Recruitment

Last night my cell phone was blowing up around 7 o'clock. I was getting text messages from my teammate Josh, who was reporting we only had two players present. I had told everybody I would be late, as I was at a photography panel discussion at the Museum of the City of New York. Our captain is still a bit weak to be playing pool, another one of our players is out of the country and a third was home sick with food poisoning. That meant that all five remaining players would have to show up or else we'd be forfeiting games. I showed up just after 8:30 and was relieved to see everybody had shown up. They had just started the third match of the night, so I had some time to unwind from the stress of hurrying back downtown.

Lately I've taken the task of recruitment into my own hands. There is an longstanding but unwritten rule on our team that states: "You must be a regular at Sophie's to play on the team." I've been floating invitations to lots of people I've played at Sophie's, in particular people who have beaten me. But nobody seems to want to commit. If you're reading this, and you're thinking you might like to become a true regular at Sophie's, please come "try out" with us next Tuesday the 19th. It's the last week that we can add new players. I am going to head back to Sophie's this weekend and try to spread the word some more. I have to warn you, we're probably only going to have room for one new player. But as it is, we've basically got six players to do all the work. If we can't get somebody else to join us by 7 o'clock on Tuesday the 19th, that's the way it's going to stay.