Today ends a long week of training classes. I wasn’t in training though. Nope, I was one of the trainers. It’s the first time I’ve been on that side of the equation. There I was, standing up in front of the class teaching my sessions, only realizing way too late that there was a laser pointer that I could’ve used! Laser pointers are fun! I’m totally working it into my spiel for the next time.
I will admit that there was a minor anxiety attack on the first morning but, in the end, I got it done. I’ll leave it up to the voters trainees to decide how I did. But there was one tiny little thing.
They didn’t laugh at my jokes. I had two jokes and they didn’t laugh. Maybe it was my delivery – I still talk a little too fast when I get excited (I’m really trying to practice those pauses!) But apparently training class isn’t the place to practice your stand-up comedy routine.
Lucky for me, I write a blog. And you read it. Captive audience. So, here’s one of my jokes.
I taught the sessions on “Numbers,” which is basically all the different types of numbers that you can enter into the system. At the end of it, I said – so, that basically sums up “Numbers”!
Come on! Well, I thought it was funny!
Eating dinner tonight, I realized that the trainees were probably thinking that I was that corny trainer whom we’ve all had and rolled our eyes at.
And I laughed. Because, yeah, I totally am. With or without a laser pointer.
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