July 5, 2025 • 17 mins
Rich shares his disastrous attempt to land a job working the Masters Tournament at Augusta National, complete with a terrifying security guard encounter and a hilariously botched interview.
• Never been to the Masters despite applying for tickets through the lottery system for years
• Received legitimate email opportunity to work as merchandise staff during the tournament
• Nearly got shot trying to take a selfie at the Augusta National entrance
• Spilled hot sauce on white golf shirt before the interview
• Showed up underdressed while everyone else wore suits
• Failed the interview after admitting planning to commute 60 miles each day
• Still has not set foot on Augusta National's grounds
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to Tales from the First Tee.
I'm your host, rich Easton,recording from beautiful
Charleston, south Carolina.
Today is November 10th, 2020,and this is Masters Week In the
(00:35):
golf world.
This used to signal all golfersthat the golf season was about
to begin, because in most everyyear before our COVID-19 crisis,
the event was held in earlyApril.
Now it's almost mid-Novemberand it's a signal to most of the
Northeast, midwest and mountainregion that it's the end to the
(00:56):
season.
I live two hours south ofAugusta and the weather here is
still very golfy I mean, withthe exception of a little storm
front coming into northeastGeorgia that might call for some
rain gear.
It's still going to be in the70s, so it's still very golfy.
I'm a big Masters fan, but I'venever had the chance to walk
(01:19):
the grounds.
Just about everybody I've metin Charleston has been to the
event at least once.
I mean, I've been to two RyderCups, two US Opens and a PGA
Championship, but never theMasters.
But, that being said, I do havea personal Masters story that's
(01:41):
appropriate for this weekend.
Around three and a half yearsago, when I'd been in Charleston
for maybe a year or so, I wasso bummed that I hadn't been to
the Masters and I kept hearingthese stories from all my
friends here that they've beenthere, they love it, it's the
greatest event, and I justcouldn't get tickets.
(02:01):
Every year, I guess for the last10 years, I've gone online and
applied for tickets and I guessthey send something out in the I
don't know maybe over thesummertime, and they ask you you
know, do you want tickets Now?
You have to buy them, but stillyou can get them and they have
a lottery.
And so I've always gone in.
(02:21):
First I went out you know thepractice rounds, they're
probably easy to get and thenlater in the last few years it's
been like no, I want Friday orSaturday, maybe even Sunday.
But what you do is you applyonline and then a few months
later you get the notice andyou'll wait for it.
And it's like every year I getthis email from the masters and
(02:43):
I'm like I can't wait, this isit.
And I open it up and they startwith a very flowery sentence
and then by the second or thirdsentence you realize, yeah, but
you're not going to get ticketsthis year, you're rejected.
So I guess three and a halfyears ago I was rejected and
somehow I got this email fromthe masters that suggested they
(03:06):
were looking for people to workthe tournament and first of all,
I think it's a scam.
So I write back.
This is a scam, come on, youknow.
But in hopes that maybe itwasn't, so I sent them back an
email.
They replied within 24 hours.
This is not a scam.
You could give us a call.
They had a number and I did.
I called and I found out no,they were looking for people to
(03:27):
work the tournament.
Now, every year they have a lotof the same people coming back
and working the tournament, butin every year they also lose
people that can't do it, don'twant to do it, can't get up
there, whatever the reason isand I don't know what that
number is, maybe 20 or 25% ofattrition.
(03:47):
But hey, there areopportunities to work the
masters.
So I get this email, I call, Ifind out it's real.
And now I get excited and mybrain starts working overtime
and I'm thinking oh my God,here's a chance to walk the
hallowed grounds of AugustaNational.
And I start thinking, oh my God, here's a chance to walk the
hallowed grounds of AugustaNational.
And I start thinking, okay,first of all, I'm going to have
(04:09):
this interview.
It's probably going to be inthe clubhouse.
So I'm going to drive in, drivethrough Magnolia Boulevard,
which is beautiful, and get tothe clubhouse park my car, walk
in and walk through the hall andsee all of the photos of all
the past winners.
Then I'm going to sit down formy interview.
(04:30):
We're going to have aconversation.
I've got a lot of background inretailing and all the thinking
behind retailing.
So I'll kill the interview.
I'll walk out of there, comeback, work the tournament and on
my breaks I'm going to go outand walk and maybe see some of
my favorite players.
So I am really thrilled.
(04:51):
I'm excited.
Hey, I have an interview.
This is going to go really well.
So I get this confirmation.
