Online meets Offline…???!!!

by Jillian Zavitz

After 2 and a half years of working with TalktoCanada I finally met my boss.  I must admit I was quite nervous — as I’ve never met anyone offline before — I suppose it is a normal thing to meet people offline — or at least it is becoming more and more common place.

Luckily — it was a non awkward meeting — except for the initial part.. Canadians are just awkward people or maybe it’s just me — when we first meet someone that we know really well.. but are meeting for the first time.. there is no gesture that is friendly yet not cold (handshakes are lame — really — unless its a business meeting…).  Air kissing is obviously out of the question with Canadians ;) Also we don’t have something to say when we start eating.. I suppose Bon Appetite!  But something in English.. ??

We did have quite a bit in common — and I honestly think that we would have been friends even if we met offline first.  And although Canada is a HUGE country — we have some random connections (thanks to Facebook for figuring that out for us)!

I’ve told a few people that we’ve met and they ask how it was.  I guess people are different online — perhaps more comfortable.. casual.. relaxed — than they are in real life.  I wonder if that goes the same for students who take lessons — would they be the same offline?   I’ve met a few teachers before — and they are the same online as they are offline… we mostly just talk about funny work stories..

So it was nice.. knowing that my boss is 1) REAL 2) hip… makes me confident in the choices that I’ve made these past 2 and a half years 3) and can crack jokes about TalktoCanada