Every now and then you will find yourself on a project that...let's just say lacks any particular flare or excitement. One of my tasks for the day was to print off a large amount of press clippings for one of KM's clients, Tobacco Free Living. Three months worth of news article clippings amounted to a few hundred pages for printing.
In my attempts to accomplish the task quickly, I made the fatal error in assuming the printer could handle such a load all at once. "File; Print" ... next document "File; Print"...and so forth. Once I had successfully sent off the print jobs, I walked over to the printer to collect.
Jammed. And on a day when Keating Magee was pitching to a potential client... even more fantastic. Hours later, the matter was finally resolved with the technician arriving just in time (not). He arrived as we had painfully predicted at 4:45. Luckily, Projects With Purpose (our next door neighbor) had allowed us to print the documents needed for the new business meeting... so my overconfidence didn't result in hampering the company's ability to pitch to a new client.
As my friend Joanna would say "Success is all about the hands you shake" Thank god for friends with functioning printers!
Erin,
ReplyDeleteSounds like it started off a rough day but it always puts a little smile on my face when someone goes out of their way to do an unexpected nice thing. That kind of neighborly help is so unique to New Orleans and you are lucky you get to work in an environment where strangers are willing to help you out. This almost tops the time that a family invited us to their bbq when we were hungry for dinner during Mardi Gras- but not quite because they had cookies :). I'm glad you are working hard and putting my inspiring quotes to good use.
-Joanna