It's an email confirmation afew weeks later that I've got an
interview, but it's going totake place across the street
(05:13):
from Augusta National.
Okay, so the first part of myanticipated interview wasn't
going to take place in theclubhouse place in the clubhouse
.
That's okay Because, again, Ithink once I get the job and
once I do the merchandising,I'll be able to walk through the
hallowed grounds, go downMagnolia Boulevard and see the
(05:33):
most pristine golf course thatI've ever seen.
So the day before the interviewI asked my ex hey, what should I
wear for the interview?
I mean, it wasn't an interviewfor an executive position, it
was an interview for a retailmerchandising role.
So maybe I go with golf slacks,a golf shirt yeah, that's
(05:59):
probably appropriate.
And I was thinking maybe Ishould have a sports jacket
appropriate.
And I was thinking maybe Ishould have a sports jacket.
But it was suggested to me thatthat might be too formal.
It's a casual environment soyou need to go dress casual.
So the next day, the day of theinterview, and again it's like a
(06:20):
two, two and a half hour driveup to Augusta.
My alarm goes off at 5 am, theinterview's at 10 am, I get in
the car by 6 am and I drive up.
It's an uneventful trip.
By 8.30, I am entering theAugusta area and it was a little
(06:41):
different than what I expected.
But you know, not everythingcan look like the golf course
outside the golf course.
So now I got 90 minutes to killand the first thing I wanted to
do I'm driving by and I see thegolf course and I see the
members entrance.
So I'm thinking wouldn't it beclever to pull in, get out of my
(07:02):
car and take a selfie in frontof this you know Augusta
National green sign.
I mean.
That would basicallycommemorate the fact that I'm
there, I've made it to AugustaNational.
And so as I pull in, I seethere's a guardhouse on the
(07:23):
right and I could see MagnoliaBoulevard in front of me, and
before that there is this verysophisticated gate system.
It looks like three or four ofthese green metal cylinders that
are up as high as four feetthat I imagine lower into the
(07:43):
ground when members or guestsare waved in.
So I am getting even moreexcited about this.
Not but 10 seconds after I stopmy car, a linebacker-sized guard
(08:05):
starts approaching my car withhis right hand on his holster.
So I rolled down my passengerwindow and before I could say
anything, the guard looked at meand said sir, back your car out
of the driveway and do not getout of the vehicle.
(08:27):
So I thought maybe I couldreason with him and maybe I'll
start to tell him that I'm herefor an interview.
So I start saying a few words.
He cuts me off and says sir,I'm not going to ask you again.
His right hand opened up hisholster and put his hand on the
gun and he said back your carout of the driveway now.
(08:51):
So in retrospect I'm guessing Iwasn't the first looky-loo that
wanted to get a selfie.
So I back out in record speedand almost clipped this car
passing by on Washington Road.
Out in record speed and almostclipped this car passing by on
(09:12):
Washington Road.
So I still had an hour beforethe interview and I found a fast
food restaurant and ordered abreakfast sandwich and coffee.
And in my excitement over thewhole security guard incident I
might have applied too much hotsauce on my sandwich and after
the first or second bite itstarted spilling down on my
white golf shirt.
(09:32):
Anyway, as a dumb guy, I justfigured nobody'd notice.
So I get to the parking lot ofthis old rundown strip center
it's where my GPS had taken meand I'm just like am I certain
this is it?
So I'm sitting in the drivewayand fortunately, over the next
(09:53):
15 to 20 minutes I notice thatother cars are starting to pull
into the driveway just like me,and so this is like a cattle
call.
So I was originally thinkingit's going to be maybe a
one-on-one interview, like somany others I've conducted as a
VP of sales for severalcompanies, so I kind of get
(10:14):
interviews.
Now it's 945.
Everybody starts getting out oftheir cars to line up in front
of this pop-up office and what Inoticed very quickly is all the
guys were wearing suits andsport jackets.
Son of a bitch, I got it wrong.
(10:35):
I mean, all these years ofcorporate protocol, I should
have just been smart enough atleast to bring a sport jacket.
I was also what I thought wasthe grayest man in the bunch.
Now I'm not going to pull theageism card, because if I had
dressed more appropriate andmore professional I could have
(10:56):
pulled off a VP look.
But no, not retired Richie.
I'm looking like a retired guywith a stained white golf shirt
hoping to land a job for theMasters.
But even after that I still hadone more arrow in my quiver.
