The Time My Wardrobe Malfunctioned During An Interview

And the hilarious follow-up.

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There was a distinct popping sound and I suddenly realized the ‘girls’ were free.

In 1993 I had a series of misfortunes. I lost my teaching position at a small non-profit school when they ran out of funding. Shortly after that, I had an incident involving an avocado and a knife. I lost.

While attempting to remove an avocado pit, I stabbed my left index finger and severed the tendon. My injury required surgery and made it very difficult to do anything. My sister’s wedding was the same week as my surgery, so my mom had to do some quick sewing to make a cover for my splint that would match my bridesmaid dress.

We already had appointments to get our hair done, so I didn’t have to worry about attempting to do my hair with one hand. A friend was there to do our makeup. I was a little loopy from pain medicine and had to avoid alcohol, but I survived the wedding.

Weeks later, I set up a job interview with a local school district. Preparing for the interview involved some logistics. I borrowed a car with automatic transmission to avoid the need to shift gears and could steer with one hand. My sister lent me a front-closing bra. I selected a dress I could pull…