RecoveringJournalist
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I'll sometimes answer my cellphone "newsroom, can I help you?" when my wife calls just to crack her up.
More than being tied to the job is the job being tied to you and being recognized frequently in public.
I don't want to be pitched stories at the supermarket or bump into a source on Sunday morning when I'm at breakfast with my family wearing a t-shirt, shorts, flip flops and a ball cap.
On the other hand, I blew away one of my son's friends when he was asking about having the mayor at his Eagle Scout ceremony and I said I'd text her and ask.
I've been out for almost seven years and about twice a year, I'll get a "Hey, aren't you..." which has more to do with local TV/radio appearances than anything I ever wrote. Since it's usually followed up with, "How come you don't do that anymore?" I would not mind if that never happened again.