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Chuck Bartowski ([personal profile] nerdherdchuck) wrote2007-10-09 12:20 am
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Taught to tango - like a girl.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-17 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Do you really know how to tango?

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-17 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh well, thanks to my sister's boyfriend, I only know the lady's part of the dance. Captain Awesome, as I dub the boyfriend, failed to show me what the guy's part was.

I looked like an idiot at the art gala I attended. The lady I danced with who later attempted to kill me because she was a wanted fugitive had to lead.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-18 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
*winces* Sorry about that, man. Shouldn't it be easier to learn the guy part now though since you at least know the dance?

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-18 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so. I really would need to practice the dip part the most, I think.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-18 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course! You have to look dashing while doing something like that.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-19 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it kinda loses something when the girl dips you.

But man, to do that? I would have looked suave, you know?

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-19 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
You would have, and you will when you try it out again. *nudges him encouragingly*

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-19 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the pep talk....uh...oh wait, I don't think I caught your name.

I'm Chuck, by the way.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-20 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome, I'm kinda used to giving them.

Name's Jack Shephard, good to officially meet you.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-21 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh really? You give advice for a living or are you like the go-to guy when your buddies are feeling down?

Nice to meet you too.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-21 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Um, kind of in between. I'm a doctor and people are always expecting me to have all the answers. I do what I can to help, but my bedside manor really sucks. *gives a small nervous laugh* Several patients have even told me that to my face, you know it's bad then.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-21 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You go all Dr. House on them or something? *chuckles nervously* I dunno...I can't see you being like that though.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-22 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
*cringes* Ok, so maybe I'm not as bad as that, but if all the tests come back negative I'm more likely to tell a patient the facts rather than deceive them with a false hope. Dad keeps getting onto me about it, telling me that people would rather hear that they have 1% chance of living than 99% chance of dying.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-22 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* I guess it's all in how facts are presented. Maybe some people just need to know that you really tried to help them.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-23 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I try to get that across, but my people skills just fall apart at work sometimes.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-24 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be too hard on yourself. I mean...sometimes people aren't really mad at you, just the situation, you know?

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-10-25 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... *decides to change the subject*

So tell me about your job, ever run across some interesting people?

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-10-25 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...well...there's a sorta unique group. A few tech folks and sales clerks. My buddy Morgan works there and having your buddy there makes the day go a bit faster, you know? I mean...my job's not that exciting. I do tech support at Buy More. Part of the Nerd Herd. You know, people come up with questions...sometimes I go to their houses and fix their computers and stuff.

Just...yeah, that's it.

Well, I might get to be an assistant manager soon, but we'll see. There's this guy, Harry Tang, and he's trying to get the job too and we're kinda hoping he doesn't 'cuz he'd make our lives miserable.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, I know all about having your buddy around at work. My friend Ryan pretty much wrote the book on different ways you can entertain yourself with a plethora of latex gloves. *chuckles* You've never seen so many balloon chickens!

Well, are you sure you'd really want the assistant manager position? Sometimes those things aren't all they're cracked up to be.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Balloon chickens...*laughs* That must have been awesome.

Uh...well, guess I don't have to worry about it now. Tang got the job - uncontested, actually. I was gonna interview, but something came up and well, my girlfriend is more important than Buy More.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
It was! Have you ever made them?

*nods* Yeah, sometimes you have to have priorities. Have you been doing ok with him in charge?

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-11-01 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. *smiles* Morgan actually colored the glove so it looked more like a chicken.

I dunno yet...he starts on Monday. But he already has ideas for my group cooked up. Fun.

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-11-02 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice. I'd be even more impressed if there was more than one color on the chicken.

*grimaces* Nothing too painful I hope.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-11-02 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
With the beak and the dangling red thing, it was a couple colors. *shakes head* That's Morgan for you.

I sure hope not...

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-11-03 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
So you made a rooster. Who should I tell about Buy More not being an equal opportunity employer? *grins*

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-11-03 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Morgan says it was a chicken...like the Muppet chickens (http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Chickens).

*laughs*

[identity profile] not-a-savage.livejournal.com 2007-11-04 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
*laughs with him* While not anatomically correct, I think the League of Female Poultry Voters will let you go on this one.

[identity profile] nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com 2007-11-04 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good. *laughs*