Friday 27th August - Alan's little baby boy was finally due to arrive...
... but he was running a little behind schedule...
Saturday 28th August - Nope, still no sign.
Sunday 29th August - Any time now.
Monday 30th August - No, OK?!? No! Now quit asking.
Tuesday.. I said NO!
...
Monday 6th September - Katherine was finally due to be induced...
... but the hospital was a little busy...
Tuesday 7th September - Maybe tomorrow?
Wednesday 8th September - Tomorrow.
Thursday 9th September - Katherine was finally induced. She would be giving birth any time now...
... any time...
Friday 10th September - Callum was born at around 2pm.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALLUM!!
Having been 2 weeks late, he clearly took after his dad in part, yet he was adorable and cute, so not completely.
With Alan finally joining the ranks of parenthood, that pushed the number of Natsios siblings with children past the midway point to 3 out of 5.
With the remaining 2 being Dave and Pea, and Pea being younger and single, the heat was really going to start going up for Dave.
"When...?"
"Not yet!"
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
External Business Meeting 101:
Things to do:
1. Inform reception of arrival.
2. Conduct the meeting in professional manner.
3. Leave.
Generally, the main focus of time and energy should be step 2...
...generally.
Dave and his colleague, Nicola, arrived at company X's building for a 3pm with Y.
Note: The company is not actually called "X" (however the person they were meeting really is known only as "Y").
Step 1: They informed reception that they were here to see Y who worked for X.
Reception stared back at them blankly.
"X?"
"Yes, X. To see Y"
Another blank.
"X?"
... after several more loops of this conversation, Nicola finally spotted X's name on the floor plan of the building and pointed it out to Mr Reception.
The fact that the company existed seemed to be good enough proof for Mr Reception that the duo did indeed have a meeting with Y and they were given their cheap paper passes without any further checks to see if Y was actually expecting them or even existed.
After all, they seemed to know the building better than he did.
Step 2: The meeting went without a hitch and an hour later it was wrapped up with smiles and handshakes all round.
Step 3: On leaving the building, Nicola handed in her pass to Mr Reception, Mr Reception stared at Dave and Dave stared back at him blankly.
"You need to hand back your pass."
'Fudge.'
"I've left it in the meeting room."
"Go back and get it."
And so, Nicola and Dave returned to the meeting room to collect the AWOL pass and adhere to the correct protocol of the building.
Note: At this point, the duo were roaming the building completely unaccompanied with no one knowing they were coming back up and neither of them had a pass...
Anywho, 2nd time lucky, the pass was handed back and they were out the door.
Easy.
1. Inform reception of arrival.
2. Conduct the meeting in professional manner.
3. Leave.
Generally, the main focus of time and energy should be step 2...
...generally.
Dave and his colleague, Nicola, arrived at company X's building for a 3pm with Y.
Note: The company is not actually called "X" (however the person they were meeting really is known only as "Y").
Step 1: They informed reception that they were here to see Y who worked for X.
Reception stared back at them blankly.
"X?"
"Yes, X. To see Y"
Another blank.
"X?"
... after several more loops of this conversation, Nicola finally spotted X's name on the floor plan of the building and pointed it out to Mr Reception.
The fact that the company existed seemed to be good enough proof for Mr Reception that the duo did indeed have a meeting with Y and they were given their cheap paper passes without any further checks to see if Y was actually expecting them or even existed.
After all, they seemed to know the building better than he did.
Step 2: The meeting went without a hitch and an hour later it was wrapped up with smiles and handshakes all round.
Step 3: On leaving the building, Nicola handed in her pass to Mr Reception, Mr Reception stared at Dave and Dave stared back at him blankly.
"You need to hand back your pass."
'Fudge.'
"I've left it in the meeting room."
"Go back and get it."
And so, Nicola and Dave returned to the meeting room to collect the AWOL pass and adhere to the correct protocol of the building.
Note: At this point, the duo were roaming the building completely unaccompanied with no one knowing they were coming back up and neither of them had a pass...
Anywho, 2nd time lucky, the pass was handed back and they were out the door.
Easy.
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