Friday, July 08, 2005
Three Conversations with B: #1, Cell phone in Chicago
I really don't mean to encourage this sort of behavior at all.
A couple of days ago, I was in Chicago, a city B knows much better than me. I got a bit lost walking from the downtown train station. I had no map. What did I do?
I called B on my cell phone.
I'd say very lame. Except I couldn't help but feel like I was Neo in the Matrix. Way cool.
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A couple of days ago, I was in Chicago, a city B knows much better than me. I got a bit lost walking from the downtown train station. I had no map. What did I do?
I called B on my cell phone.
B: Stay calm. Where are you now?So B directed me to Specialty's Bakery, which has the world's best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. How lame is it to use the cell phone that way?
Me: I don't know. I'm alongside a river or canal. The street is called.... North Wacker.
B: Tell me the street address.
Me: (breathing rapidly) It's... it's ... 110. The numbers are going down!
B: Don't worry. Keep walking forward. The numbers will go back up again. Don't ask me to explain, just trust me.
Me: Okay...
B: Now, is the Merchandise Mart coming up in front of you? Off to your left?
Me: Uh... yes.
B: Okay, the street veers to the right and becomes West Wacker. The numbers should be going up again...
Me: They are!
B: There should be a big grey building off to your right. 333 West Wacker. Do you see it?
Me: Yes! Yes!
B: Cross the street and go into the lobby.
Me: (long pause) Okay, I'm in.
B: Walk past the elevators. There should be a back entrance on the other side.
Me: I don't see it! I don't see it!
B: Just keep going, it's at an angle--
Me: There it is!
B: Go through the revolving doors back outside. That's Lake Street. Cross the street.
Me: Okay... now what?
B: Take a left, and then go to the second door on the right...
Me: That's it! I'm in!
B: Good.
Me: Okay. What kind of cookie do you want?
I'd say very lame. Except I couldn't help but feel like I was Neo in the Matrix. Way cool.
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using the cell to get an oatmeal cookie at Specialtys is definetly allowed! i work in south san francisco and we have one down the street. i'm partial to their brownies. yummy.
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