I was sitting at my desk a few minutes before 1500 reviewing a CV for a telephone interview which was scheduled for 1500 and I had a weird dizzy feeling come over me. I walked over to the window and looked out and then down – not sure what I was looking for. The chain from the window coverings started to move back and forth hitting the window and I was not quite sure what was happening. Did a helicopter hit the building – they are always buzzing around. Did the metro construction somehow affect the foundation of our building? I walked out of my office into the secretarial bay where my coworkers were sitting, looking at each other and not saying a word. I asked “Did you feel that?”. We had just experienced an earthquake.
Needless to say I was late for the interview. I got an e-mail from the agent saying that the candidate called him wondering why I hadn’t rang. Apparently this was the first time he heard the earthquake excuse.
Later I found out that there were clients in the boardroom who thought the feeling was faintness as they were fasting for Ramadan.
Needless to say I was late for the interview. I got an e-mail from the agent saying that the candidate called him wondering why I hadn’t rang. Apparently this was the first time he heard the earthquake excuse.
Later I found out that there were clients in the boardroom who thought the feeling was faintness as they were fasting for Ramadan.
Here is a link to a news report: http://dubaiheadlines.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/dubai-earthquake/
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