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Date: 04 October 2006 20:07:00
(Stop agreeing with me at the back.)
As you know, the business mr b runs is an opticians practice, which does domiciliary eye exams - ie, going into nursing/residential homes and testing residents who are unable to get to a high street practice.
We've* been developing** our staff training package***.
*I've
**re-writing what the previous guy used to do
***power point presentation
This has been my job because I know how powerpoint works and mr b doesn't. Offering staff training to care workers in the homes is a good marketing thing to do - and we did a mailshot about it a while back because we'd lost a couple of homes to a competitor and when we asked why they were changing it was because the competitor offers free staff training. Well so do we, but it seemed our clients didn't know about it.
Anyway, now we have a big waiting list of homes wanting training. And although it's a good thing to offer, both from our point of view (it's good for us if staff in the homes have a bit of a clue about what eye problems their residents might have) and theirs (it's good for them, too), it is a bit difficult in that if the optician (mr b) does it, it's time spent not testing eyes and not earning money for the business. Which is a big deal as it's still early days really.
So, like an idiot, a few weeks ago as I was finishing off the powerpoint stuff, I said to mr b, "I could do this you know. I've done this type of presentation before, and I know the material pretty well".
My first appointment is next Thursday.
The thing is, the last few months since we took over the business, I would say I've worked harder than I ever have before, and that includes the two years I spent doing an MSc while also doing a full time job.* So now I'm taking this new thing on, and I'm not entirely sure what it is that's going to give to make room for it.
I'm sure time will tell.
*This would be why I got somewhat ratty on Sunday with the person who overheard me telling someone else that baby b seems to be dropping his afternoon nap (which is awkward because that's when I tend to get work stuff done), who made sarcastic comments about how awful it must be not to be able to have my own nap/do my nails etc.