Stalk her 'til she likes you!

About once a month my directorate holds a party that is deciated to "Hails and Farewells" (Hello's and Good-bye's) to any new people and to anyone leaving. Gifts and awards are presented and a few (or alot) of words are spoken. Last week there was a party where I was welcomed and a few others were sent home. Part of the going away process is writing down what you learned while you were here. One of the guys was a younger guy had a very memorable quote that I picked up on "Stalk her til she likes you" I thought it was pretty funny and have passed it on whenever the opportunity presents itself.

I was talking to a Senior Chief I had met and he was telling me how his recruiter had pretty much stalked him to get him to join the Navy, at which point I had to interrupt and tell him my new quote. He thought it was great and asked me to email it to him as he has a memory like Dori (Finding Nemo). So the next morning I sent him a quote of the day. He responded with his appreciation, I then told him to let me know how the advice panned out for him as I was curious to know how it worked. His response was that I would be the first to know as he would just stalk me.
 
Six hours later he was waiting for me at the gate as I walked back into camp.  I asked him what he was doing, his response "I'm stalking you, remember?" I'm not sure yet, but I am pretty certain that just backfired on me!