Interviews can be intense, but there is always
room for a bit of fun. Some examples from my work:
An exchange with a company owner for a
profile I was writing:
CMcC: “Tell me a funny story.”
Owner: [silence].
CMcC: “What would you do if
you were the Minister of Transport?”
Owner: “That’s a funny question.”
(I still laugh every time I replay that
exchange in my head.)
A CEO I recently interviewed was happily
chatting away, dropping f-bombs and being very candid. At one point, this:
CMcC: “You've never taken that course that teaches you how to say nothing to journalists, have you.”
CEO: [laughter] “The Quebec
[delete] Association I was head of wanted me to take a course. I said, ‘No. If
I don’t want to talk with a journalist, I won’t. If I say something I
shouldn’t, I’ll survive.’”
I called a shipping company for a photo of a
bulk carrier for a construction story (the covered deck hides what is inside):
PR woman: “Does it matter if
the ship isn’t carrying rock?”
CMcC: “No. I don’t have to
tell anyone if the ship is full of sheep.”
PR woman: [laughing] “We
don’t carry sheep in our ships!”
Copyright © Carroll McCormick 2014
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