Stage presence

Last night I attended a special dinner event at my church. I ended up sitting at a table with several people I didn't know——including some mischievous youths. In the beginning of the event, this guy was playing classical guitar on stage. So, one of the youths (who apparently knew the guy) got the idea to heckle him by walking up to him and showing him a note written in large text: "Will you marry me? Check yes or no." The guy playing the guitar was understandably rattled but somehow made it through the piece without missing a note. Now that's some good stage presence.

Mistaken identity

Yesterday I visited a nearby hotel to meet with some internationals in hopes of getting some good story ideas for my job. What I got was a mistaken identity.
I spotted several of the internationals in front of the hotel, so I walked up to them and said "hello." A few remembered me from the day before. Apparently a woman from New Zealand did not. "Oh, are you the driver?" she says. "Where's the bus?"
"Uh, actually I write for Worldwide Challenge."
"Oh..." she said, sounding disappointed.
Then she turned and fiddled with her camera, as if to stall time to wait for the bus.

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