Ferrets on Crack

What’s your daily routine? Do you have a daily plan? It’s amazing how many sellers don’t. Here’s a routine with no road map. Don’t you know a few people like this?

“I get to the office at 8 or 8:30, okay, 9 in the morning. It’s not my fault I’m late. The traffic is terrible. First I go to the coffee machine. I can’t work without my coffee. I run into a coworker. We discuss the game or “Desperate Housewives” or something else we saw on TV last night. After coffee I go to the restroom and then go back to the break room for another cup. I told you; I can’t work without my coffee. A couple of more conversations with coworkers. Hey, it’s time for a cigarette break. I need to smoke when I’m working. And Bill and Susan are out there. Okay, time to check the email. Lots of jokes to read and delete. And I have a bunch to send. I make a few obligatory client phone calls. Have to. The boss wants us to make a couple of calls. Then, it’s lunch time! I might as well go home for lunch. Oh, yeah. Better stop at the cleaners and…is that new store finally open? Shopping here is fun. Oh no. What time is it? What happened to the time? I have the attention span of a ferret on crack. I’d better hurry back to the station. Darn. I forgot to ask anybody at that store if they do any advertising. Oh, well. I’ll do it later. Man, it’s already two in the afternoon. I’d better get back to the computer to crank out some crappy computer-generated proposals for clients. The clients won’t understand them, heck, I don’t even understand them. They’ll probably reject them anyway. Everybody does. But these are really for the boss. The boss has been on me lately because my billing is down and suddenly she needs to see proof that I’m really working. Of course I’m really working. It’s not my fault the economy is down. Besides, our station sucks in the ratings. Ooh, a message from that furniture client. Says it’s important. Better call him back. No, that would be a bad idea. He’s probably mad at me because I didn’t call him yesterday. If I call him now he’ll probably cancel. Well, it’s five o’clock anyway. Better start shutting it down for the day. Don’t want to miss Happy Hour. Man, this media business sure is hard work. I deserve a drink. I wonder how long they’ll keep paying me for this. Thank God I’m still getting a salary against commissions.”

Moral  of the  story:  If you don't know where you're going , any  road will get you there.

Comments

[Mary]

Great story! I forwarded the message to my account managers and told them it was a story to get them going this morning! And yes, I have met a few of these in my radio lifetime.

Thanks Paul!

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