I walked to the grocery store this afternoon, got a bunch of stuff, got to the checkout counter, and a guy gets into line behind me. He's on the phone, and he's talking really loudly. Yelling, in fact. "WHAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU. SPEAK UP! THEY'VE GOT TWO KINDS! WHICH KIND DO YOU WANT?! WHAT?! YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK LOUDER - I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!! I'm not kidding. This went on for a few minutes as my stuff is being rung up, and I kept saying "Geez" under my breath, and giving him really dirty looks, and rolling my eyes at the cashier. I finally gave him a long look, and was just about to say something - because then he was moving in and invading my space - when he said, "Excuse me - I'm an actor with the Dr. Oz show and we're doing a stress sampling." I looked to my right and there was the camera crew right there, they had moved in right when he started talking to me in a normal voice. There were two young women there in white coats, with "Dr. Oz" labels.
I looked at the guy and said, "Seriously?" or something - I think I said, "Is this for real?" He said absolutely, and the women wanted to get my blood pressure right then, at that very moment. We moved over to the back, where the two people in charge said, "We're buying your groceries, by the way." They took my blood pressure and it was 168/100!!!! My blood pressure is normally very low! 120/70, or thereabouts. I pride myself on my low BP! I was shocked!
They proceeded to do an on-site interview, took my BP at intervals, (it kept going down), asked me on the show on Tuesday (it will be taped for later airing), and said I was the best subject they had had all day! LOL!!
It's going to be a show about stress and how it raises your BP. I don't know how many "subjects" are going to be on, but they're calling me tomorrow with all the info, and I'll get there early on Tuesday and get prepped and everything.
Geez. The things I do to get on TV! But I actually was shocked at how one's BP can get so elevated in situations like that. I'm constantly ranting on the sidewalks and the streets to people who I feel are not following traffic rules (cars turning while pedestrians are walking and have the "walk" sign, cyclists who are going the wrong way and cutting me off, or, if I'm on my bike, yelling at pedestrians who don't wait for their walk sign) - but I thought I was handling that kind of stress. Apparently not. Doh.
I'll keep you all posted on when it's going to air!
I looked at the guy and said, "Seriously?" or something - I think I said, "Is this for real?" He said absolutely, and the women wanted to get my blood pressure right then, at that very moment. We moved over to the back, where the two people in charge said, "We're buying your groceries, by the way." They took my blood pressure and it was 168/100!!!! My blood pressure is normally very low! 120/70, or thereabouts. I pride myself on my low BP! I was shocked!
They proceeded to do an on-site interview, took my BP at intervals, (it kept going down), asked me on the show on Tuesday (it will be taped for later airing), and said I was the best subject they had had all day! LOL!!
It's going to be a show about stress and how it raises your BP. I don't know how many "subjects" are going to be on, but they're calling me tomorrow with all the info, and I'll get there early on Tuesday and get prepped and everything.
Geez. The things I do to get on TV! But I actually was shocked at how one's BP can get so elevated in situations like that. I'm constantly ranting on the sidewalks and the streets to people who I feel are not following traffic rules (cars turning while pedestrians are walking and have the "walk" sign, cyclists who are going the wrong way and cutting me off, or, if I'm on my bike, yelling at pedestrians who don't wait for their walk sign) - but I thought I was handling that kind of stress. Apparently not. Doh.
I'll keep you all posted on when it's going to air!