I knew how to interview and Iknew how interviews worked on
(11:17):
both sides of the desk.
I mean, I was thinking I couldbullshit my way through the
interview and press the hiringmanager with my experience and
years of sales and marketing.
And well shit, I called on theonriest buyers at Walmart,
costco and I've been able to getthe order.
I've hired and directed entireteams of category managers that
(11:42):
analyze sales data and convertit into insights that influence
retailers to change assortmentand promotional plan.
I mean I led this team ofinsight managers to develop this
sales presentation for thesales team that influenced
Walmart and Target to stockpersonal massagers on their
(12:05):
shelves and that's a benign wordfor vibrators.
So I'm thinking I could handlean interview for merchandising.
So now it's 10 o'clock and weall rustle in like cattle and
there's a sign-up sheet.
So we sign up for ourinterviews and I guess it's
first come, first serve and I'mthe 10th guy on the list.
(12:29):
So I go over to this area wherethey have these fold-up card
table chairs waiting for ournames to be called table chairs
waiting for our names to becalled.
And, being the 10th person onthe list, I got to watch nine
people in front of me stand up,shake hands with their hiring
manager and then walk in andduring that time, before my name
(12:51):
was called, I didn't seeanybody come out or exit and
it's been like 20, 30 minutes.
So I'm thinking, hey, this is along interview.
This plays right into my hand.
I mean, just gives me time,more time to bullshit.
Now my name's called and I seethe hiring manager stand up and
as I walk towards her, she'slooking at me and she sees how
(13:14):
I'm dressed.
And she you could see her facelike this look of disappointment
that she's got to spend timewith this guy.
And as I get closer to her, shestarts staring at the stain on
my shirt.
It was like the Austin Powersscene where he's talking to this
guy who was supposed to be thismole, with this giant mole on
his face, and Austin Powerscouldn't look away and every
(13:38):
time he tried to say something,he kept saying the word mole.
Well, that's what it felt likewhen she was looking at my shirt
.
So, needless to say, I'm alittle self-conscious about
underdressing for the interviewand spilling breakfast on my
shirt, but I was going toovercome it once I had a chance
to speak about qualificationsand my desire to work the
(14:00):
tournament.
So I get in there.
She's very cordial, she's verynice.
She asked me a few basicquestions and I think I'm
killing it.
And then she asked a questionit might've been like the third
question.
She's like so where are youplanning to stay during the
tournament?
Well, I had thought about justevery answer to every question
(14:22):
and that was one I was just notprepared for and I'm like well,
what do you mean?
And she goes, well, she goes.
You know, hotels are booked up.
Now they're typically booked upyears in advance for a radius
of like 70 miles from here.
She goes so have you booked ahotel?
And I'm thinking, no, I don'tknow if I got the job yet, I
(14:45):
didn't know if I was going tothe Masters.
I was going to wait, get thejob and then book a hotel.
So then I quickly thought, well,I'm going to stay in Columbia,
south Carolina, I mean, that'slike 60 miles away.
And I say to her Columbia, youknow, I've got friends in
Columbia.
I could stay there.
I don't have one friend inColumbia.
But she looks at me and shegoes.
(15:05):
Well, you know, this job is foran entire week, not just for
the four days, and you have tobe here at six o'clock every
morning and you probably closeat around seven or eight.
She goes 60 miles is a long wayto be from here.
She goes and the traffic herein the morning is just horrible.
And I'm like, yeah, no, Iunderstand it's, you know, but
(15:27):
I'm going to be staying inColumbia.
And then I get the question, thefive dreaded words that you
never want to hear in aninterview, particularly in what
you consider to be the beginningof the interview, and she looks
at me and she goes do you haveany questions?
I'm like, oh no, but I had alist of questions.
(15:49):
I'm always prepared.
And so you know, before shestarted asking me questions, she
gave me a little tutelage aboutwhat the job was about and I
think that went over my head.
I was just getting prepared forthe questions and my first
question to her is so what areyou looking for in a tournament
merchandiser?
(16:09):
And when she responded, like Ialready said, and then she
finished her sentence, I knew itwas over.
So I stood up, I shook her handand I was out of the office in
15 minutes.
(16:30):
Here's my summary Five hours onthe road of driving, a near
fatal meeting with an AugustaNational Guard, a breakfast
catastrophe and an AugustaNational Guard A breakfast
catastrophe and an interviewgone so bad.
Who knew one day that I'd belooking back and laughing at
myself?
I mean, who knew I'd be doing apodcast?
