November 09, 2006

More Travels with Tammi

Well, yesterday was certainly a mixed bag of tricks.

Started out in Hartford Ct. Actually got a half way decent night's sleep.

That's good.

Drove from Hartford to Pittsfield MA. Rainy, foggy, slowed us down a bit. Got to our first call and tryin' to pull everything together, in the cold rain, I slammed the car door on my face. Gave myself a black eye.

That's not good.

The call went great. I would have been happy with a couple of items being picked up. I think we sold them the whole program.

That's good.

I'm sitting in the lobby waiting for my rep to finish his call with aother manufacturer when some one comes running in to the lobby. They are smiling and out of breath. He announces that Rummsfield resigned. They begin cheering. I swore. Loudly. It wasn't very lady like. I made a couple of calls and verified the information then swore some more.

That's not good at all.

Next call started out a little rocky. As I saw things starting to spiral I remembered a program I had put together for another customer, pulled the paperwork out of my handy dandy briefcase and....well, sold in another program. It just so happens this distributor landed a new customer and the program I showed them is PERFECT. If we hadn't of been there they would have never thought of us.

That's VERY good.

From Pittsfield we drove to Rochester NY. A little over 4 hours. Rainy, fog, traffic. Did I mention that my Rep is from the North East. He's a lot like me. Only very liberal. Do you have any idea how long the drive from Pittsfield to Rochester is when you are listening to someone talk politics that you STRONGLY disagree with and you can't say what you REALLY think/feel? Oh, he knew I didn't agree with him. But I couldn't say what I wanted to.

That, that wasn't so good.

Ended the day at a VERY nice Marriott Courtyard. My room rocks (good) but the entire building is non-smoking (bad). However it's warm out this morning (good) so I pulled on some slacks and went out front for a cigarette. Dinner last night was a very good steak and sweet potato at Outback (good). But sleep? Yeah, that just didn't work so well for me (bad).

So - as you can see, it was a pretty see-saw kinda day. Today? Meetings this morning, then this afternoon I'm working with a customer to put together a plan for Halloween and Christmas next year. Then - a plane and a drive.

I swear to pete, my life has become Planes Trains and Automobiles. I'm flippin' tired.

But - maybe with this shiner I'm sporting folks will think I'm a badass and leave me alone.......

Posted by Tammi at November 9, 2006 06:40 AM | TrackBack
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... or that like most neo-cons, you can't really defend yourself and your rep popped you in the eye in order to wake you up as to the real problems going on.

You know how tough those ultra-liberals are when push comes to shove...

heh.

I crack my own self up sometimes.

Posted by: RSM at November 9, 2006 08:00 AM

That's funny RSM! It's as good as Cuz telling me this morning it was a good thing I subdued myself before that drive or someone would have gotten hurt!!

Posted by: Tammi at November 9, 2006 08:04 AM

I soooooooooo know what it's like to be stuck in a vehicle for 4-5 hours with someone on the opposite end of the politcal spectrum as me.

Actually had someone ask if I am "one of those conservatives"

I just say I do not discuss politics with people because they have their opinion and I have mine and neither of us is going to change the others mind.

Posted by: Quality Weenie at November 9, 2006 09:16 AM

Remember that when fielding black eye questions, the correct answer is:

"It's a long story, but let's just say that other bitch didn't get off so easy"

Posted by: Harvey at November 9, 2006 10:20 AM
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