Tonight I was working at my shitty job.

A kid was at my register who kept asking me questions, I'd answer them, and he didn't seem to get the simple answers. His mind kept wondering and he kept looking around.

Why the fuck are you so retarded? Why haven't I killed myself yet? These questions ran through my mind as I wiped butter flavoring off of my sleeve.

A man steps up to the registewr next to mine that my boss was on.

He was big. He was black. He was famous. I finally realized why the kid at my register was distracted.

Me and the kid stared at him. The big guy asked me: "What's your name?"

"Ian" I said.

"I know that, he said, but whats your whole name?" He touched my nametag.

He did this to the two other people behind the counter as well.

"My name is Shaquille." He said.

He walked into the theatre that was playing HOSTEL, with his arm around some fly chick.

All of us employees of the theatre discuss it for a moment and go about our business. It's not terribly uncommon for famous people to come into our theatre as it is located right in the middle of all the really nice hotels in Portland. Billy Idol has come in. I think Cher came in once. Alice Cooper was the last celebrity to do so.

So I closed down the snack bar and did my usual end-of-the-night stuff. Hostel started to get out and I didn't think anything of it because I figured the big guy would go out the back exit door to avoid people. I prop the door open, and start talking to a guy I knew that had just seen the movie.

All of a sudden, I am purposely bumped by a huge body by an unknown assailant. I whip my head around and there is SHAQ. He wiggles his fingers in my face and makes some noises that are in the same essence as saying "BOO!" and he walks away. What do I say? Well, the best thing I came up with was:

"Oh... hey."

My New Friend by Sledg Brainerd

ian

Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am

Thirteen comments

I get pushed by Shaquille Oneal and no comments? FUCK ALL YALL!
sledg
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
I GET AN INSANE HIGHSCORE ON SOLITAIRE AND NO COMMENTS? FUCK ALL YALL.
//eff
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
Solitaire is for old ladies you fucking dork. Plus no one knows what a high score is in solitaire because noone plays it LOSER!
sledg
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
I think you are just jealous...

BITCH.
//eff
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
oh hey, sledg!
jonr
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
eric, no one cares about solitare...bean, coolest story ive heard in a while, AND I HEARD IT FIRST BITCHES!!!
oh, eric where's zacattac.com?
wispy
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
that's so cool, een! almost as cool as that one time i met ty pennington in starbucks on 23rd....
dk
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
who is ty pennington? his name sounds familiar but im not making the connection...
sledg
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
I don't know who he is either, but I hate him already: http://www.tythehandyguy.com/. I'm guessing running into him would be like running into "Cody" from 'Step by Step' (Sasha Mitchell aka "Kick Boxer 2 & 3").
Jeryl
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
ty!! ty pennington!!! he was the carpenter from 'trading spaces' on TLC. wait, let me rephrase that: he was the hot carpenter from 'trading spaces.' now he does 'extreme makeover: home edition.' but he's hot. don't hate, jeryl. hating is never good.
dk
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
I want to ride Ty Pennington like a pony. One of those little tiny toy-lookin' ones.
//eff
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
true that.
Jeryl
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am
oooh ty.... how i love him...
dk
Sunday 08 January 2006 at 01:32 am

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