Got some free radio time last night...

…I think. I was sitting outside a customer’s apartment last night waiting for her to show up. The night-time radio banana crew were asking people, in light of the high unemployment these days, what the craziest thing they’d ever done to get a job.

Needless to say, I was dialing the station’s number before I even knew what it was. I knew it started with 703, so I hovered over the keypad until they gave it out.

Shockingly, I got through on the first ring. After a few minutes on hold, “Carson” cut the hold and said “107.3, what’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done to get a job?”

I was literally in the middle of swallowing a gulp of water. Not wanting to lose the opportunity, I spit it on the floorboard of my truck (I’m glad it wasn’t whiskey) and said “I started a business!”

At least, I think that’s what I said. It all happened in about 30 seconds.

“I saw the writing on the wall about a year ago when my wife was pregnant, and started helping people with their ‘small moves.’ I got a lot of business from that, and so I built a Web site called MYTRUCKBUD.COM.”

I said this as loudly and clearly as I could.

“I was laid-off on Monday, so now I do that full-time.”

“Chile,” or “Chilly,” the female deejay, was blown away by that for some reason. “Two days ago!?!” she said.

“Yup.”

Then Carson summarized: “So, the craziest thing you ever did to get a job was to call a radio station and get a free plug for your Web site.”

We all laughed as though it was the funniest thing we’d ever heard. “What, am I that transparent?” I said. We laughed some more.

“Okay, I’ll check out your site” Carson said. Then he hung up on me.

I didn’t hear if that segment was broadcast, and I called my wife and buddy to make them listen. I never heard anything. So, who knows? I did get a record spike in traffic yesterday, but that might be due to the e-mails I’ve been sending to everyone under the sun about my predicament. We’ll see.