A truly horrendous start to the week. Mondays are lousy at the best of times but this one started off worse then usual. Staggering in from the carpark, desperately trying to remember what the week holds I was met by that buyer/account manager nightmare – The Clash. And I’m not talking the rock band here.
Yes, due to either a genuine oversight or a wish to give me a heart attack first thing on a Monday morning we’d been clashed with the competition on one of our main brochure lines. I dump my things at my desk and walk over to face the music in the bosses office, my impending sense of doom deepening as I recall how I’d begged, borrowed and cried to get that major catalogue slot.
One discussion later and a resounding promise – something to do with “heads” and “rolling” – following me down the corridor I limp back to my desk to help start the damage limitation. Oh joy!!
Two hours, several strong coffees and some heart palpitations (not sure whether that was a as result of the clash or the strong coffees) and there’s a chink of light at the end of the tunnel as the damage limitation exercise reaches its end. Now all that’s left to do is have the conversation with the incumbent supplier. Wonder if they fancy a high adrenaline start to their week as well?? Can’t honestly recommend it…
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