So I was out to dinner tonight with my roommates and I'm sitting at the booth looking down towards the front door of the place and all of a sudden walking towards me is Woz!!! I was like "oh my god. Steve Wozniak... that's Woz! Oh my god". I seriously about fell over.
Just a couple of days ago I was reading that Steve Jobs' family lives in Palo Alto and I was like "I wonder why I never run into Steve Jobs" and then now today, there is the Woz.. whom I'd much rather meet anyways.
So he walks past me and into the bathroom and I asked my roommate if I should say something. He was like "No I don't think so" and I sat there knowing that if I didn't I'd probably regret having the chance and not taking it.
So after he left the bathroom and walked by I saw him standing at the front waiting to be seated. I kept wondering if I should do it... so finally I just said "I'm doing it" and got up and walked over.
He was with a tall blonde woman and two children in the range of 8 to 10 years old. I walk up and said "Not to intrude.. but.. " and Woz didn't hear me but the woman did and directed his attention to me. I said "You're Steve Wozniak aren't you?" and he smiled and said "Yep". I said "I just saw you come in and I had to shake your hand and thank you for everything you've done. I'm a big fan of your work" or something to that affect, I was pretty much in this state of "I can't believe what's going on" so it's a blur.
He was so nice and acted as if I had known him my whole life. He was very friendly and asked me what I did and I told him I was a graphic designer/web developer.
The young girl then looked up at me and said "Do you want to buy Steve Wozniak's chewed gum for $100".. I laughed and declined. It was really funny.
Any ways that is about it. There was more to the conversation but not much. I then told him I hoped he had a great dinner and I shook his hand and went back to my table... where I proceeded to shake in disbelief and tried to remember what was said. My roommated told me I was like an 80s teenage girl meeting the New Kids on the Block. I agreed.
You know you're an uber geek when, meeting the co-founder of Apple is the highlight of your year.
I still can't get over how genuenly nice Woz is.
Just a couple of days ago I was reading that Steve Jobs' family lives in Palo Alto and I was like "I wonder why I never run into Steve Jobs" and then now today, there is the Woz.. whom I'd much rather meet anyways.
So he walks past me and into the bathroom and I asked my roommate if I should say something. He was like "No I don't think so" and I sat there knowing that if I didn't I'd probably regret having the chance and not taking it.
So after he left the bathroom and walked by I saw him standing at the front waiting to be seated. I kept wondering if I should do it... so finally I just said "I'm doing it" and got up and walked over.
He was with a tall blonde woman and two children in the range of 8 to 10 years old. I walk up and said "Not to intrude.. but.. " and Woz didn't hear me but the woman did and directed his attention to me. I said "You're Steve Wozniak aren't you?" and he smiled and said "Yep". I said "I just saw you come in and I had to shake your hand and thank you for everything you've done. I'm a big fan of your work" or something to that affect, I was pretty much in this state of "I can't believe what's going on" so it's a blur.
He was so nice and acted as if I had known him my whole life. He was very friendly and asked me what I did and I told him I was a graphic designer/web developer.
The young girl then looked up at me and said "Do you want to buy Steve Wozniak's chewed gum for $100".. I laughed and declined. It was really funny.
Any ways that is about it. There was more to the conversation but not much. I then told him I hoped he had a great dinner and I shook his hand and went back to my table... where I proceeded to shake in disbelief and tried to remember what was said. My roommated told me I was like an 80s teenage girl meeting the New Kids on the Block. I agreed.
You know you're an uber geek when, meeting the co-founder of Apple is the highlight of your year.
I still can't get over how genuenly nice Woz is.
