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I went in to meet with Jake Kasdan to be his assistant on Orange County. The office was set up that there was his desk, a coffee table in front of the desk, and further back, a couch. He told me to come in and sit down so I walked in the office and plopped down on the coffee table. I could tell from his reaction that he definitely wasn't expecting that. I decided to stay and just sell it (rather than acting like I suddenly realized he meant the couch) but I spent the rest of the interview wondering what the hell I was doing sitting on the coffee table.
Another interview, I met with the boss and the meeting went great and she said she'd see me later. I left, got in my car, started driving away, and then realized that I was supposed to go see the HR person again, not actually leave altogether. I quickly pulled a U-turn and got back to the office. The HR Girl was like "Where'd you go?" and I just said I was walking around, checking out the office.
Another story, although not embarrassing for me, was the time when I was talking to a prospective boss on the phone and things were going well until I mentioned the script I was working on (an odd horror film) I could tell he immediately lost interest and minutes later he gave me the old "Just send in a resume and we'll see if we have an opening" (which was laughable since he was calling me because I already had sent him a resume and, in fact, we'd discussed my resume earlier in the phone call). Anyway, three weeks pass and I'm sitting at home and the guy calls me back. We start talking and he's offering me a different job and I quickly realize that he has no idea who I am and doesn't remember that he called me once already. I just repeated the same conversation, cutting out the mention of a horror script, and got the job.
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