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| This isn't me. It's a pic on the first page of results when you put "speed dating" into a Google image search. |
How does it work?
- Essentially, in straight speed dating, all of the women sit in one place and the men rotate to each lady. You get four minutes to talk and see if there is spark.
- There is no selecting who you want to spend time with. You talk to each person for the full time. Sometimes the four minutes flies by and other times it feels like you're getting stabbed in the eye with a needle for eternity. Okay, that may be a bit dramatic. Maybe it's more like having a mosquito buzz in your ear for four minutes. It's annoying but not painful and you're stoked when it goes away.
- Everyone has a name tag with their name and a number. Like I would be Betti #123.
- You get a sheet of paper for notes and you write down the person's name, number, something memorable about them and whether or not you're interested in seeing them again.
- It is very difficult to take notes. You only have four minutes (which can actually fly by) and you have to write down who people are and whether or not you dig them. Which can be kind of awkward. What are you supposed to write, "Dbag, no thanks." Weird.
- About 50% of the crowd were in IT or engineering.
- There was one guy who "moved to DC for a woman". He said it in response to every question. Eek. Sorry dude. They broke up eight months ago and he led with that. I think I'm further along in the healing process than that guy.
- A dude who asked who my celebrity crush was then practically jizzed in his pants talking about Selma Hayek.
- A guy who invited me for a midnight swim then asked if I would respond if he emailed me. He kind of gave me the ick but I didn't feel unsafe so I said yes. It's all about the churn.
