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Originally Posted by Spammy Badame
but i was just wondering if something like that has happened to anyone else, like if anybody else has random encounters with former robotics people at a completely unexpected place.
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I went to Trader Joe's this week. A new face at the cashier said, "How was your weekend?" I wasn't in the mood to talk, thought a minute, and said, "It was busy."
As he cashiered he told me he'd been to church and volunteered at an out of the way hospital. Since he was friendly, trying to make a connection, I thought a little more trying to remember my weekend and said, "Saturday we helped my college kid get her first car, and Sunday we were doing robotics, we're parents on the local team, have you heard of us?"
His face lit up, "I was on a robotics team! In San Luis Obispo!" I said, "How cool, I used to live in Morro Bay!" He said, "Where?" I said, "Remember The Machine Shop on the bay? My husband and I used to own it. It's a mini mall now." His face lit up again, "I know where that was."
I was quiet for a moment thinking, "Wait a minute, I don't remember a team in SLO." He smiled and said he says SLO cuz people usually know where that is, and said the team was in Atascadero. My face lit up, "I remember that team!" We talked to them at the So Cal regional letting them know we're rooting for them cuz my stepdaughter lives in the area and we want the robotics' teams to thrive.