Massive Deadlines Mean Nothing
Especially if a client wants you to physically go to the store and see a competitor’s product.
Given the chance to actually step away from the computer, SOME OF US GET SIDETRACKED. Just sayin’.
With a great deal of eye rolling and under-the-breath cursing, I drag myself to a major chain store to procure “competitor product”.
Lookey what I found:
My stuff, people!
BUT my, oh my, what a mess.
So I settle down on the floor (crossed-legged) and proceed to organize MY PRODUCT! I’m humming along, oblivious to the outside world, when a woman’s voice says
“Where would I find bath powder?”
Me (slightly peeved):
“I don’t work here.”
Woman looks confused and says
“Oh. I thought…you were stocking…um…”
To which I reply…
“These are my bottles!”
Yup. Could’ve said other stuff like I DESIGNED THESE…but NO. I had to sound like a psychotic freak.
She backed off slowly with a look on her face like
“Oh lord, this is a respectable store. Should I call security?”
Instead she swiftly removed herself from ME, the woman who was organizing her: quote, un-quote bottles.
I procured the competitor sample before I could finish organizing "my bottles" and ran for the safety of home and my massive deadlines.
Send help.
Kendra
First off - Love the bottles! Secondly, it drives me nuts when I see the way people just shove stuff around on the shelf. Especially love it when they crack open a sealed product and then just set the pieces back on the shelf. Better yet, the dressing room floor in Macy's on a sale day!!
BJ
Kreatrix, You may be a "psychotic freak", but you are a FUNNY psychotic freak!! This post is hilarious. Wish I could have been a fly on the wall (or a store security guard) and watched the drama unfold. You are far more amusing than any of "The Real Housewives of ______" (fill in the blank with city of your choice). I think you need to pitch the idea for your own reality series!!
The Kreatrix
Post authorPsychotic freak? Thank you!!!! I've been trying to convince the Chairman that being slightly "off" is a bonus. He's very much in to Yoga and meditating right now. So "freak" doesn't fit in to that picture. He is most concerned as to who the woman was who confronted me in the store and would she be able to find me...or rather "us".
Debbie
I agree with BJ. You're a very funny psychotic freak!! Seriously...