Don't Look at the Camera
A little unnerving. That's what it is when you walk by someone you don't know and they warn you beneath their breath "Just keep walking, and don't look at the camera."
We had already been asked to be extras for the film shoot, but the original time for the shooting conflicted with the staff birthday party, and we decided that eating a piece of birthday cake would add fewer pounds to our hips than being on camera.
But it takes less time to eat a piece of cake than it does to coordinate all of the potentially distracting sounds in a building which echoes with every printed page, every unanswered phone, and every disjointed rendition of "Happy Birthday".
And so we carefully walked as if it were completely natural, as if we always perform our routine tasks with spotlight and crew.
I think it went well, but I doubt the impression I made on the filming crew was all that positive. They arrived at the reception desk moments after I bathed everything with a full cup of tea.
We had already been asked to be extras for the film shoot, but the original time for the shooting conflicted with the staff birthday party, and we decided that eating a piece of birthday cake would add fewer pounds to our hips than being on camera.
But it takes less time to eat a piece of cake than it does to coordinate all of the potentially distracting sounds in a building which echoes with every printed page, every unanswered phone, and every disjointed rendition of "Happy Birthday".
And so we carefully walked as if it were completely natural, as if we always perform our routine tasks with spotlight and crew.
I think it went well, but I doubt the impression I made on the filming crew was all that positive. They arrived at the reception desk moments after I bathed everything with a full cup of tea.
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