Who Likes You?

During recess while in the Fourth grade, I sat upon a grassy hill and watched the kids interacting on the playground.
I observed the teasing and childish flirting and when the bell rang, I entered the classroom with a smirk on my face.
At the first opportunity I cornered Lisa, a girl I had been watching.

"You like Mike."
"How did you know?!"
"I could just tell, it's easy. I can tell who everybody likes."

And from this I started my first business using my overdeveloped powers of observation. Scrawled on a bright purple folder was my company name:

WHO LIKES YOU?

My business plan was simple. Lisa collected customers for me, the customer would give me a bit of information and I would watch his or her interactions for a few days. Eventually I would report who, if anyone, had a crush on him or her. Luckily, in those days, you didn't have to have a websiteandFacebookandMySpaceandbeinvolvedineveryapplicableforum. Times were simple, you could conduct a business from a bright purple folder in your Trapper Keeper.

It was a brilliant plan; except for one thing...
I'm pretty sure my fees were popularity points.
I should have taken the cash.