So this was my first meeting with anybody from OOA*. I’ll be absolutely honest, I left the meeting feeling like shit. The only things that really lifted me up were three things:
1.) Talia: led me into some hallway and eventually to an elevator while I was hooded. She had a confident stride and was quite positive so I trusted her immediately. And she didn’t have me bang into a wall, bonus.
2.) The whispering man: I agree with @electrichippo that what he said at the end intrigued me so it’s probably my motivation to stay with all of this. Had he not been there I probably would have bowed out. More on this in a bit.
3.) My mini-side quest (at the end) of finding the next Apostle (which happened to be @mike) at the initial meet point and stare at him for 10 seconds. @mike would NOT stop talking and I do not have a very good poker face/ability to dead pan especially when my friend is like “yes, what, what’s up, yes?” Thanks man, I think I actually needed a good laugh.
So, the event did serve as a good food for thought but I actually feel the questions were so vague that it was a set up for automatic fail no matter how you answered. Plus the ironic dark room/very cold demeanor of the woman asking the questions made me feel on edge. This forces me to kinda think why am I going out of my way to Spread the Light in clever ways when in turn I just got treated sorta like crap. And look, while I know as you read this you’re probably thinking that I need to call the Wahbulance but I guess I didn’t expect the woman who was asking all the questions to be so condescending considering I’ve never met her. I’ll admit that I take things rather personally so if the point of this meet was for me to re-evaluate myself a bit then fine, OOA got it in the short term. As a matter of fact there was one remark that she made that made me feel so terrible about myself that I actually went home asking my husband if I am in fact a selfish person (while crying on his damn shoulder).
I know I risk of getting some flack from you guys or even the OOA but I’m just being honest here, no apologies will be given here. Will I continue with this? Yes. Was I rattled by the meet? Yes. Do I expect OOA reps to be just as hostile next time (assuming there is another event) and will I be more guarded? Most likely.
*I’m pretty sure this was not a Sentinel gig.
