/End Julie
Yesterday we had the office xmas party. Everything went ok, got to sit with people I know (Ross, Kym, Matt, Ben and Taran), and then after the meal had a long talk with Matt about various things like previous work, watches, cars and tanks lol. I did say one stupid thing though, which was admit to putting money into clients' jail accounts when I was a defence lawyer. Hmmm.
I left at about 4pm and went to the casino, figuring I could win $100 or $200. I went to the first table and exchanged $400 into $25 chips and played one spin, before noticing a dealer down a few tables looked like Julie. I had another look and thought it wasn't, but walked down there to check anyway.
Even as I got closer it didn't look like her, but when I saw the face, it was her. She seemed to have seen me when I was at the first table, and also maybe when I was walking over. I was standing about a metre from the table waiting for her to look up, and it took a while to do that. In hindsight, I realised she was deliberately avoiding looking at me. When she finally did, I tried to do the Stephen Chow pose, but didn't get any reaction from her.
I asked her how she was and she seemed to give a dry, one word response. Hmmm. I told her I had booked my trip to HK and she shot back with "good for you". I was like, "geez, at least be happy for me" and she said she was. I asked her how things have been and she said ok. I asked her how her day had been and she said tired.
I joked that I'd get her something from HK, and she quickly and bluntly said "oh we're not allowed to receive gifts". I said something else and she said there was no way of getting it to her. I was getting the hint.
I told her I had spent all of last week xx a drug dealer and told her about how the drug dealer looked a lot older than she was because she used drugs. She asked what drugs, and I said ice (she nodded) and weed. She said weed doesn't age you. I said "you sound like an expert" and she didn't say anything. I reckon she's at least experimented with drugs.
I asked her if she was on day shift now, and she said it's weird because its half half. After she had spun, I said her spin sounded better now and she laughed a bit. I said though it was with her hand and not her left. We somehow got talking about her hands being sore, and I joked that she should sue for workers' compensation and that I knew a good lawyer. She said she was actually on something like that, like restricted duties, where she told them of her shoulder pains so they had her go around trying to sign people up to the member's card.
I asked her what time she finished and she said 8pm. I asked her if she wanted to go for a coffee and she said she couldn't, as she only had two hours sleep. She added "I'm sorry" and I laughed a bit, saying she shouldn't be sorry. I knew it was a rejection, but tried to play it off by saying we could go next time. She didn't say anything and I added "I'll hold you onto it" - dumb.
I moved to the end of the table, and there was an Indian guy playing now. I was up $100 and after standing around awkwardly, said I'd go check out another table. She just nodded. I went to a far away table and thought she looked around for me. I hung around for about five minutes before leaving.
Afterwards I went back to the office to change and was close to crying. I had to meet Jim for gym, so held back, and for the rest of the night pretended everything was ok.
I left at about 4pm and went to the casino, figuring I could win $100 or $200. I went to the first table and exchanged $400 into $25 chips and played one spin, before noticing a dealer down a few tables looked like Julie. I had another look and thought it wasn't, but walked down there to check anyway.
Even as I got closer it didn't look like her, but when I saw the face, it was her. She seemed to have seen me when I was at the first table, and also maybe when I was walking over. I was standing about a metre from the table waiting for her to look up, and it took a while to do that. In hindsight, I realised she was deliberately avoiding looking at me. When she finally did, I tried to do the Stephen Chow pose, but didn't get any reaction from her.
I asked her how she was and she seemed to give a dry, one word response. Hmmm. I told her I had booked my trip to HK and she shot back with "good for you". I was like, "geez, at least be happy for me" and she said she was. I asked her how things have been and she said ok. I asked her how her day had been and she said tired.
I joked that I'd get her something from HK, and she quickly and bluntly said "oh we're not allowed to receive gifts". I said something else and she said there was no way of getting it to her. I was getting the hint.
I told her I had spent all of last week xx a drug dealer and told her about how the drug dealer looked a lot older than she was because she used drugs. She asked what drugs, and I said ice (she nodded) and weed. She said weed doesn't age you. I said "you sound like an expert" and she didn't say anything. I reckon she's at least experimented with drugs.
I asked her if she was on day shift now, and she said it's weird because its half half. After she had spun, I said her spin sounded better now and she laughed a bit. I said though it was with her hand and not her left. We somehow got talking about her hands being sore, and I joked that she should sue for workers' compensation and that I knew a good lawyer. She said she was actually on something like that, like restricted duties, where she told them of her shoulder pains so they had her go around trying to sign people up to the member's card.
I asked her what time she finished and she said 8pm. I asked her if she wanted to go for a coffee and she said she couldn't, as she only had two hours sleep. She added "I'm sorry" and I laughed a bit, saying she shouldn't be sorry. I knew it was a rejection, but tried to play it off by saying we could go next time. She didn't say anything and I added "I'll hold you onto it" - dumb.
I moved to the end of the table, and there was an Indian guy playing now. I was up $100 and after standing around awkwardly, said I'd go check out another table. She just nodded. I went to a far away table and thought she looked around for me. I hung around for about five minutes before leaving.
Afterwards I went back to the office to change and was close to crying. I had to meet Jim for gym, so held back, and for the rest of the night pretended everything was ok.
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