You see someone special at Scout on Foothill, but you’re too shy to get their number. An angel compliments your shirt while walking down Chorro Street, but you don’t make plans to go thrifting together. A mysterious entity keeps trading glances with you at Trader Joe’s, but you purchase your microwave meal and leave without uttering a word to each other.
Bathed under the sun of Dexter Lawn, we pulled the Cal Poly community from their daily commute to ask: Who is your missed connection?
To: The girl in the cafe
“I saw this girl, she was studying, so I decided to draw her with her cute red sweater, and I was gonna give her the drawing, but I decided not to because I was embarrassed.”
From: Madison Kim
To: Henry Morgan
“In third grade, I was proposed to and I went to the altar. All my friends were there, I had bridesmaids and a flower girl. I ran away from the altar and never looked back until right now.”
“I think that the universe aligned us to be together, and I regret not saying yes.”
From: Morgan McIssac
To: The mysterious partygoer
“A year and a half ago I went to this party, and I hit it off with this person really well. It wasn’t anything crazy, we just had a conversation and I had to leave. By the off chance, I had forgotten to get their information and I never saw them again. But we had such a genuine conversation that it’s just in the corner of my mind always.”
From: Andrea Garduno
To: The boy at the Multicultural Student Association booth, SLO Days 2024
“I remember afterwards, after we left, him saying like, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll see you at Multicultural Student Association.’ My dad was like, ‘He was cute, did you get his name? Did you get his number?” and I was like no, I didn’t. Whenever I think about the Multicultural Association, I think about him. Wonder what he’s up to right now.
I hope things are well, and I don’t know if he ever went to that club, because I never ended up going to that club. My fellow Wasian out there, I hope you’re doing good, hope classes are going well.”
From: Chloe Shepherd
To: An oyster shop in Florida
“While I was on a trip to Florida with my family, we were driving to another town to go visit some relatives and there was this oyster stop. And we love oysters, and we were like ‘Oh we gotta go there.’ We missed it on the first way and we turned around, flipped a U, went back and went into the oyster place, and it was closed. And we were gonna be leaving before the oyster shop opened again. My heart was just a little bit unsatisfied knowing that I missed some delicious fresh oysters.”
From: Isis Stenn