Connell Barrett
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I remember when I really got out of it, it was when I got good at banter because I'm a natural born smartass.
I'm a natural born smart ass.
I'm very snarky.
I grew up watching David Letterman and I loved sarcasm.
It's just very me.
But I was hiding that side of myself on dates.
I was trying to say the right thing.
I was trying to impress women.
And I remember I had a first date with this woman named Katie, wonderful young woman.
And I just said to myself, I'm going to let it fly.
I'm just going to lean into being me.
I'm a cocky smart ass with my friends.
I'm going to bring that out of me on dates.
And I remember she was kind of struggling with her phone at one point, like clumsily, cutely clumsily struggling with her phone as we sat in this cocktail lounge.
And I said, you have used a phone before.
Is this your first time with a phone?
You poor thing.
I was just busting her balls.
It wasn't terribly bad.
hilarious or witty.