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Earlier this month, I was hired to travel with an excellent volunteer chorus as they traveled to sing with an orchestra in South America. Professional singers are often hired to supplement the numbers of a church or otherwise avocational choir, and we're called "ringers." After the dress rehearsal, we lined up on the steps of the theater to take a group photo, and I inadvertently stepped in front of a regular member of the choir and blocked him. "Oh sure, put the tall guy in front of me," he joked. I stepped behind him and said "Oh gosh, I'll stand behind you! I don't care: I'm only here for this one concert!" As I thought about the incident later, I thought about how I might've sounded a bit cavalier and considered finding him to apologize. Instead, he found me later that night at a reception following the concert. I introduced him to another friend saying "oh god, I sounded like an asshole when I spoke to this guy earlier today!&