Out of my depthAs a schoolkid, I signed up for a public speaking contest purely as a ruse to meet girls. It haunts me still: in front of 300 people, I started to speak, dried up, stood there for what felt like half an hour staring at the floor and then slowly walked back to my seat. Oh, and the girl I liked laughed.
Have you ever been utterly, completely, devastatingly out of your depth?
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chthonic, Thu 14 Oct 2004, 15:07)
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'Winging' ItMany moons ago I had been working for about 4 years in the City and had had just about enough of it so decided to get a lovely local job (so I could spend an extra hour in bed in the mornings if nothing else). So I applied for a job at a pretty large company that made the interiors for aeroplanes. As the interview was lined up by an agency I had no info on the company whatsoever (recruitment people get off my back I did the job myself for 4 years) so blindly went into it thinking I could 'wing' it. However, it appears that just saying 'Yes I know lots about planes - I've been on them on holiday' and 'oh yes - my best friend is a pilot' really doesn't get you that far. Out of my depth? If I had actually been on an plane I probably would've flung myself out of it minus the parachute............ Piss it
(, Fri 15 Oct 2004, 10:33, Reply)
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