2013 was a
very good year. I may be a little selfish in making that assertion but I am
speaking on a personal perspective here, if yours wasn’t so good, I hope 2014
compensates.
Last year I
had a lot of good things going for myself but the most important achievement of
that special year was a job interview I had with a corporation I had sought for
years; the position finally vacated and I had prepared myself extremely well
for it, nothing could go wrong, except… could it?
I thought
not, fate would prove otherwise. You know how before a major moment comes
around you get all clumsy and nervous? Well, I experienced that on that
morning, I went to my garage to get on my car and drive off to the corporation
(let’s call it P&G), when I’m in my car, keys inserted in the slot and all,
I realize I didn’t have my briefcase! I get out, go upstairs and get it. When I
walk back down to jump back in the car, I’m locked out! Oh… yes, the all so
developed alarm system locked my car after 3 minutes. Pandemonium! My phone was
inside below the radio and I had just disconnected my landline because, well…
It was a landline! I had no means to contact a locksmith. Car lockout was the last variable I could have pictured happening and
I’m a very numeric girl.
I could
only think about how I could have walked over, taken a taxi or… wait, it was 20
miles away and no
taxies are around in my Baltimore neighborhood. Jesus, I felt
so helpless, so stupid. When I contacted a locksmith with a phone that I
borrowed (2 hours later), I managed to unlock my car, drive over and discover
that not only was the recruiter absolutely furious but that the position had
already been awarded to the ‘’would be runner up’’. It’s funny how what I
considered being little things like having a locksmith on my emergency contacts
list or a landline and even a spare set of keys all colluded to prevent a major
thing from happening. To this day I cannot explain what happened to me that
day, I’ll just attribute it to fate since now I have a better job than the one
I would have had at P&G, this time there was no need for a
car lockout or locksmith and I’m making
a little more money than what I would have made with them.
Word of
advice, don’t underestimate the importance of a locksmith! You never know when
you’ll need one!
