Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Oh, no! They know!

Apparently, my bosses at SC have a tracker on their name. Meaning, any time someone talks about the name SC, they get a Google alert. Does anyone remember one of my latest posts? I gave you guys SC's LINK! Lo and behold, they got a Google alert.

So, I'm sitting in the front office eating lunch, and one of the managers comes up to me and says, "We got an alert from you blog last night."

My face flushed red. I could feel it burning. I thought to myself, Oh, no! They know! Now, I am going to get fired!
I tried to play it cool. "What blog?"

Then she said, "It's nothing serious, but I didn't know you were planning on transferring to the University of Utah soon."

My face flushed even more. Had she read my entire blog?

I told her, "Oh, that. I still havem't decided yet. It's not a big deal."
She smiled and then said, "Do you know Jon-Jon?"

"No...well...I know a David Jon Banks, and sometimes he goes by Jon-Jon."

She said, "No, his blog is Listen to Who I Am."

Again, my face flushed. She knew.

"Andy, don't worry. Jon-Jon is my cousin and I know he's gay and I don't care if you're gay and neither does anyone else. We just want to make sure that you feel comfortable here."

My jaw dropped. I was so excited! All the embarrassment and awkwardness left and I felt happy and free. We then talked about being gay. We talked about them and what stages they are in their "homosexual LDS man dilemma".

All in all, it was a great discussion. A scary one, yet very uplifting at the same time. I am so glad that I am working at a place that accepts me for who I am and not what the stereotypes say.

This is the perfect job for me.



Oh, and guess who this is? Yup. That's Lance Bass.

5 comments:

  1. Ha! I love this! I literally laughed out loud as my own jaw dropped while reading this. And let it be known I think Jon-Jon is great peops, and any cousin of his is alright in my book. ;-)

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  2. Wow, that's great! I can imagine how stressed you must have been at first. I know how I'd feel if people I know found my blog and knew it was me.

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  3. I'm so relieved and happy for you! That must have been an intense few minutes!

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  4. I'm a little behind on my blogs, I hadn't yet read your post about working for StudioCloud. I'm glad it all worked out well. My cousins are definitely great peeps.

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  5. That is really great that they are so open minded and accepting. That's awesome! And one more thing...that's Lance Bass?!?!

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