Pat Moment #658

Chalk up another one. Not a huge back story with this Pat Moment, just a typical Pat Moment. Basically me and the coworkers were at the soccer stadium trying out a on field promotion for an upcoming soccer game which is basically a punt pass and kick with a soccer ball. So we were trying it out on this really sunny day and the promotion was going fine and we were kind of joking around with the soccer ball. I had my sunglasses on my head because it was so sunny and one of my coworkers kicked the ball towards me. Trying to show off my mad soccer skills in front of my coworkers, I decided while the soccer ball was in mid flight coming towards me that I was going to try and head butt the ball. As the ball began it decent to me I was lining up with my head thinking I was going to make an awesome head butt. The only thing stopping me from performing a kick ass head butt was that I forgot my sunglasses were on my forehead. I came to that realization when the ball was a foot away from my head and then it was too late. The ball decided to hit my sunglasses dead on and then pierce an indentation of the sunglasses into my forehead. It hurt like hell and had a nice sunglasses lump in my forehead, but I think I impressed everyone with my mad soccer skills though.

I'm a Big Kid Now

Well I finally feel accepted into the working world with this...

That's right Pat has business cards now. These are professional too alot better than my home made business cards

I have been given these new bad boys out like crazy. The local homeless man Doug has one, I give them to bartenders as tips,I was given 5000 I think I have about 153 left. Usually I just have them in the palm of my hand so when I shake hands with someone they are given to them right there, really more time efficient that way. Plus it is cool to hand these out to the ladies at the bars, usually I put some messages on the back of them when I had them out, "I can get you tickets to Ohio State sporting events (wink)" This so far has not worked. Let me know if you want to be part of the select view that get to have one of my business cards. I might put a special message on the back of each one (wink)

See Pat, See Pat Work, Work Pat Work

(Me closing the deal on the Johnson Account)

Do I smell?

OK I know when I took this job that I did not know anyone out here. That did not bother me at all, I assumed I would get to know people here or just be by myself, whatever nothing big to me I probably will die a hermit anyway. So I was recently out at a bar and entered into some raffle, I do not remeber doing it for sure but I guess I did because I won. What I won was a free drinks at this bar for 2 hours for me and my "friends". I was presently surprised about winning this but the problem was I did not have any "friends" here to come and enjoy this with me. So I decided to send out an email to people I recently met here telling them about my prize I won and wondering if they would like to join me for free drinks. Guess how many people jumped at the chance to hang out with me. Go ahead guess...lower...lower...lower. Give up...zero. That is right zero people. Basically I could not get people hang out with me even when I offered free beer. If that ain't a kick in the pants. Looks like I will be that guy at the end of the bar who is drinking by himself. Welcome to Ohio State, the most friendly place in the world.

Happy No Labor Day

Hope everyone had a great day of not working. Mine kinda of boring mainly because I was still recovering my first Ohio State football game. Saturday was a gorgeous day in Columbus for football game. Ohio State took on Youngstown State, which their team name is...anyone...anyone? That's right the fightin' Penguins. Their mascot was a giant penguin that was wearing a scarf and a stocking cap, plus they also had a female penguin mascot. Who basically just had eye lashes to show that it was a female. The whole time I was watching them I was expecting Morgan Freeman to come on the loud speaker to narrate the penguins and the game.

(Morgan Freeman voice) "The penguins marched their way off the field and I'd like to think that the last thing that went through their head, other than that bullet pass for a touchdown, was to wonder how the hell the Buckeyes ever got the best of them. Well you either get busy living or get busy dying"

I was up at 6:30 and there at 7 and looked like I like I still was asleep, which I pretty much was. My job responsibilities during the game were to make sure 65,000 McDonald's coupons got handed out at the gates to the fans as they entered the game. My other responsibility was at half time I was given the first half stats and had to make about 2000 copies in 3 min and have them in the hands of fans as they wait to get food at half. Both went OK not the best but for my first time doing a massive hand out I think I did pretty good. One of the funny things though during the game was pre game around all the tailgates. We have these season long all-access passes to get us anywhere in the stadium. This is one of the reasons I love working in sports because this pass hangs around my neck and I walk around like in Wayne's World showing off my pass to everyone. Well walking around with some of the other employees in the tail gate area a ticket scalper saw our passes and wanted to buy it off us for a thousand dollars. Really tempting, we turned him down but it is in the back of my mind in case I do get fired from the job and need to turn some money around quick. The best though was after the game fans stuck around because we put the Michigan game on the video board and fans went crazy after they lost, I have never seen so much passion for one team hating another team. It is starting to come over me I really hate Michigan, mainly because they did not like my job interview with them, well their loss because Ohio State wanted the best of the best, so eat it Michigan!