What Do You Mean, Slow Down???

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Scott Ganschow ( @teamfreak16 ) recently made a post on the old video arcade racing game Pole Position that reminded me of a funny story that happened when I was working at Marriott in the Banquets department. There was a company that had booked a fun event in our ballroom for which they had rented various arcade-style games, including a racing game that consisted of four seated units that were linked together, so that you were actually racing onscreen against the other people seated next to you. Each person had a different colored car. After most of the guests had left, the event's organizers let us staff members join in the fun, and I was pitted against three of the party guests who had remained. I was in the red car. It was exciting! I ran a good race, and I even won. I didn't celebrate openly, but after the game ended, while chattering excitedly about how it had gone, one of the men said, "Who was in the red car?? It just came out of nowhere!!" I pretended not to hear and just kind of chuckled to myself. But this is the funny part: Another guy was complaining about some problem he had at using the brake. Astonished, I blurted out, "There's a BRAKE?" I'd kept my foot on the gas pedal the whole time and hadn't even considered that there might even BE a brake. No wonder I won!