00:00i had a job interview last week it was for a tech company in an office downtown on the twenty
00:05third floor i arrived fifteen minutes early checked in at the reception desk and they told me to wait at
00:11two p m sharp a woman came out she was very professional gave me a polite smile and led me
00:16down a long hallway
00:17we passed several conference rooms with glass walls i could see people in meetings everything seemed completely normal she stopped
00:25at a room at the very end of the hall this one was different no windows just a solid heavy
00:30door she opened it and gestured for me to go inside the room was small gray walls a table two
00:36chairs nothing else she told me someone would be with me shortly
00:41then she left the door clicked shut behind her i sat down and placed my portfolio on the table i
00:48checked my phone it was two oh three p.m. so i waited five minutes past then ten minutes then
00:54fifteen i started to feel a little restless so i stood up and walked to the door i tried the
00:59handle it was locked i knocked hello no response i knocked again a little harder this time still nothing i
01:08pulled out my phone again no signal i just
01:11i tried to make a call but it wouldn't go through i sat back down telling myself it was fine
01:15maybe they forgot about me maybe the interviewer was just running really really late it happens at 2 47 p
01:22.m. i heard footsteps outside the door they stopped right outside i held my breath waiting for the door to
01:29open but it didn't the footsteps just continued on walking away i jumped up again and started pounding on the
01:35door hey i'm in here total silence that's when i saw it on
01:41on the wall across from me mounted high in the corner was a small camera a tiny red light was
01:46blinking i stared at it for a second then waved my hand can you see me nothing i checked my
01:52phone again it was 3 14 pm i'd been in there for over an hour then i noticed something else
01:58on the table right next to my portfolio was a piece of paper i swear it wasn't there before i
02:04picked it up it was a questionnaire with questions
02:06handwritten in messy script how long have you been waiting do you feel anxious have you tried to leave and
02:13the last one do you think we're watching you my heart started racing this wasn't a job interview this was
02:20something else entirely i crumpled the paper and threw it on the floor i ran to the door and started
02:25pounding on it again yelling let me out
02:27finally at 3 52 pm the door opened the same woman was standing there she had the exact same polite
02:34smile on her face sorry for the wait she said her voice perfectly calm the interviewer had to reschedule she
02:41handed me a business card we'll be in touch i was too stunned and angry to say anything i just
02:46grabbed my things and walked out of there as fast as i could when i got to my car i
02:52finally looked at the business card
02:53she'd given me it was blank just a piece of white card stock nothing printed on it at all i
02:59never heard from them again but two days later i got an email there was no subject line just a
03:04single video file attached my hands were shaking but i opened it it was security footage from that room i
03:11saw myself sitting at the table waiting i saw myself get up pace around and pound on the door but
03:17there was something horribly wrong in the corner of the frame just behind where i was sitting someone was standing
03:23there
03:23the entire time just standing in the shadows watching me i never saw them i never felt them but the
03:30camera did they were in the room with me for two hollow hours
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