Can You Hear Voices???

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Date: 22 September 2006 06:54:12

Ever have one of those days despite your best efforts every other man and his aardvark let you down. We have these clients that are semi regular and are very particular as to their needs. But thankfully they normally let us know ahead of time so we should be prepared. But despite our best efforts we can shoot ourselves in the foot and this time repeatedly.

To start off with the dudes who set up the chairs and tables decided that the plan that was drawn was a mere suggestion and they could put there stuff where ever they liked. So I called them and made them fix it. The morning crew were not too happy with the crew from the day before.

The flowers which they ordered had not arrived. The client noticed and all my attempts to stall her were not going very far. I tried calling the florist which didn't really work at 7am on a Saturday. She was getting a bit pushy and demanding by hook and by crook she needed the flowers for the stage. So doing the unthinkable I stole the flowers that were leftover in another room and had been on display for 4 days previous. So when the client said "Aren't they beautiful??" I quickly arranged them so the slightly dead side was not as visible and scurried away.

I told the infodesk that if the crazy florist did arrive don't let him go upstairs because the second lot of flowers would only confuse the client and ask bad questions like "If these flowers that just arrived are my flowers where did the others come from??" I could take no tricks as the Information Desk attendant I told to stop the crazy florist was on a break when the crazy florist arrived and set up the flowers outside the room. So I did have to answer the inevitable questions which I did with aplomb. What also helped was that the replacement flowers were very scented and the presenter is hyper allergic to flowers. So Mr Chops did good and saved the day. I would like to end the story there but it does get worse.

The client called and said there was some sort of interference with their radio mic. I sent the audio guy to go have a look. They sheepishly admitted to what happened afterwards. When their crew set up the room and put up the drapes so you don't have to look at the ugly wall. Some genius dropped their radio and it got all tangled up in the drape. So while the presenter was presenting everytime they spoke to each other on the radio it could be heard coming out of the curtains!!! They went onto their back up channel and we rescued the radio in between their breaks.

Till Next Time I Just Have To Shake My Head In Shame,

Chops