Meeting FIRST People in odd places

[Jeff Waegelin]

My dad was renting a powerwasher at a Home Depot in Shelby Twp. a couple weekends ago, and the guy working the tool rental section was a Lawrence Tech student who was on a FIRST team in high school. I don't remember exactly which team he was from, but I think it was 217.

[StephLee]

On the Thursday of the Chesapeake Regional this year, my team went to the Annapolis Mall for dinner. The drive team decided to go looking for new joysticks since the drivers weren't happy with ours(never got to RadioShack, though), and while we were eating ice cream by one of those backlit maps, some guys from another team started looking at the map, looking for RadioShack. I seem to recall hearing one of them saying something about new joysticks... We didn't get a chance to talk to them, so I have no idea what team they were from. Lots of teams were there that night, though.

I didn't really meet this guy because he's in FIRST, but...I just found out a friend of mine who lives pretty far away from me and I've known for years is on a team. He's never mentioned it before, and this is my first year on a team.

[ArmoredFairy698]

My dad works with 2 former FIRST-ers, and they are my friends now. I work with 2 former FIRST-ers as well (one from my team, who also happens to be my boyfriend, and a guy from another team). Very cool. I love how FIRST has made it's way into everything!

In fact, it's part of my job My company sponsors the AZ Regional Event, as well as my team.

[Billfred]

I've had two run-ins since the last post in this thread. (Which means, naturally, that I have to revive it.)

One of them I happened to start IMing when she joined the Preston forums. She was on a team in Atlanta--can't remember the number.

The other one, as it just so happens, sits two seats down in SOCY 101.