My Nobel Moment
So, they announced two more Nobel prize winners. Congratulations to them.This announcement reminds me of a story from about 10 years ago in my public relations career. I was working for a university and “on call” for media relations. Our phone rang at 3 a.m. and my husband answered it. I heard a few “ok, sure, rights…” from him and he hung up.
When I asked what could possibly be happening at 3 a.m., he told me a reporter was calling from Sweden. I’d won a Nobel prize!
Actually, it was two of our university professors who had won. And, yes, I was a bit concerned that I didn’t have the reporter’s number to call him back (he did about 5 minutes later).
However, what I love about this story is that there aren’t many professions where you can be awoken at 3 a.m. to be told you won a Nobel Prize. It was a nice moment of recognition for the five or six minutes that it lasted!
