Archive for August 18th, 2004

A wonderful evening

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seanb
on August 18, 2004
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I've spent the better part of the last several posts ranting…  Normally I'm a very positive, upbeat kinda guy.  If my negativity has bled over to you, tough.  Just kidding.  I am humbly sorry if my negativity has adversely impacted you.

In any event, something good to post!

I got to spend the evening with my boys, Donovan and Logan.  Granted, I pushed them around in their stroller, around an outdoor mall, here in Miami; but I did get to spend time.  We went to The Shoppes at Sunset Place, so that  could do some work on a promo that she was setting up at the AMC theatre there.

While we were walking around, it got rather boring inside the shopping center, so the boys and I took our Peg Perego Double Baby Tank out onto Sunset Drive, and walked slowly up one side, and then down the other.  We stopped at Eckerd Drug, where I bought a roll of Necco Wafers.  The boys then promptly held a gun to my head and threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't share the Necco Wafers with them.

Seriously, though, both boys seemed to enjoy the Necco wafers, even though I gave them freely.  I'm betting it's the pure sugar with the flavor of something different depending on the color…

The sugar had the effect of spinning them up to WARP speed; and then it burned out.

All in all, a good time was had all around…  such beautiful boys.

ANOTHER Report

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seanb
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The call came at 12:02.  It was a voicemail, urgent, that we need to talk.  So I called him.  The guy from Marketing.  I was able to return his call at 1:00 p.m.

Turns out that they want ANOTHER report on how the new Student Administration system (PantherSoft) has impacted the call center that I manage.  I ask what format they want the report in.  “Executive Summary” is the answer that was returned.  And they need the report by 2:30.

So I get the report together for them, and the guy from Marketing shows up and says: “It's too thick!!!”  (at 2 pages, it's two thick).  “Sean, all we wanted was bullets.”

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT…  WRONG!  Thank you for playing anyway.

“Bullets” does not equal “Executive Summary”

Oh well, looks like I'll be writing ANOTHER report!  I guess I'm stuck in the “Middle of the Riddle”.

I can feel it coming…

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seanb
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I turned in my budget for overtime for the next five pay periods… At $12,000, I'm sure that it will meet some stiff resistance.  To which my comment will be: “Okay… what, exactly, would you like us to do?  We need to serve the customers.”

I'm already anticipating that the answer will be: “Well, we have to do something.”

YES!