Day Sixty: Networking

I love to network.

I like to gather connections in case I ever need to use them. Specifically I like to gather connections that have nothing to do with jobs and everything to do with ordinary things.

Here’s an example: When I was a freshman in college, a bunch of my girlfriends and I went out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory downtown for a friend’s birthday. It was a pretty fun until we were on the tram home and we realized that the birthday girl had left her phone in the restaurant. This was before the time of internet phones, so it wasn’t as easy as just googling the number for the restaurant and calling them. But luckily, I had a friend who worked at the Cheesecake Factory at Park Meadows. While still on the tram, I called her, got the number for the other restaurant and called the place where the phone had been left. Disaster was averted and there was much rejoicing.

The moral of the story is that you should never make fun of the girl who has over two thousand contacts listed in her phone because she might just save your ass one day.

Challenge to my Readers:

Believe it or not there will be a time when you won’t be able to google a number you need. The next time you go to a mall, write down the number for their security (it will be posted near an exit of the mall.) Write down the number for a company’s catering section in case you go to a wedding and the caterer bails, you’ll have Taco Bell on speed dial.