I have been a bit useless on the blogging front this week – in actuality I have been a little busy! :oops:

We had some sales training a little while back and it seems to have struck a chord with Tor. She’s been motivated quite a lot!!
Sometimes it’s not the message that’s important, but the way it’s delivered.
In this case, the guy who did the training didn’t impart some arcane and secret knowledge; rather he managed to deliver the message in a way that struck home.
As a direct result of this training, we have made significant growth in this quarter based on the last 3 years trading! (I am talking about 20% growth!!)
Bear in mind the current economic position and the figure is even more impressive

The upshot of this growth, is that you have to perform much more in the same time frame – hence the blog has taken a bit of a hit.
More growth = More work. (= more profit!!)

Tor is now going at the sales thing like a woman possessed – it’s great to see her enjoying her work AND it having measurable success on our business.

Currently work is good!

Home life is a little difficult at the mo – the bathroom STILL isn’t finished.
It’s one thing after another.
This time it’s the blummin’ shower screen that doesn’t fit the bath it was supplied with. Even thought the manufacturers say it’s the correct one.
It’s a curved one – as is the bath. The problem is that the two curves are significantly different. This means the fittings are in a stupid place.
Time to rant at the suppliers methinks… :evil:

 

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Today I had one of those days where you just have to keep your head down and plod on…

I have a new server build to do
This is usually a good thing, this one is generally no exception, in that I AM enjoying doing the build.
Unfortunately, the client wanted me on site to perform the build – a task usually performed in the office.
So I got there this morning, un-boxed the server and related bits (keyboard, mouse, monitor etc…), plugged in and off we went…
Press a few keys… Pretty yellow % bar… Press a few keys… Pretty blue % bar… Press a few keys… You get the idea!
It’s not the worlds most entertaining task - but someone has the pleasure (?) of doing it.
In the office I can pass the time doing ‘internal’ stuff, on site I just had to watch the % bars build.

It gets to the point you actually get apprehensive when the bar approaches 99%
How sad is that!

Oh dear – I’m a geek!!!

:)

My bathroom has been 1/2 tiled - some are in the worng place – uh oh…!

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Or a lack thereof!

I have, for the past week, been awaiting the ministrations of a tiler – to place the ceramic delights we purchased on the wall of our bathroom.
So far he’s a week late – with no contact or excuses.
We agreed he’d “sort us out” over the weekend” after he’d popped over this morning to have a look.
I had to call him 10 minutes before he was supposed to arrive, he decided not to bother.
I am hearing this is typical of trades people.

I am getting another guy in to do the job tomorrow – Perhaps if this happened more often then the crappy service we all seem to endure would not last.
WE SHOULD COMPLAIN MORE!!!
It’s common courtesy to simply pick up the phone and tell your client if there are any issues – keep people in the loop and they might not be happy but they’ll respect you for it!

I stayed in this morning to accommodate the tiler – what a waste!

#EDIT#
Forgot to mention this:
Happy Birthday Baby

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Sometimes, just when you least expect it, there comes along something that reminds you of times gone by.
That happened for me today on two separate occasions.

The first was meeting a new ptential client, sitting down with them whilst the radio was on, and listening to the rock classics from my days as an apprentice electrician in Newcastle!
I could see my younger self, standing there, pool cue in hand…

The second time came as we visited the theatre this evening, they have on a play based on the TV show ‘Monkey’ – those of a certain age should remember this one, a veritable 80s classic.
You know the one – Tripitaka, Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy (if you are a bit lost read this: Monkey)

Ahhh, sometimes you feel REALLY old! (and I’m still young(ish)

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Today was filled mainly with catchup from the previous couple of days – and all the backlog of issues from the previous week!

Out of the blue we had a phone call – it seems that the potential client was browsing the Leeds council website for an IT provide and got a little jaded when several of the first few (alphabetically) were no longer trading. She then decided to start at the bottom of the list and hit us!

Strange how these things happen!
I’m over there tomorrow!

I had just had a great Thai meal too. If you are looking for a good Thai meal in the Leeds area go here:
Sukhothai it really was great!

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