Cognizant
February 18th, 2015, 01:39 AM
This is more or less just the story of my weird shift at work today.
Ok so at work today this kid came in to order a smoothie.
He was a bit interesting. I found him almost too friendly? Even the most bubbly customers that come in our stores usually just ask me how I'm doing, tell me the order, hand me the money and then I give them the change. That's usually the only interaction I'll have with them. But this kid, he was definitely more...interesting.
So he walks on in about 10 minutes till closing, and he seems very happy to see me for some reason. Again, I had no clue who this dude was. He ordered, gave him his total, and handed me his bus pass. I'm sure it was a mistake, but again, he seemed too friendly about it to me. I said "erm, this ain't VTA buddy." He laughed, said something I didn't quite catch and handed me his credit card. Since we ask for the order names, I discovered that his name was Max/Maxwell. I said thank you and he said thanks back. Since nobody else was in the store and my manager was in the back, I made his smoothie from him and he left.
Then around 5 minutes after we were supposed to lock our doors, he popped back in and he said "Hey, you must be (my sister)'s brother! She wants you to bring her back food." I was more or less surprised that he knew my sister well enough to chat with her. I was just like "Yeah, she isn't getting shit haha" and then he left again. Right after he left we locked the doors and finished closing the store. I texted my sister about it, asking her who that was. She confirmed it was Maxwell (lastname). I thought that would be the end of story, but nah. After I finished closing duties and got home, my sister asked me if I thought he was cute. I just thought to myself, oh god, I know where this is going.
Me:"He's ok I guess, why?"
Sis: "He's gay!" (my sister knows I'm bisexual)
Me: "Uhhhhh, ok? So?"
Sis: "..and he finds you cute - I don't know if I was supposed to tell you that but oh well hehe"
Yep, I knew she was going to say that. In all honesty, I don't think he's that attractive. I mean he's not ugly, but he's not the best-looking guy that I've seen at my school.
And just when I thought it could get any more awkward, I checked my facebook account and sure enough he sent me a friend request :\ I accepted it and he said to me
"If (sister) hasn't told you yet, it was I who came into Jamba Juice and asked you to give her food lol"
I just replied "hahaha yeah she told me." he said
"Haha, alright then" and that was the end of our conversation.
I doubt he's going to talk to me any more, but I really just am not interested in talking with him. I have a good feeling that he's either gonna flirt with me or ask me out, both of which are not really what I'm looking for; I have a girl that I'm interested in anyways.
So thanks for listening to my ramble about my shift at work. Now here's my question - should he chat with me again and he does start to flirt with me, how do I tell him that I'm not interested in dating - while being assertive but without crushing his spirit? I've never really been in the case where I've had to reject someone at the very beginning so I'm honestly not sure what to say or do.
Ok so at work today this kid came in to order a smoothie.
He was a bit interesting. I found him almost too friendly? Even the most bubbly customers that come in our stores usually just ask me how I'm doing, tell me the order, hand me the money and then I give them the change. That's usually the only interaction I'll have with them. But this kid, he was definitely more...interesting.
So he walks on in about 10 minutes till closing, and he seems very happy to see me for some reason. Again, I had no clue who this dude was. He ordered, gave him his total, and handed me his bus pass. I'm sure it was a mistake, but again, he seemed too friendly about it to me. I said "erm, this ain't VTA buddy." He laughed, said something I didn't quite catch and handed me his credit card. Since we ask for the order names, I discovered that his name was Max/Maxwell. I said thank you and he said thanks back. Since nobody else was in the store and my manager was in the back, I made his smoothie from him and he left.
Then around 5 minutes after we were supposed to lock our doors, he popped back in and he said "Hey, you must be (my sister)'s brother! She wants you to bring her back food." I was more or less surprised that he knew my sister well enough to chat with her. I was just like "Yeah, she isn't getting shit haha" and then he left again. Right after he left we locked the doors and finished closing the store. I texted my sister about it, asking her who that was. She confirmed it was Maxwell (lastname). I thought that would be the end of story, but nah. After I finished closing duties and got home, my sister asked me if I thought he was cute. I just thought to myself, oh god, I know where this is going.
Me:"He's ok I guess, why?"
Sis: "He's gay!" (my sister knows I'm bisexual)
Me: "Uhhhhh, ok? So?"
Sis: "..and he finds you cute - I don't know if I was supposed to tell you that but oh well hehe"
Yep, I knew she was going to say that. In all honesty, I don't think he's that attractive. I mean he's not ugly, but he's not the best-looking guy that I've seen at my school.
And just when I thought it could get any more awkward, I checked my facebook account and sure enough he sent me a friend request :\ I accepted it and he said to me
"If (sister) hasn't told you yet, it was I who came into Jamba Juice and asked you to give her food lol"
I just replied "hahaha yeah she told me." he said
"Haha, alright then" and that was the end of our conversation.
I doubt he's going to talk to me any more, but I really just am not interested in talking with him. I have a good feeling that he's either gonna flirt with me or ask me out, both of which are not really what I'm looking for; I have a girl that I'm interested in anyways.
So thanks for listening to my ramble about my shift at work. Now here's my question - should he chat with me again and he does start to flirt with me, how do I tell him that I'm not interested in dating - while being assertive but without crushing his spirit? I've never really been in the case where I've had to reject someone at the very beginning so I'm honestly not sure what to say or do.