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Date: 27 July 2005 01:01:40
I think I can be a fairly flexible and understanding sort of guy. I can even be accomodating. But you want to tick off Chops there are two simple things you can do. Which by the way a event recently did both in the space of two hours.
1. Say you arriving to set up for a event at 6am on a Sunday morning and then not rock up till 7am. And then to be oblivious about the whole thing and not realise that you caused me to leave home just after 5 in the middle of winter. That is not the first impression you wish to make with good old Chops. Because he is already seconds away from being down right captain not so flexible and sticking to policy.
2. After Chops says do you need any more tables for your displays and is everything ok. And you reply it's all good and we don't need anything and you check with the boss and it is all good. Then when I am having a cup of tea with the Rainbow Connection and it is the Audio Visual Guy saying "um you need to get up here quick". I get there and they just started taking half trestle tables from their classroom set for their delegates and moving them. To explain classroom set is a half width trestle table set with cloth, pad and pen, mints, glass and water jug X2 as it is set for two people. They decided to grab three by the time I got there. They got a whole lot of "Excuse me what do you think you are doing?" "We need some tables" "Well those are set up for your guests. Did you consider not moving every thing and asking some one for some more tables" His reply was "Oh sorry about that". I so wanted to say "Oh you will be". It is so much easier to give you tables that are not set and what if the glasses fell and broke as you moved them as you did not move the stuff to move them just pick it all up.
In way of postscript they turned out to be very mellow and good to work with. It was there first attempt at anything like this. So it is a steep learning curve. They also ordered the same dessert for three days with lucnh. They thought it was not possible to get sick of macadamia tarts three days in a row. But trust me friend it is easy to jaded by the same dessert. I have been on that journey many times before.
Till Next Time Just Ask First Please,
Chops