The other day, I got an email from Christel, telling me she was sorry I hadn’t won CK’s Hall of Fame contest.
“That’s okay,” I answered. “Now I can make fun of it!”
Actually, I was kind of down about the whole thing… but I’m fine now, and well able to poke fun at myself. In fact, a recent thread on 2Peas touched on the topic of what you learned from the HOF process. And I definitely learned a few things:
1. The day the calls are expected, you will suddenly become deluged with sales calls (despite the fact that you are unlisted). So many, in fact, that you will wonder if your phone number is scrawled on the wall of some telemarketers’ bathroom somewhere, with the words “Call me – I’m easy!” underneath.
2. The other 6 billion people in the world have no concept of what “HOF” is, nor will they accept “waiting for The Call” as a viable excuse for not doing the laundry, preparing meals, or completing paid assignments.
3. The whole “melts in your mouth, not in your hands” thing only works if you eat them really, really fast.
4. Your phone IS working and if you do pick up the handset to check for a dial tone, you will then cause yourself more strife and anxiety as you will wonder if Lisa called in the .34 seconds you had the receiver off the hook.
5. Your odds of winning do not increase by chaining yourself to your computer or carrying your cell phone to the bathroom with you.
6. 25 in 550 and 50 in 525 sound like really good odds. That is, until 10 PM on Tuesday night.
7. If you won, they will find a way to get in touch with you. Really.
8. “The Secret” doesn’t work.
Got any to add? Please do – bitterness and snarkiness encouraged. ;)