The Audi

Musings from Dennis #35: It was Takashimaya Singapore’s 3rd anniversary in 1995 and we were so happy to meet up with the potential sponsors of a brand-new Audi Cabriolet for our anniversary shopping centre lucky draw (or sweepstakes). I was super excited and so we were super punctual and my boss was there as well. She was very disciplined and organised in her ways (and I learnt financial spread sheet management from her) but she had this snarky air about her and a temper to boot. This morning she waited 15 minutes and the weather forecast wasn’t great. The sponsors arrived but the marketing head wasn’t there. So sorry, the executive said, my boss is a very busy man. “What? Only he is busy and the rest of us are not busy at all?” my boss decried as she stomped off the room. As she left, I instantly pictured in my mind that beautiful car “slip sliding away and driving off into the sunset”, and the deal dead. Oh no. After a long awkward silence, the Audi marketing head walked into the room, apologized for his tardiness and we did get that car after all despite the fact that my boss was no longer around for the discussion. Someone in Singapore eventually did drive off in that brand-new car into his sunset!