Monday, September 23, 2013
I am so sixteen inside
Or maybe it's twelve. Sometimes, it's hard for me to tell which.
Example: Not long after arriving in Albany last Wednesday, I had to phone into a podcast show (more on that in another post). My room wasn't ready yet, and the hotel lobby was too loud for the call, so I asked one of the desk clerks where I might find a quiet space. He sent me to a lower floor which was, he assured me, "a ghost town."
It was indeed a whole lot of empty space. No one was in any of its many meeting rooms.
Those rooms had, however, very recently hosted some sort of motivational/organizational meetings. Flip boards and cork boards and whiteboards sported all sorts of generic terms and sayings. The room I chose for the call featured this bit of seminar detritus.
After I finished the call, the juvenile me found the board irresistible. I grabbed a marker, and a few minutes later, I left the room with the board sporting a new message.
I told you: sixteen, or maybe twelve.
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ReplyDeleteThe tags on this one made me burst out laughing in my office.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I can be of amusement.
ReplyDeleteI am forwarding this post to my boss and daring him to do better at his business conference next week. He will soooo enjoy the humor!
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I'll hope he does!
ReplyDeletewow, I love the first letters message! I'm not one to like or to know how to play office politics. Perhaps this is one reason I am presently unemployed... (I do love humor though, and I have my own "I am SO a kid" moments)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words. I suspect my attitude is one of the many reasons I started my first company when I was 25.
ReplyDeleteIts wonderful that you had such a great outlook, attitude and such confidence at age 25! I am getting a chance for a new beginning at age 57, and don't think its ever too late. Wish me luck!
ReplyDeleteI think I was delusional at 25, but it worked out. I definitely believe it's never too late to change. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words and well-wishes. I got a degree in chemical engineering because that was what my parents wanted. The classes were interesting, but my interests were more in medicine and the arts. I managed to "scratch the itch" by getting an EMT-B, creating artwork, performing w/ the Baton Rouge Gilbert and Sullivan Society and playing in the Raleigh Concert Band for awhile. In the last few years, I have begun writing poetry, writing songs, and doing artwork that can also be used in design. Now its finding my niche and working hard towards my goals.
ReplyDeleteI wish you every success!
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