I met Darnell Dockett today
by manphibian on Aug 23, 2009 8:39 PM MDT
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PrintWell, maybe 'met' is an overstatement;
A project at work required me to do some fieldwork in a Toys'R'Us today (spending all day watching a specific aisle and recording shopper activity in and around, talking to people who buy certain things).
After an incredibly slow start, I'm half falling asleep, when I look up and see someone who looks remarkably like Darnell Dockett on the other side of the store. I keep an eye on him, and I'm pretty sure it IS Dockett, and not only that he's entering 'my' aisle. It is completely confirmed when some old guy (who I thought was with him at first the way he was following him) walked up and asked if there were any new injuries, and Dockett said "No, we're all fine" or something like that. Then he picked out the specific toy that I was watching for his kid (who was with him). I have been doing my job for a while, and can walk up to anyone cold without hesitation (ie beautiful women I couldn't talk to in a bar, whatever), but I was actually nervous; big adrenaline rush. Anyway, I walked up to him, made my simple pitch (something like; Can I take less than a minute of your time to ask you 2 or 3 questions about [toyname]), and he shot me down cold, said he had to get his son somewhere (and he did seem to be in a bit of a hurry before I approached). I shot a "good game yesterday" at him and he said "Thanks, I appreciate that", and that was the end of my brush with a Pro-Bowler.
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That's cool!
Hey, you did your best and you handled yourself perfectly. DD had to get back to Twittering! He can’t stay away for too long!
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Sweet thats cool!!!
I met him a few times myself, my friend used to be a manager at a game crazy and id go there and hang out and hed somtimes come in to buy some games. On another note he apprarently hates signing autographs
that sure wasn't stopping him from signing hats and footballs during the game
Him and A-dub seemed like they were signing something everytime the camera was on them, except for the short period of time when DD grabbed the camera and started filming the game.
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Congratulations
The only Cardinal I have met was Warner [its my picture on here] and that was at a book signing.
Worked at a Circle K an Ahwatukee
Used to have Leinart and Amare Stoudimare come in all the time. Pretty cool guys.
A man from Dallas who bleeds red, not silver and blue.
I once caught Gonnasippaherppawarts from Emmit Smith when he's was in town...
Bastard never even called to check how I was doing!
Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!
Met Dockett and Dansby at a car show in Phoenix once
Dockett was just walking around in the crowd, this was probably his second year in the league so not many knew him, but me being a Cardinal freak knew it was him. Cool guy. Dansby was at a jewelry stand. He wasn’t repping the Cardinals at all, just advertising his jewelry, not sure if they sponsor him or what, it was kind of weird. Expensive stuff by the way. I knew it was him but I asked his name and he said Karlos. So it would obvious.
Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds
nice story
Seems like you may need this to lift your spirits. After all you do work at toys r us hahahaha find real work
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