(16:53):
You've been listening to Talesfrom the First Tee.
I'm your host, rich Easton, whostill has not graced the
grounds of Augusta National.
Let's see if Bryson can winthis weekend and I invite you to
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(17:14):
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If you hate it, don't rate it.
Talk to you soon.
You're listening to Tales from the First Tee.
I'm your host, rich Easton,recording from beautiful
Charleston, south Carolina.
Today is November 10th, 2020,and this is Masters Week In the
(00:35):
golf world.
This used to signal all golfersthat the golf season was about
to begin, because in most everyyear before our COVID-19 crisis,
the event was held in earlyApril.
Now it's almost mid-Novemberand it's a signal to most of the
Northeast, midwest and mountainregion that it's the end to the
(00:56):
season.
I live two hours south ofAugusta and the weather here is
still very golfy I mean, withthe exception of a little storm
front coming into northeastGeorgia that might call for some
rain gear.
It's still going to be in the70s, so it's still very golfy.
I'm a big Masters fan, but I'venever had the chance to walk
(01:19):
the grounds.
Just about everybody I've metin Charleston has been to the
event at least once.
I mean, I've been to two RyderCups, two US Opens and a PGA
Championship, but never theMasters.
But, that being said, I do havea personal Masters story that's
(01:41):
appropriate for this weekend.
Around three and a half yearsago, when I'd been in Charleston
for maybe a year or so, I wasso bummed that I hadn't been to
the Masters and I kept hearingthese stories from all my
friends here that they've beenthere, they love it, it's the
greatest event, and I justcouldn't get tickets.
(02:01):
Every year, I guess for the last10 years, I've gone online and
applied for tickets and I guessthey send something out in the I
don't know maybe over thesummertime, and they ask you you
know, do you want tickets Now?
You have to buy them, but stillyou can get them and they have
a lottery.
And so I've always gone in.
(02:21):
First I went out you know thepractice rounds, they're
probably easy to get and thenlater in the last few years it's
been like no, I want Friday orSaturday, maybe even Sunday.
But what you do is you applyonline and then a few months
later you get the notice andyou'll wait for it.
And it's like every year I getthis email from the masters and
(02:43):
I'm like I can't wait, this isit.
And I open it up and they startwith a very flowery sentence
and then by the second or thirdsentence you realize, yeah, but
you're not going to get ticketsthis year, you're rejected.
So I guess three and a halfyears ago I was rejected and
somehow I got this email fromthe masters that suggested they
(03:06):
were looking for people to workthe tournament and first of all,
I think it's a scam.
So I write back.
This is a scam, come on, youknow.
But in hopes that maybe itwasn't, so I sent them back an
email.
They replied within 24 hours.
This is not a scam.
You could give us a call.
They had a number and I did.
I called and I found out no,they were looking for people to
(03:27):
work the tournament.
Now, every year they have a lotof the same people coming back
and working the tournament, butin every year they also lose
people that can't do it, don'twant to do it, can't get up
there, whatever the reason isand I don't know what that
number is, maybe 20 or 25% ofattrition.
(03:47):
But hey, there areopportunities to work the
masters.
So I get this email, I call, Ifind out it's real.
And now I get excited and mybrain starts working overtime
and I'm thinking oh my God,here's a chance to walk the
hallowed grounds of AugustaNational.
And I start thinking, oh my God, here's a chance to walk the
hallowed grounds of AugustaNational.
And I start thinking, okay,first of all, I'm going to have
(04:09):
this interview.
It's probably going to be inthe clubhouse.
So I'm going to drive in, drivethrough Magnolia Boulevard,
which is beautiful, and get tothe clubhouse park my car, walk
in and walk through the hall andsee all of the photos of all
the past winners.
Then I'm going to sit down formy interview.
(04:30):
We're going to have aconversation.
I've got a lot of background inretailing and all the thinking
behind retailing.
So I'll kill the interview.
I'll walk out of there, comeback, work the tournament and on
my breaks I'm going to go outand walk and maybe see some of
my favorite players.
So I am really thrilled.
(04:51):
I'm excited.
Hey, I have an interview.
This is going to go really well.
So I get this confirmation.
It's an email confirmation afew weeks later that I've got an
interview, but it's going totake place across the street
(05:13):
from Augusta National.
Okay, so the first part of myanticipated interview wasn't
going to take place in theclubhouse place in the clubhouse
.
