Today was day one at HDC. I've spoken to about 300 people so far today. Most of my morning went something like this:
good mornin, good mornin, how are you, hello, good mornin, good mornin. hi. howdy. good mornin. hello. hi there. no its pronounce Ma-gen-ic, yeah, there's no T there. nope. just magenic. good mornin. yep. hi. mornin. sure I can draw a smily face instead. good mornin. thanks. mornin. nope, rockys not here... mornin. mornin. no i dont know where rocky is today. mornin. mornin. yeah I can stamp you.
here you go. yes its free. no you dont have to have a strategy session if you dont want. yes it really is free.
no they didnt hurt. nope, no regrets. *averts eyes, trying not to wince* oh that's a nice one... yeah. good mornin. good mornin. no rocky, sorry. just one hackysack please. thank you. good mornin. no im not rocky. seriously. no he's not here. please dont throw the hackysacks.
good afternoon. howdy. hello. yeah zune. no i dont have anything against ipods. yeah I know theres a newer zune coming out. no this is the original. yeah, the 40gig. im sorry you dont like zunes, I like mine. no really, I do. yeah. it plays fine. no i dont own an ipod. i just dont. good afternoon. thanks. sure no problem. hello. hello. hello.
yes we're THAT magenic. yes rocky works for us. no he doesnt own the company. yeah csla is great. no I don't have the 3.0 book. no i dont have any candy other than mints. oh the next booth has candy bars? that's cool. hello. hello. thank you. enjoying the show? great. how was lunch? good. good.
I'd love to wrap this up by saying that I'll never make fun of booth bunnies again, but seriously... you know I will. Still, it's been an eye-opening experience.