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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