That's okay Because, again, Ithink once I get the job and
once I do the merchandising,I'll be able to walk through the
hallowed grounds, go downMagnolia Boulevard and see the
(05:33):
most pristine golf course thatI've ever seen.
So the day before the interviewI asked my ex hey, what should I
wear for the interview?
I mean, it wasn't an interviewfor an executive position, it
was an interview for a retailmerchandising role.
So maybe I go with golf slacks,a golf shirt yeah, that's
(05:59):
probably appropriate.
And I was thinking maybe Ishould have a sports jacket
appropriate.
And I was thinking maybe Ishould have a sports jacket.
But it was suggested to me thatthat might be too formal.
It's a casual environment soyou need to go dress casual.
So the next day, the day of theinterview, and again it's like a
(06:20):
two, two and a half hour driveup to Augusta.
My alarm goes off at 5 am, theinterview's at 10 am, I get in
the car by 6 am and I drive up.
It's an uneventful trip.
By 8.30, I am entering theAugusta area and it was a little
(06:41):
different than what I expected.
But you know, not everythingcan look like the golf course
outside the golf course.
So now I got 90 minutes to killand the first thing I wanted to
do I'm driving by and I see thegolf course and I see the
members entrance.
So I'm thinking wouldn't it beclever to pull in, get out of my
(07:02):
car and take a selfie in frontof this you know Augusta
National green sign.
I mean.
That would basicallycommemorate the fact that I'm
there, I've made it to AugustaNational.
And so as I pull in, I seethere's a guardhouse on the
(07:23):
right and I could see MagnoliaBoulevard in front of me, and
before that there is this verysophisticated gate system.
It looks like three or four ofthese green metal cylinders that
are up as high as four feetthat I imagine lower into the
(07:43):
ground when members or guestsare waved in.
So I am getting even moreexcited about this.
Not but 10 seconds after I stopmy car, a linebacker-sized guard
(08:05):
starts approaching my car withhis right hand on his holster.
So I rolled down my passengerwindow and before I could say
anything, the guard looked at meand said sir, back your car out
of the driveway and do not getout of the vehicle.
(08:27):
So I thought maybe I couldreason with him and maybe I'll
start to tell him that I'm herefor an interview.
So I start saying a few words.
He cuts me off and says sir,I'm not going to ask you again.
His right hand opened up hisholster and put his hand on the
gun and he said back your carout of the driveway now.
(08:51):
So in retrospect I'm guessing Iwasn't the first looky-loo that
wanted to get a selfie.
So I back out in record speedand almost clipped this car
passing by on Washington Road.
Out in record speed and almostclipped this car passing by on
(09:12):
Washington Road.
So I still had an hour beforethe interview and I found a fast
food restaurant and ordered abreakfast sandwich and coffee.
And in my excitement over thewhole security guard incident I
might have applied too much hotsauce on my sandwich and after
the first or second bite itstarted spilling down on my
white golf shirt.
(09:32):
Anyway, as a dumb guy, I justfigured nobody'd notice.
So I get to the parking lot ofthis old rundown strip center
it's where my GPS had taken meand I'm just like am I certain
this is it?
So I'm sitting in the drivewayand fortunately, over the next
(09:53):
15 to 20 minutes I notice thatother cars are starting to pull
into the driveway just like me,and so this is like a cattle
call.
So I was originally thinkingit's going to be maybe a
one-on-one interview, like somany others I've conducted as a
VP of sales for severalcompanies, so I kind of get
(10:14):
interviews.
Now it's 945.
Everybody starts getting out oftheir cars to line up in front
of this pop-up office and what Inoticed very quickly is all the
guys were wearing suits andsport jackets.
Son of a bitch, I got it wrong.
(10:35):
I mean, all these years ofcorporate protocol, I should
have just been smart enough atleast to bring a sport jacket.
I was also what I thought wasthe grayest man in the bunch.
Now I'm not going to pull theageism card, because if I had
dressed more appropriate andmore professional I could have
(10:56):
pulled off a VP look.
But no, not retired Richie.
I'm looking like a retired guywith a stained white golf shirt
hoping to land a job for theMasters.
But even after that I still hadone more arrow in my quiver.
I knew how to interview and Iknew how interviews worked on
(11:17):
both sides of the desk.
I mean, I was thinking I couldbullshit my way through the
interview and press the hiringmanager with my experience and
years of sales and marketing.
And well shit, I called on theonriest buyers at Walmart,
costco and I've been able to getthe order.
