In 2012 I witnessed something spectacular, something fantastically human and I hope never to forget the impact it had on me. A threadsy.
In 2012 I worked as a publicist for M-Net, focusing on a new daily called THE WILD 😎
My boss, then head of marketing had struck a deal with SAB where M-Net & Castle would take 10 competition winners on a weekend they would never forget! I would chaperone 🙈
We left at 4am on a cold winter morning to drive out to the set of The Wild in Heidelberg where the winners were filmed in scenes as extras before eating lunch with the cast.
We then drove 5 hours in a beer bus to Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit to watch Bafana drub Gabon 3-0. Some of the guys had consumed their body weight in beer by the final whistle 😂
We checked these lunatics in at the hotel after midnight and we were back in the bus by 6am to make the drive back to Ellis Park for a special stadium tour with John Mitchell ahead of the Boks Vs England
But as we arrive, a VIOLENTLY hung over winner endures an epileptic seizure. Honestly I felt like @TumishoMasha saved that guys life.
People wanted to put keys in his mouth, do CPR and all sorts but Tumisho just cleared the crowd, put the guy on his side, put his jacket under his head and held him through the incident before helping him sip a Coca Cola to get his sugar levels back up.
The Springboks beat England 36-27 and we were invited with cast & winners to the SARU dinner afterwards. It was a bit like being at the SAFTAs - everyone was there 😂
I was tired. Looking after people had worn me out. Sitting alone at a side table I was watching Johan Stemmet wondering why he wasn’t busy doing Noot vir Noot on a Saturday night
Then I noticed a young lady, maybe 18 years old working behind the buffet, having an ABSOLUTE FANGIRL WOBBLE about Mr VYFTIG RAAAINDTJIES VIR JOU being in the same room as her
Of all the Springboks, musicians, actors and anybodies in the room, this girl was PLUTTZING over Johan Steemet. I LOVED THAT :)
But typically she was so shy, seemingly embarrassed, and hid behind anything she could to avoid what was already an impossible chance of Johan seeing her.
He said goodbye to everyone he was speaking to at the function, met Mrs Stemmet at their table and began making their way to the door. However...
As they arrived at the exit they stopped. Mrs Stemmet had witnessed exactly what I’d seen and told him about it. He looked up excitedly and immediately saw her in her chef uniform behind a carvery!
On my mother’s life guys! Johan Stemmet walked across that room, shook her hand and then sat at a table having a glass of water together for HALF AN HOUR!!!
Afterwards they had a hug goodbye and everyone went their separate ways! She was sobbing with happiness. Now It may have been the exhaustion but I had a little chunk right there!!!
Nobody else had seen this whole interaction go down!!!
I hope never to forget that no matter who I think I am, that we can overcome ANYTHING with our humility and humanity ❀❀
Thank you Mr Noot vir Noot đŸ˜ŠđŸŒ»
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