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We're in a pickle
What to do

"What did Steve and Yvette do?"

said Jan


"These things"

said Andy

All of the following....

  • Check emails.
  • Reply to questions and requests.
  • Do managerial type things.
  • Try to be efficient and productive.
  • Don't waste time on "the small things".
  • Make coffee.
  • Answer questions.
  • Deal with accounts.
  • Check card payment receipts.
  • Pay people.
  • Chase people for money.
  • Correct errors in Invoices.
  • Book shipping.
  • Send customer's orders.
  • Answer refund requests.
  • Tidy the mess created by the Managing Director.
  • Manage staff hours and payroll.
  • Ensure bills are paid.
  • Sort property problems.
  • Sort personal accounts for the Managing Director.
  • Try to ignore waffle from the Managing Director.
  • Deal with HMRC
  • Sort bureacracy.

and lots more....

and they avoided these things.....

  • Wasting time.
  • Making silly comments to efficient staff members.
  • Focusing on something for only 30 seconds and not finishing what they started.
  • Changing their minds - all the time.
  • Telling different staff contradictory things.
  • Leaving crap everywhere.
  • Leaving accounts paperwork undone.
  • Not answering emails.
  • Skiving off at mid-day.
  • Phoning people who no longer work for the company.
  • Feeling like they had not been appreciated for their efforts, and that their experience was worth nothing.
  • Basically, tried to be nice, rather than be arse holes.

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