Over the years I have noticed something about myself, something I find disturbing. Whenever I have a big event, celebration, or meeting and I plan tirelessly towards it I end up jinxing it.
In the past I have had episodes of events and celebrations that I was overly excited to attend, I always made sure everything was in order but on the D-day things always tend to go south and I end up not enjoying myself as I had envisaged, but you see those events and meetings I did not prepare 100% for and face them head on they turn out to be the best. This has been really disturbing, now my friend's wedding is in two months' time and I am trying to stay calm about it but I can't help it and I am worried that I might just jinx it again but anyway fingers crossed.
I needed to share this part of my life before answering the spill the beans prompt of the week.
Hehehehe my friend Sonia spilled her coffee😂
My most catastrophic spill happened years ago when I was a fresh graduate. I had just finished my one-year compulsory service to my country and the firm where I had rendered this service.
We all know how hard it is to find a good job and to find one immediately after college can sometimes be harder than we can ever think of. So finding a good job on time is the dream of every college graduate and I wasn't exempted.
The day I was to leave the firm after completing my one-year service I was informed by the new project manager of the firm that there would be an interview for all of us who had just completed our service. After hearing this news I knew it was a big deal as I didn't have any job out there waiting for me and neither did I have uncles or aunties in high places that could give me a job.
I knew God was presenting me with a rare opportunity and I immediately went home, I read and read, I memorized all popular interview answers I had found on the internet, I ironed my outfit and I was ready, I was super pumped and knew I was going to get the job.
Just like every time I have a big event or meeting to attend, I usually don't sleep for long as I keep imagining how things are going to play out and that night was no exception as I had imagined how I would answer all the interview questions.
I went the next day super pumped and confident in myself, I entered the meeting room where the interview was to be held and I was greeted by other participants too.
We all sat down and in no time my project manager worked in and the first thing he did was to ask all of us to have a cup of coffee, we all stood up to take our various cups, inhaling the sweet smell and the warmth from the cup I wasn't paying attention and the next minute I tripped, I fell on my freaking ass, spilled my coffee and broke the glass cup, talk about a triple problem.
At that point, saying the ground should upon and swallow me was an understatement as I wanted to just vanish into thin air and never return.
Too ashamed and in pain to stand up I was assisted by a colleague and everyone kept saying "Sorry IB", "Oh No", "Are you hurt?" and the rest. One thing about me is I hate it when people pity me. I was given a seat, the tears in my eyes stood at a standstill, and the lump in my throat kept getting harder and harder making it uncomfortable to swallow, just when I was about to let the floodgate out my boss cracked a joke and I didn't know when I laughed, you know that type of situation where you cry and laugh at the same time? that was what happened. Seeing he had made an effort he continued with the joke and in no time I was laughing with the others.
My project manager expressed his sympathy to me and in no time I was beginning to be myself again. My boss smiled, gave me a thumbs up, and mouthed "You got this" and that was just what I needed to get my confidence back. Even though my shirt was stained I answered all the interview questions correctly and I got the job eventually😃
This was the most catastrophic spill that I have ever had but all thanks to the people around me I wasn’t too embarrassed.
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This is such a wonderfully personal story, I really enjoyed learning all of this about you!
I think there is something in the confidence of not worrying about things that is magnetitic for success lol!
I try telling myself that the worst thing will happen, and then preparing for whatever in my mind as if that is a fact when I can't stop stressing. It leads me to have a life of being pleasantly surprised! 😂
As for the coffee story, I so felt for you when you talked about the lump in your throat- how it was amplified by feeling pitied and just got worse the more you tried to push it away. That's such a garbage feeling, been there before 😣. I'm so glad that the spill situation was turned around by a kind joke, and you were able to bag the job! ☕️
Mind if I borrow this method of yours? I’d love to see how it plays out in my life because I’m getting tired of worrying too much and I still don’t get my desired result.
It’s funny how life can be sometimes. Thank you dearest @grindan for this thoughtful comment😃
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That was indeed a painful and embarrassing spill and, while I don't mean to doubt your skills, it seems to have contributed to generating sympathy. No doubt they won't have forgotten it either.
Yeah it was but everything turned out great and I was happy.
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It was fantastic that you found a tribe around you that laughed at the situation and not at the person. It feels a lot like the tribe we find here. I wish all of us keeping finding ourselves in such kind tribes and not in ones who laugh at people over their misery.
I also like the pun of the post, using spill as an actual spill as well as telling your story. Good one :)
I pray we all find such good tribes wherever we go to as they are the best!
Thank you so much good sire😃
It's good you were with people who rather sympathized with you than mock at your fall.
Yeah, God bless them for me, thank you Sonia😃
You were very brave and managed to recover and come out of the interview well. I would not have been able to go through with it, I would have died of embarrassment. Thank you for sharing, dear @ibbtammy . A big hug from Maracay.
Till today I still cannot explain how I scaled through that day but I’m happy everything ended well.
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The people around you did the magic. If it were some type of weird people, you would have borrowed a shovel to open the earth yourself to jump in. Lol😅
Interesting read!
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