A Sleepy Panda

Submitted by Frank:

I met Gina online. For our date, we met up at a small pub. We both ordered and made chit-chat. I asked her what she did with her life and she said, "Nothing."

I pushed a bit harder. "Are you a student or do you work or what?"

"I don't know. I just sort of hang out in the house... I go out sometimes, like to concerts."

Okay, so what's a little apathy?

Or a lot. After dinner, I asked her what she wanted to do. Coffee? Bowling? Blood wrestling?

She said, "I don't know. I'm kind of tired. Do you like pandas?"

I do, but was a strange thing to ask. She went on, "Because I thought that I'd go to work, you know, for one of those save the panda charities. How would I get a job there?"

"You got me.  Call them and ask them if they have any openings?"

We were having this conversation while walking, and then she sat down on a bench. She said, "Man, I'm tired. So tell me more about it?"

"About what? Panda charities?"

"Mmm."

She stretched out on the bench and made as if to sleep, right there. I asked her what she was doing.

"Taking a rest."

She nodded off. I couldn't believe it. I gently shook her and she said, "Do you know how I can join up one of those panda things?"

I told her that I didn't. She rolled over and said, "Good night, then." it was seven in the evening.

Eventually, I convinced her to head home. It was one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced.