Want to sit in a Ferrari?

I walked into the lobby in our office building today greeted by free donuts and coffee from some corporate advertiser. Part of the "display" was a Ferrari race car. It was the CEO's. It was cute, but the real bait was the haunting aroma of fresh coffee accompanied by donuts. All you have to do is give all of your information and enter to win a Best Buy gift card. So I succumbed to a fate of sales calls for a small cup of coffee. The salesman asked if I wanted my picture in the Ferrari, I laughed thinking who in the world would actually do that. Talk about embarrassing.

Marni passed the display when she walked in. She wasn't going to fall for this gimmick. But I told her there were donuts, which apparently she had missed before, so we went back together for donuts, and Marni signed her life away in the Best Buy gift card drawing as a token of appreciation.

Salesman: Want to sit in a racecar??

Marni: hahaha...no.

Salesman: You sure???

Marni: yes.

We both witnessed the Salesman's fervor to try to get someone to sit in the Ferrari as business men and women repeatedly and politely declined the invitation.

We continued to wonder aloud who would want to sit in the Ferrari in the middle of a lobby and have their picture taken. It just isn't professional. And as serious professionals here, we didn't dare tarnish our reputation.

Later in our office, Diego comes in:

Diego: Hey did you see they had donuts downstairs?
Marni: Yeah we already got one.
Emily joking: But we didn't sit in the Ferrari.
Deigo: YOU CAN SIT IN IT?!!!?????

Seconds later on Facebook:
Diego My new car is sitting in the lobby of our office building. #wishful-thinking
4 minutes ago · Comment · Like

with a link to the photo he took:

















Case closed. Some things don't remain a mystery for very long.