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Today I f'd up by misinterpreting the CEO's arm gesture in a job interview, and then locking arms with him as if we were best friends forever.

This memory still makes me cringe and cry.

I had an in-person job interview with the CEO despite COVID.

I was super nervous as per usual.

Maybe even more than usual because I really wanted this job.

I tried to calm myself down, but by the time the interviewer showed up, I could literally feel the heartbeat in my throat.

The interviewer was a 50-year-old guy and he walked down the stairs towards me in a nice suit but stopped halfway down.

I figured the interview would take place upstairs so I got up to meet him.

As I was walking up the stairs towards him, he put his arm out and his elbow out and my brain just sort of went, error.

I suppose it could have meant two things. It could have meant A, please take my arm, a lady, so I can escort you to the room as if we're strolling down the promenade together.

Or B, please give me an elbow bump since we can't shake hands.

Which is really not an uncommon gesture at all in the Netherlands where I live.

So what did I do?

Yeah, I went with option A and I eagerly locked arms with this strange man that I'd never met before in my life as if saying, yes, good sir, let's go for a stroll.

And then we just stood there.

Arm and arm halfway up the stairs, sheepishly staring at each other.

I wanted the earth to swallow me whole.

I just... I just didn't know what to do next and I don't think he'd fully understood what had happened so neither of us moved.

When he'd finally gathered his senses, he said, I meant to give you an elbow bump.

After which I quickly put as much distance between us as I could and mumbled, right? Right, yes, that makes much more sense.

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