To start off the company training, the presenter asked us to write down "an amazing thing" about ourselves. (She read a few each day.)
I thought it was amazing that I had collected so many owl figurines in the three years I lived in the Noog, but I didn't choose that because it would've been more amazing if I had known exactly how many I accumulated. Instead, I went for what I thought was a dull thing: the fact that I no longer watch TV. (Although, now that I think of it, I could've mentioned my three library cards thing.)
My thing was the second one read, and everyone there truly thought I had accomplished the impossible. One woman asked, "How can you not watch sports?" (Ha! That's another amazing aspect of my personality.)
It wasn't until two days later that a guy who had sat at my table the first day revealed that he had been on a TV show. I pointed out it would've been hilarious if our amazing things had been read right after each other. (I wonder if it bothered the guy that no one said, "Oh, I love that show!" or, "I thought you looked familiar.")
I've heard good things about that TV show, but it's about football, and I don't even watch dramas about sports, never mind actually watching sports. :)
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