Today at my workplace's monthly staff meeting, all the newbies had to stand up and introduce themselves, then be subjected to a round of questioning by the other employees. Since I have only been working there for a couple weeks, I was one of the newbies. I had been warned that some people liked to ask awkward or embarrassing questions, so when it was my turn in the spotlight I was a little apprehensive. Turns out I needn't have worried, since all my questions were fun.
"Were you named after Meryl Streep or Merrill Lynch?"
(Neither)
"What is your favorite movie?"
(This changes seasonally; right now I'm partial to The Family Stone)
"If you were a novel and I were to walk into Barnes and Noble and find you on a shelf, which section would you be in?"
I loved that last question. Loved. It. I loved it for two reasons:
1) I'm an avid reader and consider bookstores my second home
2) It's an out-of-the-box self-examination question, not of the typical "getting to know you" variety
I took a few moments to mull it over, then answered: "In the fictional literature section, because I'm a bit of a storyteller myself."
My answer was met with an enormous "oooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!!" from the rest of the staff, which made me laugh. Apparently my answer sounded very profound, when I was just revealing a quirky truth about myself!
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