A week of taking calls as part of the new job, booking the cosmetic surgery consultations, was full of promise. The dollar signs were in my eyes as I added up how many millions of bucks I would be making from a billions of sales- I have the silky English accent, how could it go wrong?
Well, it turns out you still need to be good at sales to make sales, you can't just rely on regurgitating the script and wait for the money to roll in. By Wednesday I had picked up on some better sales patter, mainly by copying Ashley 'Sales Machine' Ma on the computer next to me! So I got some credit scores under my belt ($5), some post dates (potentially $15 each) and then got that elusive 'Full Down' booking today ($20, with all the money down TODAY)!
So there will hopefully be a semi-sizable cheque coming my way when the commissions are paid out. This will be needed to cover my expenses next weekend when we celebrate Allie's birthday, and my leaving!
There is a Winter festival this weekend and next in the Old Port, which will be good, honest, cheap fun! Up until then, the weekly highlights have been few and far between. Lots of book reading, giving poor advice, and fumbled attempts at sales. Although I did find someone (Tonii) who has the same birthday as me!!!!! I'll tell you the full excited story over dinner sometime.....(naaat).
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Friday, 22 February 2008
Saturday, 16 February 2008
A week in the life of...
This week resembled more of a normal week in the life of Graham Reid. For the most part, it consisted of catching the metro to work and back, and then to save my own sanity I made sure a spattering of fun was put in there.
I started training for my 'promotion' this week. So from being a lowly Customer Service Representative, I am now a consultation scheduler for cosmetic surgeons all over the United States.
It was a fun training- just a small group of five, and we had fun learning all the new software and about all the procedures we would be selling! Plus we managed to have plenty of unscheduled breaks thanks to set-up problems and the way the chips fell.
I was also lucky for prizes this week. Earlier in the week, I had won the work version of the gameshow Jeoperdy (questions about the job, obviously), which earnt me an extra break (on top of all the other extra breaks). Then on Thursday, I won the Valentine's day draw and won myself a cutlery set and $40 vouchers for a restaurant downtown! I was considering purchasing a lotto ticket, to see if this week of luck continues.
On Tuesday, the metro was so full, and it was going to take so long going back, that I decided to give myself an evening of entertainment. So I went to see Golden Compass at the IMAX cinema. It was cheap Tuesday, so I spent next to nothing, and the film was pretty good actually! There is a more complete review of my thoughts on http://grahamreid.blogspot.com/.
Then on Wednesday, I needed another break from the mundane, so Mark and I got ourselves out on the town for a few beers with the hockey on (this was after a few vodkas with lychee liquor at his apartment!). In the end it was a quiet affair but still good to get out of the house!
Lastly, I received a proper freelance journalist pay cheque this week for the first time in Canada! It was quite random really, but late on Thursday night I got an email from a bloke I had been talking to back in November, who wanted some copy editing and fast. It was a relatively easy task, and some easy money (which I desperately need!).
So here I am, Saturday morning(ish). I had got up early because I knew that Premiership football is on at 10am on Saturdays. But it's only the bloody FA cup weekend isn't it....
I started training for my 'promotion' this week. So from being a lowly Customer Service Representative, I am now a consultation scheduler for cosmetic surgeons all over the United States.
It was a fun training- just a small group of five, and we had fun learning all the new software and about all the procedures we would be selling! Plus we managed to have plenty of unscheduled breaks thanks to set-up problems and the way the chips fell.
I was also lucky for prizes this week. Earlier in the week, I had won the work version of the gameshow Jeoperdy (questions about the job, obviously), which earnt me an extra break (on top of all the other extra breaks). Then on Thursday, I won the Valentine's day draw and won myself a cutlery set and $40 vouchers for a restaurant downtown! I was considering purchasing a lotto ticket, to see if this week of luck continues.
On Tuesday, the metro was so full, and it was going to take so long going back, that I decided to give myself an evening of entertainment. So I went to see Golden Compass at the IMAX cinema. It was cheap Tuesday, so I spent next to nothing, and the film was pretty good actually! There is a more complete review of my thoughts on http://grahamreid.blogspot.com/.
Then on Wednesday, I needed another break from the mundane, so Mark and I got ourselves out on the town for a few beers with the hockey on (this was after a few vodkas with lychee liquor at his apartment!). In the end it was a quiet affair but still good to get out of the house!
Lastly, I received a proper freelance journalist pay cheque this week for the first time in Canada! It was quite random really, but late on Thursday night I got an email from a bloke I had been talking to back in November, who wanted some copy editing and fast. It was a relatively easy task, and some easy money (which I desperately need!).
So here I am, Saturday morning(ish). I had got up early because I knew that Premiership football is on at 10am on Saturdays. But it's only the bloody FA cup weekend isn't it....
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