all of you?

part of my job as a equity salesperson is to take around corporates (in this case, it was a chinese water utility company) to investors so that they can learn about the company's story and figure out if they want to invest in it. because the representatives of these companies are either the CEO or CFO of the company, we have to take them around with drivers.

last week, i was in chicago with said chinese water company. i was in the front seat and giving our driver instructions on what the day was looking like..."so after this meeting, we need to go straight to o'hare by 11 am because we have flights back to new york." then he said, "i love you?"

i was really confused by this non sequitor and obviously really freaked out. "excuse me?!" he said it again: "i love you? i love you?"

i did what any person would do in an awkward situation like this...i just gave him a "ooooookay, weirdo" look and ignored him.

it was not until well into the meeting that i realized what he really said:

"all of you?"

um. yeah. all of us. we're all going to o'hare after the meeting.