it or not), in my bag in place of my Mini. I didn't mind so much, as I now had a vast variety of songs to choose from. So at work, I entertained myself with a lot of Beck, Black Eyed Peas, U2, and the Strokes. Somewhere in the middle of my day as I was scrolling through to choose my next song, I noticed Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father" song and decided to click on it.
About 15 seconds later, my boss's boss stopped by my desk and motioned for me to hand over one of the earbuds.
Boss's Boss: Hand me one of those. I've always wondered what kind of music you listen to.
Crap! This isn't what I normally listen to. By now, my index finger was circling wildly around the touchpad, as I attempted to find and choose a Beck song. But damn it! There was just so much freakin' crap on this thing that it seemed to take forever.
Boss's Boss: What are you doing pushing all of those buttons?
Me: Uh, well, I was listening to some Beck when my finger slipped and clicked on some other random song. This is my boyfriend's IPOD, the touch pad is so sensitive, and there's just a lot of crap on this thing.
Ah, found it!
Me: Here (handing over an earbud).
Boss's Boss: No, no that's alright. So you mainly listen to alternative type music?
Me: I like a lot of everything, but I do listen to alternative stuff too.
Conversation continues for a minute and boss's boss leaves.
I plugged the IPOD back into my ears. Thank god the boss's boss turned down the offer to listen. Turns out that I'd found Beck, but didn't actually click on it, so Luther Vandross was still playing. I let the song finish. Secretly, I kinda like it.
posted by LANYTransplant at 10:02 AM
1 Comments:
hahaha! that's so great! i know you're a big softy, really! and, hmm...i find it weird that your boss' boss wanted to borrow one of your ipod earbuds. ew!
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