Hello Friday

Dear Friday,


I'm so happy that you're finally here. I feel like it was just yesterday when I said I hated Mondays and now here you are, making me feel fine and dandy again.


It was a bummer though that I had an early breakfast meeting today and was a few minutes late. I even rode a cab all the way from my house to the office just so I could make in in time. It cost me a whopping 350 PHP but no regrets! I've always wondered how much and how long it would take to ride a cab from my house to work anyway. Needless to say though, I shall only do it again in case of emergencies. Time and convenience versus money. The big dilemma of life. 


Kudos to the cab driver though. He was very nice and I appreciated all his efforts to speed up the travel He took smart shortcuts and overtook a lot of vehicles along the way - my kind of driving! He even gave me his cellphone number so that I could ring him if I needed another ride. He lives within the city that I do and it's convenient for the both of us. Sureball customer.


Had breakfast with the team and one of the biggest bosses around and talked about boring work stuff. The last part was funny though because Big Boss said he would set up our Web Guy on a date with one of the assistants here. Ha ha! Knowing Big Boss, he probably will do it indeed. Poor girly. She won't know what hit her. Who could say no to the orders of  Big Boss?


The lesson of the day is: sleep early in order to wake up early especially if you have an early meeting the next day. Or else, you'll have to pay for an expensive taxi ride. :))


I shall probably party later with my significant other. I hope you all enjoy your weekends too!


PS: Will (MUST) try to save up on money now.




Cheers,
My Pink Office

Start Your Week Right

This post is fairly simple. I just want to say that...

I HATE MONDAYS.

That's about it. Ha ha!

Hope you have a great week guys. :)


From yours truly,
My Pink Office

Annoying Clients

If your business is in the field of sales, and if your ass always depends on it, here's a note you should remember: Clients will abuse you.

This is especially true for those who are trying to get on the good side of their clients. Those who want to get ahead of the competition and do whatever they can to gain the client's favor.

What made me say this you ask? Well, I just came back from a 3-day planning trip with clients. I'm not into sales. Let's clear that up. But I'm from the marketing team and I was tasked to assist in coordinating the event since our company was "gracious" enough to sponsor the whole thing for the clients.

So here's what basically happened: our company paid for EVERYTHING. And when I say everything, I mean every nook and cranny of their expenses. From the accommodations (which they didn't hesitate to abuse), to the food, the pens, papers, masking tapes, snacks, junk food, coffee, and even their wine and pulutan. It was all on us.

Of course, you might argue that this is all just part of business. You invest in them because they will in turn invest in you soon and with a big profit for you to joyfully grab. But aside from the financial aspect of the investment, you'll also have to invest your pride, efforts and yeah, did I mention pride?

I sort of pity the Account Manager I was with. Since he's responsible for this account, he was the main man that the clients always looked for. He was the one they turned to for their every need. He was the one who had to oblige to their every wish and whim. He was their "slave". (all in the name of sales)

They almost did the same to me. Damn brats. Being in charge of the event, I had to coordinate with the caterer, buy the snacks and make sure their big bellies were happy. BUT, I am not a food server. I coordinate. I. Do. Not. Serve. Then here comes one of them and asks me, "Hey have you delivered food already to the other room?” in a tone that was extremely undermining and annoying as if she expected you to do it, and as if it were your job to do so.

Uhh, excuse me dearie. Since when did I become your personal maid? I refuse to do that. I will not be your slave. Go do it yourself if you want to. . . So I simply said "Nope", smiled and walked away. Ha ha! If you’re hungry go get your own food. You have feet and hands right?

I didn't become a University Scholar at a prestigious school to become your own little house elf.

That's not my job.

So to all of you Acoount Executives and Managers out there, congratulations. Congratulations for your patience and persistence. Congratulations for working hard. They always did say that money is in sales. They just never said that your balls have to be grabbed and squeezed before it happens. :)


Stay cool guys,
My Pink Office