It was my worst nightmare.
Well, that can’t be true, because in the big picture, it wasn’t that bad. And, to be honest, the thought of this happening had never crossed my mind… until it happened.
Literally 10 seconds before we went live on air for our election show with James Gordon, the NDP candidate from Guelph, he got a phone call. Now, I watched him take his phone out of his pocket, I saw it was a call, and I thought to myself, “He’ll just ignore the call and call them back when we are done.” Then, I watched his finger hover over the “Accept” button. I tried with all my might inside my head to move that finger over to the “Decline” side. He paused. I kept using my mind power, time seemed to slow down, it seemed to stop…
And then, he hit accept.
Well, this put us in a bit of a ‘pickle’, as Rachel would say. Being the optimistic young first-time-live journalist that I am, I figured he’d say “Hey, sorry I can’t talk I’ll call you back. Bye.” But he didn’t. Once I figured out that this may be longer than I had hoped, and hearing Olivia in the background in a frenzy, I decided maybe I should say something. So I talked. I talked about the standings, and how James was, well… on the phone.
What should I have done? I’m not entirely sure. My parents always told me not to interrupt, so that took over. Should I have butted in on Mr.Gordon’s call? Should I have been more firm to get him on the air? I don’t know the right answer. My instincts, instilled in me from a child took over, and that’s why I’m at Conestoga this year.
To learn.
