So one of my fellow interns puts it best in his note, so being lazy as I am, I'll just post his words here since the majority of you are not in his network:
So Kyle, Drew, and I decided it was high time for a visit to the Microsoft Company Store today after work. For those of you who don't know, I work in the same building as the executives at Microsoft, and many people speak of seeing some of them in the halls or on the elevator. Upon the three of us approaching the elevator, Drew whispers, "Come on...Bill Gates, Bill Gates, Bill Gates..." and crosses his fingers. Doors open--empty elevator.
As we're descending to the parking garage level (we park directly under the building), we start to talk about the possibility of meeting billg on the elevator and what we would do if we did.
When we get to the basement, I suggest that we look over to see his parking space, since Kyle hadn't seen it before (I don't think). We open the door over to where his car should be, but alas, there's only one older Lexus (at least as 7 years, based on the model) parked in the secluded VIP spots.
As I'm standing there holding the door, I said, "Nope, just somebody's old Lexus." I get the strange feeling that the guys behind me have lost interest and walked away, so I turn around...
...and look Bill Gates straight in the face, not realizing who he was at first. I think I said something like, "Oh, hi." He nodded or said something equally curt back to me. The other guys were standing there not saying anything at all, looking at billg and back at each other. I tried to walk away from the door I was holding, but the lanyard to my keys was looped around the door handle. After an awkward second, billg walked through the door I was holding open with my keys.
Ranks up there with the most surreal moments of my life, as we had just been talking about him, and I turned around and saw him with no warning.
For those of you who may wonder, as quick on my toes as I am, I had absolutely nothing to say at that point. I really wanted to pull a "Remember me?" but that just wasn't happening. He really kinda scared the crap outta me.
...I just wonder what he feels like now that I've referred to his car as an "old Lexus."
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All I have to say is that if we had waited for the next elevator my chant would have had perfect timing... instead it was slightly delayed results.
