I have been interviewed any number of times over the years. I've been asked hard questions, personal questions, philosophical questions. I thought I was prepared for anything.
Then ...
The phone rang.
Ruby's small voice told me that she wanted to interview me for a school project. A school project! She's in Grade One! Anyway the project was to interview someone who is a community helper. Ruby thought of me and the interview began.
I was asked where I worked.
"Vita," I said.
"What do you do there?"
"I help people with disabilities."
"How do you help people?"
"I teach them things."
"Do you work on a computer?"
"Yes, I do."
"Do you chat with people?"
"Yes, I have meetings."
"Do you teach people in the community about disability?"
"Yes, I do, I teach people all over the world."
"Um ..." here it seems she'd run out of questions, then, the big one ... "Do you get paper cuts some times?"
A question I'd never been asked before - I admitted that I do sometimes get paper cuts.
You heard it here first!
I feel so exposed ...
12 comments:
That was the best laugh I've had for weeks!!! Such in depth reporting!! Look out New Yorker and McLean's!! Thanks for being so willing to be so open!!
I love it! I had a little boy ask me whether I liked cabbage in a similar situation! Very relevant to the interviewer and their readership.
Just hope that does not bring you into any public sensationalism especially now you are doing your TV pilots?!
Well I never!
You need to be careful about this type of information circulating when you are about to be a TV star.
bahahaha paper cuts. If that was the worst thing you had to experience at work you'd be laughing!
My nephew interviewed his Oma who had been interned in a Japanese camp in Indonesia during WW2. She was a teenager at the time.After questions about the food and the games she played he asked...'Where did you go for your holidays?'
Way to keep it real, Ruby!!! :) Hahhahaha! Such a cutie! Make sure she adds the interview to her portfolio for when she lands a job with 60 Minutes. The sky is the limit!
Watch out for journalists!! They can reallly twist the story around!!!
Ha ha! Paper is the killer of us all. :)
LOL, what a questing mind! Good for you Ruby! Honesty in reporting.
I hope no one has a secret video of you getting a paper cut that they might sell to gawker.com and will cost you 200K to get a look at :) Ridiculous!
This brings back memories of interviewing (and, as it turns out being interviewed by) a man with intellectual disabilities in the early days of my current job. After I had asked the fellow a series of questions about home and work, he looked very serious and said, "Can I ask you a question?" "Of course!", I said, while taking a big mental gulp. His question: "What kind of pop (=soda in Michigan-speak) do you like?"
Love it!
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