Wish I Had a Second Chance to Make a First Impression!

rainmaker · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 21, 2005, 02:07am

Worked an all-day tournament to do a favor for a friend, and to make a little extra money. We drove all in one car (an hour!) and of course, we arrived with very little prep time. I dashed onto my floor (where I would be working alone all day), talked briefly with the table people...

and then realized that my morning coffee was collecting itself in preparation for a fast exit. I ran to the rest room, quickly took care of things, and ran back. As I stepped in the door of the gym, I heard a whistle and saw that they had already started playing without me! The way this tournament ran was for all the floors to start together each rotation -- and I'd missed it, not having been in the pre-game.

The players were setting up for free throws at the far end as I ran across the floor. A player tried to pass me the ball, but it wasn't a good throw and it hit my toes and bounced up to my knees as I bent over to get it. For some reason, I felt I needed to avoid kicking the ball, so I stopped running -- well, my feet stopped, but unfortunately the rest of me didn't, and as I bent over to pick up the ball my momentum carried me on down to the floor.

I lay there for a few seconds trying to decide whether to fake a serious injury so I might get out with some shred of dignity left. In the end I just figured I'd have to be good enough to live down this little incident. i don't know whether I pulled it off or not.

What a way to start a Saturday! (I never did figure out who blew the whistle for the first foul!)

ChrisSportsFan · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 21, 2005, 08:53am

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL deep breath LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Mark Padgett · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 21, 2005, 11:51am

Nice to hear you're getting better.

Snake~eyes · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 21, 2005, 01:02pm

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Originally posted by ChrisSportsFan
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL deep breath LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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Nevadaref · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 21, 2005, 11:33pm

Stand up, TAKE A BOW, smile and go on with the game.

ChrisSportsFan · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 22, 2005, 08:34am

Maybe you should have started yelling; It burns! It burns! Then once you had everyones attention you could have told them that the voices in you head said you were on fire and you should stop, drop and roll. Hey, at that point, it couldn't hurt your cause.

What else could have happened to help you day go worse?
1. You could have sprained your wrist.
2. Bloody nose when you hit it on the floor.
3. Bite your whistle and broke a tooth.
4. Split the crotch out of your pants.
5. Toupe or wig could have came unfastened and flopped over.
6. Could have fallen on a player and hurt him.
7. Locked your keys in your car.

I can't stop laughing, it's as if I can visualize your entire routine.

Mark Padgett · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Mar 22, 2005, 12:27pm

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Originally posted by ChrisSportsFan
Maybe you should have started yelling; It burns! It burns! Then once you had everyones attention you could have told them that the voices in you head said you were on fire and you should stop, drop and roll. Hey, at that point, it couldn't hurt your cause.

What else could have happened to help you day go worse?
1. You could have sprained your wrist.
2. Bloody nose when you hit it on the floor.
3. Bite your whistle and broke a tooth.
4. Split the crotch out of your pants.
5. Toupe or wig could have came unfastened and flopped over.
6. Could have fallen on a player and hurt him.
7. Locked your keys in your car.

Or you could have put a run in your fishnets.