This morning at breakfast, I observed another instance of what I believe to be TID from X4A-1000. There are two who work where I go to breakfast sometimes who are interesting to me, and both appeared to respond, but the younger one (probably 20-21 years old) responded the most obviously. The older one, in her 50's, responded, but kept it more low key.
The younger one works in the back of the kitchen sorting and washing silverware and dishes. Normally I don't even know she's there unless some comes out to get a tray of dirty dishes or deliver clean silverware, and on days where she works, she typically only comes out from the back 1-2 times while I am there. Typically she will smile politely, but otherwise generally ignores me. On days when they're slammed, she will come out between 2 to 4 times while I am there, and usually she does not notice me at all when she's that busy.
This morning was a quiet morning, and she came out from the back and noticed me, and smiled at me, delivered the silverware and went back. This wasn't just a polite smile. This was an "I see you," smile. Noticing me for different reasons this time.
She then proceeded to come out again, and instead of doing much of anything, she was talking with the servers for a moment before going back. Again we met eyes before she did. Again she smiled.
Then less than a minute later she was out again, this time carrying more silverware, which is really unusual. She's never done that before on a slow day. But I thought it was interesting, nothing more.
Within a few minutes, she had gone back in the back, and come back out a fourth time. This time she smiled at me again, and tried to position herself to my left where the servers roll silverware in napkins, which is the closest she could reasonably have an excuse to be to me. She started rolling silverware, and rolled two, and then abruptly went back in the back. Now I was suspicious. I noticed also that at this point, her cheeks had flushed.
Next, she appeared in the window between the kitchen and the alley the servers use to get food and serve bar patrons. She caught my eye, smiled at me, and waved. She has never been seen in that window before; she has never made an effort to get my attention, and she has never smiled at me and waved before. I have been going to this restaurant for breakfast on and off for almost five years now. My girlfriend noticed me waving, and turned to look. She waved at GF also, and then disappeared.
Then she came back out a few minutes later, wandered around trying to look busy when she wasn't and smiled at me again before going back into the back.
And then an few minutes later she is back out, back to pretending to roll silverware, then disappears after another two or three rolled!
All told she came out of the back no less than 11 times while I was there, meaning she averaged about once every 4 minutes. She smiled at me at least 8 separate times, and waved at me, and appeared in the only location in the kitchen where she could have a chance to see me. She ended up as close to me as possible twice, and both times she took the long way to get there, which allowed her to walk next to me, instead of behind the bar as she usually does.
GF noticed all this (of course) and decided it must be TID.
The older one was more open and conversant with me than usual, telling me how she was going to order what I ordered and make it a little differently and such, but she was generally busy with customers. She still seemed more noticeably open to me than usual.
All in all, very interesting result, especially considering that the program isn't even finished being assembled yet...
The younger one works in the back of the kitchen sorting and washing silverware and dishes. Normally I don't even know she's there unless some comes out to get a tray of dirty dishes or deliver clean silverware, and on days where she works, she typically only comes out from the back 1-2 times while I am there. Typically she will smile politely, but otherwise generally ignores me. On days when they're slammed, she will come out between 2 to 4 times while I am there, and usually she does not notice me at all when she's that busy.
This morning was a quiet morning, and she came out from the back and noticed me, and smiled at me, delivered the silverware and went back. This wasn't just a polite smile. This was an "I see you," smile. Noticing me for different reasons this time.
She then proceeded to come out again, and instead of doing much of anything, she was talking with the servers for a moment before going back. Again we met eyes before she did. Again she smiled.
Then less than a minute later she was out again, this time carrying more silverware, which is really unusual. She's never done that before on a slow day. But I thought it was interesting, nothing more.
Within a few minutes, she had gone back in the back, and come back out a fourth time. This time she smiled at me again, and tried to position herself to my left where the servers roll silverware in napkins, which is the closest she could reasonably have an excuse to be to me. She started rolling silverware, and rolled two, and then abruptly went back in the back. Now I was suspicious. I noticed also that at this point, her cheeks had flushed.
Next, she appeared in the window between the kitchen and the alley the servers use to get food and serve bar patrons. She caught my eye, smiled at me, and waved. She has never been seen in that window before; she has never made an effort to get my attention, and she has never smiled at me and waved before. I have been going to this restaurant for breakfast on and off for almost five years now. My girlfriend noticed me waving, and turned to look. She waved at GF also, and then disappeared.
Then she came back out a few minutes later, wandered around trying to look busy when she wasn't and smiled at me again before going back into the back.
And then an few minutes later she is back out, back to pretending to roll silverware, then disappears after another two or three rolled!
All told she came out of the back no less than 11 times while I was there, meaning she averaged about once every 4 minutes. She smiled at me at least 8 separate times, and waved at me, and appeared in the only location in the kitchen where she could have a chance to see me. She ended up as close to me as possible twice, and both times she took the long way to get there, which allowed her to walk next to me, instead of behind the bar as she usually does.
GF noticed all this (of course) and decided it must be TID.
The older one was more open and conversant with me than usual, telling me how she was going to order what I ordered and make it a little differently and such, but she was generally busy with customers. She still seemed more noticeably open to me than usual.
All in all, very interesting result, especially considering that the program isn't even finished being assembled yet...
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
