September 12, 2006
Finally!
Oh you're gonna love this one. I stepped in it this time.....
Let me share. This whole show is we, the vendors, sit in a room and buyers rotate through. You got 20 minutes. It's kinda like speed dating. Some buyers you really want/need to talk to. Some? Not so much.
Well, the end of this afternoon we had a couple of guys from.....TAMPA! WooHoo. It was decided I would handle this as:
a) Tampa = Tammi Home (sorta)
b) My territory.
So - we start talking and quickly realize there's really no fit business wise. Their office is near my old townhouse and we talked favorite resturants and stuff.
Then I went in.
If you've read here much you know exactly what I'm getting ready to say.
I started talking Tampa Football. I think I scared them. I'm pretty sure I terrified the Director of Sales for our company. But it was fun. I haven't talked Buc's football with another Buc's fan in sooooo long.
And talk I did. If you know me, you know if I'm passionate about something I. Can. Talk.
I had these guys rollin'. At one point I said we needed to dump Sims. Too much of a wimp. They agreed and said he'd be out before long, couldn't take a hit. I laughed and said "Yeah, *I* can take a hit better than he can!" The one guy came back and offered money to see that. I don't think he realized I was serious.
We were yellin' - well I think we were just talkin' loud, but whatever - and laughin' and stratagizin'....
Ohhhh it was fun.
Then the guys had to leave. The silence in the room when they left? Heavy. The look on my co-workers' faces? Stunned.
I just smiled and reminded them - I love me some football.
Funny, when I looked at the schedule for tomorrow, I'm not leading any of those meetings. Wonder what's up........
Posted by Tammi at September 12, 2006 06:27 PM | TrackBack