Under Pressure

Musings from Dennis #86: “Sorry Dennis,” my Pico Art boss approached me one afternoon at my desk. “This sat in my email for a week but it needs to be done. Can you do it?”, she asked. When is this theme function, I asked? It’s in two nights time. What? And what is the client’s (a huge global investment bank) chosen theme? “Arabian Nights”. I dropped whatever I was working on and just started organizing things. Working with the production manager to get the fabrics, going to check out the function room at the famed Raffles Hotel (made famous by Somerset Maugham’s stay and where the Singapore Sling was created) and getting out the quotation for the client’s rep to sign on and eventually getting her to pay after the evening using the very old swipe-type credit card machine! They say in events management, one works best under pressure, but er #nothanksnotagain!