Make my day part 3

On Monday I was at a coffee chain outlet near the market waiting for a meeting when a woman came in looking somewhat frantic and frazzled an puzzled. I inquired after her situation and it turned out she had a job interview at the market but when she turned up she discovered that the market, as it is every Monday (and Sunday), was in fact closed and locked and not available as a venue for something such as an interview. She was nervous and unable to contact her interviewer despite several attempts at raising her with her smartphone, and despite her nervousness, she sat next to me with a beverage and we conversed.

I proceeded to engage her in conversation about herself, such as what she did and what she fancied herself doing, and what the job she was applying for was about. The job was in wine marketing, and she was interesting and articulate and I was very friendly and inquisitive, and she opened up and became more relaxed as we chatted for several minutes before I was seized with a playful idea and I looked her straight in the eye and said "I have to confess something: I am the interview." The look in her eye showed that she believed my ruse at first and at that exact moment my mobile telephone rang. When I answered it I ignored the person who was calling me and instead conducted a monologue, saying something like "yes, I am with her right now. She is here. Yes, I think it is going well."

By the time I hung up the telephone the bubble had burst and she was laughing at the absurdity of it all. And within a minute or two she had contact back from the actual interviewer and had arranged a plan B to meet with her nearby. But as she rose to exit and I wished her luck and all the best, she turned to me and thanked me for completely disarming her nervousness and buttressing her confidence with my little ruse.

Thank you

It is a real challenge to compare the way I feel now to the way I felt when I started this blog and the way I felt the last time I posted here. I wish I had been more diligent about recording my mood but more than anything I am just so glad that I am over whatever it was and that I am where I find myself now.