The Curse of Event Management
Event Management -
Stress Inducing, Knee-pain Causing and Profanity Hurling
Why An Artist Should Never Be Involved
1. ArtsyFarts Don't Run. That much should be obvious. Artsyfarts sit around all day moping or gazing wistfully out the window as the leaves rustle caressed by the gentle breeze as a bloody couple sits under the bloody tree reading a bloody book. Together. Books weren't meant to be read together damnit. (Sorry for the Gollum moment.)
Saturday's graduation was tiring. I never once sat down from the time I got to Hilton at 930am til I left the place at 4.15pm. I've been having a constant pain in my left knee since then. I had to chase after maroon-jacketed staffs urging them to please put in the extra chairs, and the signage on the stage, and the scalloping, and the...
When things don't get done your way, go flirt talk with the Operations Manager.
2. No Hags Allowed (That includes the one who wore a v-slit dress showing non-existant curves, with huge black butterfly prints all over).
A colleague who has been a pain the ass ever since she joined the company attended the event like that. I guess it's okay if we were having a fashion show on what NOT to wear in ANY circumstance, but we weren't. We are professionals, dear. Oh oops. I guess that means we, minus you.
And when you steal coffee from the event next door, DON'T lie about and say you didn't know when the boss asks you. HELLOOOOO, it's in front of the ballroom like FAR FAR AWAY.
3. Smile, it's free.
But only for those who deserve it. The definition of those deserving is
1. Those who don't make me repeat the same thing twice, thrice...and so forth.
2. Not our students.
3. Not the hag.
4. If I'm doing the work YOU should be doing but you're not doing it cause you're too incompetent, then not you too.
5. Not anyone at all after I've stood for 6 hours straight.
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I'm sorry, but a 'Congratulations, you did a good job' doesn't cut it anymore.
I am a discontented employee.
Fire the hag, give me a raise, and maybe I'll stay.
posted by Keem at 10:18 AM
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Not bad, your post made me laugh a bit.
Gollum moment? lol
kinkybluefairy..u don't laugh much do you? poor thing. must be in events management too. hehe.
magd..in my case, i so wanted to be mingling with the journalists.
Hags are evil.
They are the female equivalents of bogeymen and eat cute kittens and bunny rabbits.
A drunken hobo on the street told me this, so it must be true.
if employers do actually know who puts in the most work i reckon half the work force will be out of a job... what ever happened to "lets split the work equally"... go watch Harold and Kumar be inspired to do what Harold did :P
*disclaimer :) will not be held responsible for the consequences if that advice is followed
Oi, when can we get togther so I can rant about my wookie and you can rant about your hag?
babe, MORE POWER TO YOU. events is a pain in the arse - i greatly admire and respect anyone who is in that field.
my friend hannah, doing events in SG once told me: "actually al, you can have a jumping castle in a hotel room ... all you need is a height clearance of twenty-five feet". haha. (see, go the random information!)
moobs.. hm.. can ask when the sky is falling?
:) .. i've watched the show, but don't remember what you're referring to, unless it's the 'winging' everything that came along. heh. i think next time i'll just apply for a sick leave and avoid the function altogether.
em.. will see what i can do about going over, and YOU, come over also lah. i promise i turn on the aircond full blast + fan for you. and what's your wookie? u know abt my hag already. it was like working with a roomful of shankaras and randys.
alli.. what's a jumping castle? *befuddled*
you don't have jumping castles?! *eyes widen*
you've never actually JUMPED in a jumping castle?
its like a huge giant blow-up castle ... full of air. you go into that room/plastic castle and jump around inside omg KIMM!!!!!!
ohhhh. those.
Nops, never been in one.
=)
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