I've hired and directed entireteams of category managers that
(11:42):
analyze sales data and convertit into insights that influence
retailers to change assortmentand promotional plan.
I mean I led this team ofinsight managers to develop this
sales presentation for thesales team that influenced
Walmart and Target to stockpersonal massagers on their
(12:05):
shelves and that's a benign wordfor vibrators.
So I'm thinking I could handlean interview for merchandising.
So now it's 10 o'clock and weall rustle in like cattle and
there's a sign-up sheet.
So we sign up for ourinterviews and I guess it's
first come, first serve and I'mthe 10th guy on the list.
(12:29):
So I go over to this area wherethey have these fold-up card
table chairs waiting for ournames to be called table chairs
waiting for our names to becalled.
And, being the 10th person onthe list, I got to watch nine
people in front of me stand up,shake hands with their hiring
manager and then walk in andduring that time, before my name
(12:51):
was called, I didn't seeanybody come out or exit and
it's been like 20, 30 minutes.
So I'm thinking, hey, this is along interview.
This plays right into my hand.
I mean, just gives me time,more time to bullshit.
Now my name's called and I seethe hiring manager stand up and
as I walk towards her, she'slooking at me and she sees how
(13:14):
I'm dressed.
And she you could see her facelike this look of disappointment
that she's got to spend timewith this guy.
And as I get closer to her, shestarts staring at the stain on
my shirt.
It was like the Austin Powersscene where he's talking to this
guy who was supposed to be thismole, with this giant mole on
his face, and Austin Powerscouldn't look away and every
(13:38):
time he tried to say something,he kept saying the word mole.
Well, that's what it felt likewhen she was looking at my shirt
.
So, needless to say, I'm alittle self-conscious about
underdressing for the interviewand spilling breakfast on my
shirt, but I was going toovercome it once I had a chance
to speak about qualificationsand my desire to work the
(14:00):
tournament.
So I get in there.
She's very cordial, she's verynice.
She asked me a few basicquestions and I think I'm
killing it.
And then she asked a questionit might've been like the third
question.
She's like so where are youplanning to stay during the
tournament?
Well, I had thought about justevery answer to every question
(14:22):
and that was one I was just notprepared for and I'm like well,
what do you mean?
And she goes, well, she goes.
You know, hotels are booked up.
Now they're typically booked upyears in advance for a radius
of like 70 miles from here.
She goes so have you booked ahotel?
And I'm thinking, no, I don'tknow if I got the job yet, I
(14:45):
didn't know if I was going tothe Masters.
I was going to wait, get thejob and then book a hotel.
So then I quickly thought, well,I'm going to stay in Columbia,
south Carolina, I mean, that'slike 60 miles away.
And I say to her Columbia, youknow, I've got friends in
Columbia.
I could stay there.
I don't have one friend inColumbia.
But she looks at me and shegoes.
(15:05):
Well, you know, this job is foran entire week, not just for
the four days, and you have tobe here at six o'clock every
morning and you probably closeat around seven or eight.
She goes 60 miles is a long wayto be from here.
She goes and the traffic herein the morning is just horrible.
And I'm like, yeah, no, Iunderstand it's, you know, but
(15:27):
I'm going to be staying inColumbia.
And then I get the question, thefive dreaded words that you
never want to hear in aninterview, particularly in what
you consider to be the beginningof the interview, and she looks
at me and she goes do you haveany questions?
I'm like, oh no, but I had alist of questions.
(15:49):
I'm always prepared.
And so you know, before shestarted asking me questions, she
gave me a little tutelage aboutwhat the job was about and I
think that went over my head.
I was just getting prepared forthe questions and my first
question to her is so what areyou looking for in a tournament
merchandiser?
(16:09):
And when she responded, like Ialready said, and then she
finished her sentence, I knew itwas over.
So I stood up, I shook her handand I was out of the office in
15 minutes.
(16:30):
Here's my summary Five hours onthe road of driving, a near
fatal meeting with an AugustaNational Guard, a breakfast
catastrophe and an AugustaNational Guard A breakfast
catastrophe and an interviewgone so bad.
Who knew one day that I'd belooking back and laughing at
myself?
I mean, who knew I'd be doing apodcast?
(16:53):
You've been listening to Talesfrom the First Tee.
I'm your host, rich Easton, whostill has not graced the
grounds of Augusta National.
Let's see if Bryson can winthis weekend and I invite you to
like my Facebook page or visitmy website.
(17:14):
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If you hate it, don't rate it.
Talk to you soon.
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