So here is a quick story for you. For a couple weeks I have been chasing an interview with Pittsburg Steelers Wide Receiver and former Buckeye, Santonio Holmes.
Today I got the interview. It was great and I’ll have a story for Bucknuts shortly. However it ended unexpectedly early……..
As we are heading down the home stretch of the interview, my doorbell rings which is very uncommon for my apartment.
I talk over the doorbell but it rings again and this time with more knocking. I am beginning to worry as this distraction is becoming more vocal and I am on speaker phone to help record the interview.
A third ring and more knocking, only this time accompanied with keys jingling and being used to open the door. Now I am really flustered. It’s not my roommate as he would have just come in.
I smoothly wrap up my interview with Santonio while arming myself to beat down whomever is entering my apartment. The person entering obviously knows I am here because they can here me wrapping up my interview so I really have no element of surprise.
The call ends and I have no idea how abrupt/akward the last 30 seconds sound right as some utility guy comes in.
I am totally shocked by this and really don’t have much to say. He comes in looks around for a bit, checks a meter by my washer and dryer and leaves. I would have liked to ask him a lot of questions on what the ____ was he doing, but more importantly it would have been nice to ask Santonio the remaining questions I had to ask him as well as PROPERLY thank him and his agency for taking the time to speak with me in such an intense week of preparation for a playoff game.
Update:
Knowing I have a 24 hour notice of anyone entering my apartment I complained and was told I “should have” received a notice about utility guys checking meters. I didn’t.
Really kind of bothered by this incident, but at least it didn’t occur while I was entertaining Megan Fox, Erin Andrews, and or Audrina from the Hills.
I also just listened to the audio of the whole incident. I give myself an A for acting natural wrapping up the interview. I then literally just didn’t talk as the utility guy rummaged around the apartment as I was pretty shocked by the whole thing. Pretty lame
