I guess I am one of them after all.

I had lunch with one of my handlers today. An excuse for the guys in the office to get out and meet with us cooler guys in the field, I guess. It was a nice catch-up. All about the video games and big televisions...

Of course, he had just heard of the official release today, as well. I told him I wasn't sweating it, and he told me I shouldn't sweat it... They've already got some prospects for me at a couple of potentially cooler places. Woo and hoo.

After lunch I tripped my way through the cafeteria to get a bottle of water. Yeah, I'm one of those guys who trusts the tap water when it's sealed inside a plastic bottle for a buck rather than splashed in a glass at the fountain in the hall...

As I was checking out, the cashier noticed I wasn't getting lunch like everyone else. As I was commenting that I was returning from lunch out she says she can see that I've already had lunch, 'cause it's all over my shirt.

The first thought through my head was "damn! Some ketchup probably splattered on my shirt!" At almost the same time I thought "wait, there was no ketchup with my meal..." Then immediately after I thought, "DOH! It's April first."

She almost belly laughed as she called out "made you look! Made you look!"

I chuckled, and thanked her for the chuckle. She pleaded that I not tell her boss lest she get fired. I said that I thought it was funny, not mean, so she shouldn't worry. The guy next to me in line chuckled as well, saying that now he was safe 'cause she couldn't pull the same trick twice...I didn't stick around to see what happened.