Had a pretty embarrassing thing happen this weekend. I won’t say it’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to me but it rates up there.
I took a group of students to see the production of Stomp. Part of that experience is understanding appropriate behavior in different cultural settings. When we go to events like this I emphasis the importance of being respectful of others during the show – stay in your seat, no talking and no cell phones. I especially stress the no cell phone part.
So imagine my mortification when right after the show begins my cell phone goes off. Full volume. It took me a minute to realize it was mine. By that time everyone around me was looking around, trying to identify the culprit.
So of course, I pretended it wasn’t mine.
Then I got paranoid and worried that whoever was trying to reach me might call again. So I very discretely reached into my purse and turned my phone off.
But then I got paranoid again that maybe I hadn’t really turned it off. And what if the caller was really persistent? I was so scared that it would go off again I pulled it out of my purse to make sure it was off.
Except, I accidently turned it on again.
Hello power up ring tone. Hello chimes to let me know that I had four new text messages.
Yes, it made a sound FOR EACH ONE.
I was SO embarrassed. I seriously wanted to melt in my seat.
Instead, I quickly exited in order to get the phone thing straightened out and avoid humiliating myself any further.
In the end I guess it was kinda a good deal that it happened that way – the call and text messages were from a student who was late to the production who had not gotten the message that her ticket was being held at the box office.
I’m still not sure what happened. I could have sworn I turned my phone to vibrate…
Next time I’m just shutting it down completely.
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