Meeting FIRST People in odd places

[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.

[Arkorobotics]

Met one at a bowl alley at a really late time once.

[LightWaves1636]

not yet for me though but I'm hoping, it's kinda hard since my team is the only FIRST team in my school district and I don't get out of the county much.

[dubious elise]

Well, I'm not sure if this counts, but it sure comes close...

My parents were at a wedding this weekend and brought home a 'program' of sorts from the wedding that had little blurbs about the wedding party. As I glanced through it, one name popped out:Emily Pease described as a robot builder from Boston! I gasped and immediately went on ChiefDelphi and sure enough, I found an awfully similar gal that my mom had indeed remembered meeting at the wedding.

[lukevanoort]

Jamaica. We were on a cruise, and while wandering around a Margaritaville restaurant, a woman noticed my Dad's 587 shirt and asked us about it, if I remember correctly she was thinking about getting involved. My memory isn't the best in the world, she might have already been involved and wondering about us. I also saw someone in a FIRST volunteer shirt at Watercountry, USA in Virginia, but I never talked to them.

[irishninja]

I was wearing my team shirt at a music session hosted at a church. This guy walked up to me and he has been on of the teams at the NY Regionals the previous day.

[Eric Scheuing]

I was walking out of Home Depot once, and I saw a guy with a FIRST shirt on walking to his car as well.

Technically I didn't meet him, but I saw him.

[Greg Marra]

I was at my Senior Outing, and I saw a girl in a TechnoTics shirt. I shouted "Yay TechnoTics!" and she just said "Yea...." and kept walking.

[Qbranch]

I met one in a don Pablo's..... but then again you meet all kinds of people in a Mexican restaurant

-Q

[Sam Lipscomb]

I was at my Senior Picnic at Holiday Hill in Prospect, CT (farish from Shelton, farther from north CT) when someone came up and said hi to me...I couldn't figure out how I knew him until he said he was from Tolland and I realized I had spent most of the Championships this year hanging out with RAGE. Sorry Trevor!

[mjbrauck]

I meet a first person from 007 who happend to be sitting next to me at aquire the fire a christan concert.

[amos229]

I have been working at mcdonalds almost a year now and the other day a spetacular thing happened when i was off duty. I had on my team shirt and was eating and suddenly and older gentleman comes up and starts talking about his days in FIRST. then i found out that he was on the original team started back in 97 I believ. simply incredible.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by amos229

I have been working at mcdonalds almost a year now and the other day a spetacular thing happened when i was off duty. I had on my team shirt and was eating and suddenly and older gentleman comes up and starts talking about his days in FIRST. then i found out that he was on the original team started back in 97 I believ. simply incredible.

Aww, geez, I hope he was a mentor. If someone on a 1997 team is an "older gentleman" I'd hate to think what that makes me!