Writes Brian O’Connell:
9:54 am on September 29, 2008Thought I would share this little story with you, as everyone I tell within my circle of friends thinks I’m crazy or worse.
I’m a 20 something employee of an internet retailer. My company went out to Malibu this weekend for an industry shindig. The gathering itself was uneventful and I managed to get through it by loading up on the free drinks in the VIP. While my plan of “get drunk and act happy to be there” worked great for Saturday evening, Sunday morning I was hung over and useless. Our crew went to Marmalade Cafe for a Sunday morning brunch. I was still walking on shaky ground and excused myself for fresh air.
Outside I found an empty parking spot away from the crowd waiting for a table, sat on the curb and stared at the ground hoping that my world would start to make sense again. As I sat staring at an oil stain, a silver Bentley came into frame and took the empty spot. The car stopped next to my knee caps, and so I began to rise to give the driver the space his car deserved.
As I rise to my feet, clearly ill and shaken, a cool thick Austrian voice asks me with a bit of sarcasm “how you doing today, son?” Confident in my balance I look up to meet the driver in the eye, and see that it is Governor Schwarzenegger. Apparently the alcohol still ran thick in my blood because without missing a beat I responded : “Awful… These bailouts keep a young guy like me queasy.”
He was so caught off guard by my response that as he walked past me he did a double take back in my direction, misstepped and tripped himself stepping onto the sidewalk while letting out a generic chuckle. Not long after I joined my friends back in the cafe. At least twice during the meal I caught the govenator looking in my direction, once gesturing my way while talking with his wife, another time with a face of pure confusion.
So there you have it, a child of the Lewrockwell.com slightly disturbing the sunday brunch of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re not having an impact. 🙂
