A few months back I decided I had too many instruments at home, so the mandola came with me to work. I figured I could use breaks to work on scales, chords, learning the mandola fingerboard, etc. And then I got to thinking - what would my boss think if he saw me playing the mandola at work? (I work at at university, for what it's worth.)
A couple days ago, a student shows up in my office. "This is REALLY embarrassing," he says. "I have a job interview in an hour, and I have never tied a tie in my life." Now, anyone who has ever tried to teach someone to tie a tie knows that it's about impossible unless you can SHOW the person. But it's a Friday, and I'm wearing jeans and a button-down. No tie. I look around my office - and then it hits me. I grab the mandola, take off the leather strap, and use it to show the kid who then goes off and lands himself a job.
And now I will never have to worry about explaining to my boss why I have a mandola at work.
Not exactly mandolin content related, but it amused me so I'm sharing.
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