July 4, 2009
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Sod's Law
Aye. just when yuo think things can't get much worse, they do. Damn. And how. Finding people lying to me pisses me off, and I don't care what culture you're from, this is business, and if it means you lose face in order to get things moving, then so be it.
Our techie tells me he has not seen the products that got returned three days previously. Even though he signed for them and took them to his office. So I suggest that the box uppon which his cookies are sitting might be a good place to look, in front of the whole office, brought me no friends. As he had promised to get me some answers as to potentially WHY the products had failed by Thursday evening, and it was now Friday, I had just had enough of this face saving bullshit. You want to be an international company, stop thinking like a local one.
Saving face usually means finding a bit of middle ground, and so the bullshit excuse of "misunderstanding" comes in to play very often. Rob, however, takes none of that, and even took the risk of making El Pres lose face. Once. not sur eit's good to play that game too often though, especially given the fact that there is a recession on and my next job interview is not scheduled until October. Hehehehe.
In the months of being single, I have enjoyed the being at home alone bit. Sure it is not always so easy, and you want someone there to be with, but we come through issues somehow, and with 2 kittens keeping me awake at night, it's definitely not quiet in Rob's house. There are some who would say that I love my cats much too much, and to those people the No Shit Sherlock award will be delivered soon.
So a lack of sleep and people lying to me about stuff made me in a bad mood, and then clients telling me more products have failed was - I thought - the ultimate. Could it get worse? Then the rain on the way home, soaking me and the whistle. Ok - surely that's it? No mucker. Not by a long chalk.
In the Friday meeting, El Pres was not there, so I was unable to get my views heard by anyone who can actually make a decision. And a client got pissed off big time by my colleague who promised exclusivity for France (yea right!) and now went in to a project against another of my clients. Dick wad. This week has been the worst in the office so far, but I know it can get worse. I just hope it won't. It did end though with 2 new orders so the money is coming in. And it appears that I outsold the whole of the rest of the sales team combined in Q2. However, as I tell El Pres, I need to prove my worth to him this quarter and next quarter as well, so I am taking nothing for granted.
And Joanne came back in to my life yesterday.
