Lunch Break Notes

Just the other night as i was going through the nightly routine of giving the little one a bath. She did something that really surprised me. She stood up, which is usually the sign for get out of my way, I'm going to pee, but this time... there was no pee! Instead there was one...two...THREE!! Three "poops" dropped into the tub. I never panicked like this before. Within seconds she was out of the bath basket and into the actual tub. I lifted the basket in an attempt to contain the poop but of course the basket has holes. I did my best to dump the water and turds i to the toilet but lost a couple back into the tub. Spilling water EVERYWHERE, I dropped the basket and did what any brave father would do when his daughter is threatened by a floating mass of yuck bound towards her. I reached into the water... grabbed the poopie... and threw...yes I THREW the nugget into the toilet. Immediately after I waved my hand in the air as if it were on fire and the flames would not g...

So it happened again. I signed myself up with a company that should have been well out of its start up phase but wasn't. I received the call at the end of the business day on Halloween, my favourite holiday, and I had believed it was for a status update on all of the prospects currently in motion to sign up for our services. Nope. It was to spew the same old explanation that I got last time at my last company. "Things aren't happening fast enough" and "it's not your fault". If it's not my fault then why am I the one without a job now? It all comes down to bad decisions being made on the marketing end of things. It was my job to explain and nurture the prospects from hatch ling to business owner. Not an easy task for new comers. It's a long, sometimes months, to have these prospects set up a website, a business name, a sales routine and pricing on their own. That's why it takes so long. Its a whole process! Not only did i get the axe o...