Men Can’t Multitask
Last week, I had 3 tasks to perform - yes, three!
First off, I was supposed to be timer. Then, at the start of the meeting, I was asked to step in as an evaluator for Pravin. Finally, I was called up to give a table topic.
Well, I um-ed and ah-ed about being an evaluator - I tried every which way to get out of it - but in the end, I gave way and said I’d do it.
So I found myself trying to do both main jobs, and I’m afraid I ended up doing neither terribly well. When Norman, the first table topics speaker, went up to speak, I was deeply engrossed in my preparation for the evaluation. I let poor Norman talk and talk, and it was only when he asked if the timer was still alive, and everyone looked around and laughed, that I actually realised I’d forgotten to start the clock!
How embarrassing!
Later, Paul called me up to give a table topics talk about swimming under water. I started by confessing I now know what it feels like to drown.
