I just went to apply for welfare the first time in my life. I got this young female caseworker about my age and she had an awesome Rainbow Dash figurine right on her desk. I tried not to stare at it and make eye contact with her or the papers we were discussing but I couldn't help myself and my gaze kept drifting in that direction. Kept trying to find opportunities to slip in "20% better" but it didn't come up. I couldn't find any cool way to indicate my appreciation of MLP, and I feel like I missed the boat, because if I meet her again in 3 months or whenever it is I get called in to update my details, if I say something THEN she might just think I went home and looked up some MLP trivia to try and impress her and get her to treat her more favorably.
It makes me really sad because this is someone I could see being friends with if not for this conflict of interest and the fact that she probably sees me as a waste of space subhuman who is below her and ruining our nation. But... am I being too harsh? I mean even though it's Dashy and not Fluttershy, I should entertain the idea that she could have huge amounts of empathy and not hold this against me, particularly if I do succeed at finding some employment soon. Seeing her pony toy made me want to impress her... that way if she knows I'm doing well then I wouldn't have any need to feign being brony to manipulate her.
Having my mom along didn't really help matters. I am confident that I would've found a perfect 20% spot or some other subtle insider reference if she hadn't kept interrupting to gab about her own life. If a mom ever says she just wants to be there for moral support and she'll by quiet and not speak unless spoken to, DON'T BELIEVE HER.
I think I have a big of a crush, this caseworker is someone I would like to secure a future for the white race with. She had a puggish cuteness to her that I sorta go for sometimes. But she's probably too professional to do anything and it'd fuck things up for one or both of us if I started flirting. Plus flirting isn't something I've done in 10+ years (I'm a wizard now) because of lack of interest. Some of that might be due to intentionally avoiding socializing though, and I'm a superstitious fellow so when my randomly assigned caseworker has a Dashy on display, it just feels like the fates are telling me something...
How would that work though? Should I request a transfer to another worker and then ask if she wants to be e-mail friends? I feel like I've burned my bridges of embarassment by having my mom tag along, but maybe if I dedicate myself to lifting and succeed in a job she will overlook it and want to watch equine toons on a couch with me and bear a dozen of my babies?