Wednesday, July 06, 2005
WHAT A DAY!!!
Yesterday was the sort of day I just should not have got out of bed for. Couldn't go to training because I had to whizz into work at 5am. Problems with computer at work and a program was needed urgently. After fixing that problem my DH left with 4 semi trailers and cranes to transport our product interstate. He will be working away for the next 8 weeks..coming back each week..a 4 hr drive each way. So I am left to manage the company. We had a dispute this week with one of our clients of 20 years. They have given the major portion of our work to a competitor but want us to keep doing the problem solving/ breakdown work. On Tuesday we cancelled our contract with them. We have never done that but my DH said it was ethically wrong and he had enough of them. He is very disappointed because he always has been good to them and got them out of trouble in the middle of the night many times. He even designed a system that is not used anywherer else in Australia and saves them a fortune in fuel. But a new GM came in last year and they have been reducing our work ever since. So yesterday they kept ringing up trying to get us to rush over there to fix something the competitor couldn't. Then I went home at 3 and took my work home. Loaded my files on at home and I was missing a key component so couldn't work on them. Had words with my teenage DD over helping with the housework Started cooking tea and work rang to say we were now having a problem at the site our products were being delivered to. The site locked the trucks out because they were not all there. No-one was allowed in unless they all went in together. Now one of these trucks is so big it fills the road and can only go a very long route to get to the only bridge that can carry them across the river. So 2 trucks and 8 men standing around for 4 hrs. Also for unloading which requires gigantic cranes they need to do one at a time. Then they said they couldn't come in if they couldn't all get unloaded by 5pm. Then they couldn't come in because no one had logged our insurance details into their computer. So from home at 4.45 I am trying to direct my office girl to the insurance certificates and get them refaxed through. The trucks after arguing by my DH were allowed in but only partly unloaded. So we have to put the men into a hotel overnight. The truckies are mad because they have to be back for another job today..probably will cost us about $10,000. Then they are behind on what has to happen today. I burnt my tea during one if the calls. Then I had words with my DS over buying his new car today, has to be today!! and burnt the bacon I decided to make a bacon sandwich with. Needless to say I couldn't sleep last night. Have to get into work now to sort out todays problems! Sometimes I wonder about whether having our own business is worth it. AT least I didn't eat my way through the day.. couldn't I kept burning it.
Posted by michelle ::
2:14 pm ::
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