Gino
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Recently, we got a deposit in for a nice order and were told the files would be to us this past Tuesday or Wednesday. It’s for many signs and it will take us almost 2 weeks to do the job… about 110 hour. The materials just arrived Wednesday and we still don’t have any files. I called the guy yesterday and his phone is not working. So I called his right-hand guy and he said… Oh, he went on vacation. Yeah, I know, but where are my files ?? You need these ready by the 10th for distribution by the 17th. I need two weeks to do it.
Well, no one has any information on it except for Randy and he’s not here, so I guess you’ll have to play catch up when he gets back.
Yeah, right. I’m gonna have to work plenty of overtime cause he went on vacation without giving us the finished files.
He [Randy] called me just a little bit ago and said, sorry, we don’t have anything ready for you and won’t until about August 3rd. WHA........??
You do realize we can’t get it done in time unless we use a lot of overtime.
Randy says…. I’m sure you’ll figure out a way to get this done for us in time.
The promotion starts August 19th and they want them in the stores by the 17th.
Here’s my remedy:
I’m putting a quote together with our driving the signs around to the majority of the stores on the 14th, 15th & 16th. We’ll finish up enough, so they can do some of the really way out in the boonies stores. This covers a few states, but we’ll be driving like fools for almost three days, but it will beat all the overtime I’d have to pay to get them done on their old schedule.
If I charge overtime, it will come to an additional $10,000 to $11,000….. or if I deliver on regular time….. about $5,500. No way I’m gonna use my money to pay for their mistake and this is how I will work it out for them. He didn’t say anything about my plan not costing them extra to get it finished ON TIME, just get it done on time. So they have a choice.
I’ll hire a temp for three days, pay out about $550 and pocket the rest. It can’t take more than two tanks of gas, so I’m making sure plan ‘B’ looks inviting.
Well, no one has any information on it except for Randy and he’s not here, so I guess you’ll have to play catch up when he gets back.
Yeah, right. I’m gonna have to work plenty of overtime cause he went on vacation without giving us the finished files.
He [Randy] called me just a little bit ago and said, sorry, we don’t have anything ready for you and won’t until about August 3rd. WHA........??
You do realize we can’t get it done in time unless we use a lot of overtime.
Randy says…. I’m sure you’ll figure out a way to get this done for us in time.
The promotion starts August 19th and they want them in the stores by the 17th.
Here’s my remedy:
I’m putting a quote together with our driving the signs around to the majority of the stores on the 14th, 15th & 16th. We’ll finish up enough, so they can do some of the really way out in the boonies stores. This covers a few states, but we’ll be driving like fools for almost three days, but it will beat all the overtime I’d have to pay to get them done on their old schedule.
If I charge overtime, it will come to an additional $10,000 to $11,000….. or if I deliver on regular time….. about $5,500. No way I’m gonna use my money to pay for their mistake and this is how I will work it out for them. He didn’t say anything about my plan not costing them extra to get it finished ON TIME, just get it done on time. So they have a choice.
I’ll hire a temp for three days, pay out about $550 and pocket the rest. It can’t take more than two tanks of gas, so I’m making sure plan ‘B’ looks inviting.
So nice when a rant ends with a smile................
Hey, that's my birthday weekend. Which day ?? Anyone... and then some, know not to even get close to me around that weekend or I'll frickin' kill 'em. That's my weekend and no one is gonna screw it up for me.... NO ONE !! I have a trainer and he told me what I can eat and not eat and how to plan around my day.... I told him I pay him to help me.... not baby-sit me and spoon feed me. Don't even try to tell me what to do for Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday or I'll fire your a$$. I just told him that last night. He called me to chat. I told him I wasn't interested in talking. I didn't like paying to talk to people who don't have anything nice to say about me..... lol.
Still, no matter what you felt, you still wouldn't throw this one away. I do a lot for them and take a lot of gruff, but I always get paid and well I might add.
