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Jun. 16th, 2005 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serindeSo, being kinda sorta figurehead of sales and support, this means that I am wearing the leader badge when our Covad rep is in town and wants to meet with us. After taking counsel with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
audiovile on the care and feeding of vendor reps, I garbed myself for battle (plain, if slightly saucy, black dress; simple strand of black beads; hair UP in a knot, that's important) and sallied forth.
I did not get a free lunch, which I blame El Jefe for since he sat on the "hey, I would like to meet you folks" mail until last minute, but I got a whizzo pen. Also I got us moved to the domestic call center, and a few other negotiations took place that were to the great acclaim of the populace.
It goes a lot easier if you think of it as roleplaying, I find.
audiovile on the care and feeding of vendor reps, I garbed myself for battle (plain, if slightly saucy, black dress; simple strand of black beads; hair UP in a knot, that's important) and sallied forth. I did not get a free lunch, which I blame El Jefe for since he sat on the "hey, I would like to meet you folks" mail until last minute, but I got a whizzo pen. Also I got us moved to the domestic call center, and a few other negotiations took place that were to the great acclaim of the populace.
It goes a lot easier if you think of it as roleplaying, I find.
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Date: 2005-06-16 04:07 pm (UTC)I'm gonna have to remember that roleplaying remark when I start trying to market the massage clinic. :)
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Date: 2005-06-16 08:05 pm (UTC)That's good advice. I think it may have just helped get me through a stressful phone conversation with a doctors office. Thanks!!
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Date: 2005-06-17 01:47 pm (UTC)