I went to New Orleans today for a basketball game with the Hornets and Suns and I had plenty of time to kill. I was with my parents since they bought the tickets and when we were in the aquarium I decided to head in the giftshop and see any cards they may have, and their cards were smaller but had great grip and decent fans.
While I was doing some Werms and Sybils some jackass made a rude comment about me and the cards. I guess his friend or girlfriend kinda got ticked off at him for being a jerk and we started talking and she asked me about the cards and I told her I did some magic. She was somewhat estatic at this point and saw a quick classic color change, she asked her friends to come over and I did a biddle, blueprint, palm change, montes, and tons of stuff (five hours to kill). What I didn't notice was that the guy was actually in there and tried to mess up my big finale trick and when he tried to show off I did card to mouth and he was the last one to notice and was blown away.
Well.... I was walking away talking to a few people and the manager came up and asked me to come to his office with him. At first I was nervous and was about to bolt, but I was there for a day and couldn't care less. I came in and he actually offered me a job right there, he said he could pay me a good amount (more than I usually ask for). He said that it would help with wait time with the shark feeding and create an overall postivie experience. Only conditions were that I use his cards as much as possible and recommend the gift shop at the end of everything, I was very pleased with myself and while I would love to have the gig which was twice a week three hours a day (shifts) I live three and a half hours away.
I hope while reading you realize that no matter where you perform someone can be watching and rating you for a future job. So never half ass your performance, though I'm sure no one tries to, and always be ready for when oppurtunity strikes.
Btw, my Phoenix Suns won.
While I was doing some Werms and Sybils some jackass made a rude comment about me and the cards. I guess his friend or girlfriend kinda got ticked off at him for being a jerk and we started talking and she asked me about the cards and I told her I did some magic. She was somewhat estatic at this point and saw a quick classic color change, she asked her friends to come over and I did a biddle, blueprint, palm change, montes, and tons of stuff (five hours to kill). What I didn't notice was that the guy was actually in there and tried to mess up my big finale trick and when he tried to show off I did card to mouth and he was the last one to notice and was blown away.
Well.... I was walking away talking to a few people and the manager came up and asked me to come to his office with him. At first I was nervous and was about to bolt, but I was there for a day and couldn't care less. I came in and he actually offered me a job right there, he said he could pay me a good amount (more than I usually ask for). He said that it would help with wait time with the shark feeding and create an overall postivie experience. Only conditions were that I use his cards as much as possible and recommend the gift shop at the end of everything, I was very pleased with myself and while I would love to have the gig which was twice a week three hours a day (shifts) I live three and a half hours away.
I hope while reading you realize that no matter where you perform someone can be watching and rating you for a future job. So never half ass your performance, though I'm sure no one tries to, and always be ready for when oppurtunity strikes.
Btw, my Phoenix Suns won.
