My job no longer feels like work...which is amazing. I mean, to be fair, parts of it do still feel like work... but, a lot of it is just a blast. !!
I got to produce a show (read: meeting/interview) the other day featuring this guy.
I'm a big fan, but remained completely professional throughout the show. After the show, one of my co-workers said, "Hey, Freddie's hanging out in the cafe, you should go say hi and take a picture.". Even though I'm a big fan, I'm not much of a fangirl. I'm completely fine admiring from a distance -- but, then my manager said, "Hey, if you want to talk to Freddie now that the show is over, you should do it." I thought, well, why not... and walked into the cafe to find my co-worker standing about 4 feet away from him, pointing at him saying, "Hey, Kristen, he's right here!". Freddie was getting food and was in mid-conversation. My co-worker kind of pushed me along, so I held out my hand and said, "Hi Freddie, my name is Kristen and I'm a big fan of your work.". Freddie shook my hand and said hi, and then turned back toward his conversation. I took that as my cue to go, so I started walking toward the bathroom when my co-worker yelled after me, "Hey, Kristen, aren't you going to take a picture? He's standing right here, don't you want a picture??". I said, "No, no, I don't want a picture." My co-worker said, "He's standing right here!". I was starting to get embarrassed, so I waved my co-worker off and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't want a picture!".
I went to the bathroom.
When I returned from the bathroom, I found my co-worker striking the show. I went up to him and said, "That was really embarrassing, why did you do that?" He said, "I thought you were a big fan and wanted a picture.". I said, "I'm a big fan, but I don't need a picture, I just wanted to shake his hand." He said, "Well, after you said hi, he turned and put his food down to talk to you and take a picture, but you ran off and said you didn't want a picture, and we were all standing there waiting for you." Bah! To be perfectly honest, I thought Freddie was kind of blowing me off, which was fine, but now it turns out that I kind of blew him off! :P
And, now I wish I had gotten a picture... :)
