the patrick incident

okay, so i've been meaning to blog about this for quite some time now, but it's always felt too long to type out. so i'm doing it at work where there's fuck all to do right now and emailing it to myself to blog later.

the Patrick incident took place... about 3 months ago i think. it must have been just before my birthday; beginning of june.

it went like this:

i was working at the liquor store one night when this over excited guy comes in. he's too stoked about something to really concentrate. he's dressed in nice jeans and a blazer; looked like a young business type. he asked me what the best/most expensive tequila was and if it tasted as good as it cost. as i rung him through my til, i noticed his debit card was a company card. it said "Patrick ****; Mitchell and Company." i asked him what sort of company he worked for and all he said was that he was going to change the world. that week. i asked in jest if he was looking for a graphic designer and for a second he seemed to get very serious.

"yeah. you know one?"

"yeah, actually: me."

"no shit. here's my number, we're meeting tomorrow. call me"

so he writes down an email and a phone number on a bit of paper and rushes out the store in a quite eccentric manner.

the next morning i called him. i figured what the hell, the worst that could happen is this turns into a funny story...

so i gave him a call at around 10:00 and he said the meeting was in an hour. he followed with a "i'm in a car, where do you live? i'm on my way." so 15 minutes later i've got a nice shirt on, my portfolio, and i'm standing in the street not knowing what to expect. he pulled up in a shiny Audi and we were off to the Joey Tomatoes in Chinook centre. i thought that was kind of strange, but people have lunch meetings all the time. also, i knew that this was gonna be too bizarre to say "no" to at this point. Patrick thought it was strange i had my portfolio with me. that should have been my first clue.

along the way, Patrick gave me the rundown of how he was going to change the world.

he called it "20 Steps"