Car park news: October #1
04 October 2011
The transition between car and office should be easy when you get permission to use the car park at the back door of said office. Oh no, no – not with Tenandahalf!
Turning up for a 6 o’clock meeting carelessness brought about by tiredness form schlepping up and down motorways between three cities (not to mention a general inherent clumsiness), Bernard was able to rise to a level of car park woe even we haven’t experienced before.
After parking – first time, successfully and without hitting any other vehicle in close proximity – he went round to the boot and took out his briefcase. Laying it on the ground, he bent over to see if he had all the papers he’d prepped for the meeting when disaster struck! His favourite Mont Blanc, a pen he’d known longer than his children, fell out of his inside pocket and tumbled into the storm drain beneath.
The design of the grill and the murky slime that lay beneath rendered rescue impossible so Bernard had to wave “da boch” to his prized possession.
And the moral of the story? If you’re a lawyer, accountant or anyone else from the professional services and you’re visiting clients to pitch, present or just for a spot of key account management, look after your possessions. Don’t let your first contact that day be a request to know why you’re trying to stick your fingers down a dirty drain!
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