wherein Liz screams into the void
Aug. 13th, 2020 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingWork today was very frustrating.
1. I had two scheduled tours, both prospects replied to confirm, and then both people were no-shows. ARGH.
2. I intended to stage and photograph a unique studio in the morning, but I got an email from Ms. Rise-and-Shine literally twenty minutes after I clocked in saying that the tenant for that apartment had picked up the keys, so there went that plan. :(
3. I worked out a nice, solid plan for me and Mr. Geniality and Ms. Rise-and-Shine's daughter-in-law to do apartment videos on Friday, only to discover that nope, it's going to be me and Mr. Geniality and fucking Lawyer Man. *headdesk*
Then around 3pm Mr. Geniality contacted me to say he and Lawyer Man were coming downtown and did I have any apartments staged for them to video. To which the answer is, of course I didn't! Because last I knew, they were coming until tomorrow, so the only things I'd staged were apartments whose tenants are scheduled to move in first thing Friday morning, and therefore I'd promptly un-staged them after taking photographs.
And then Lawyer Man decided that since one specific apartment wasn't turned over and ready, the whole thing was a bust so they went back to South Hill. Like, what the fuck? I specifically said I'd get staging kits ready for them! I spent twenty minutes getting staging kits ready!! I said I'd help them stage once I got back from my lunch break!!! ARGH!!!!!
...
In the event, Mr. Geniality and I have worked out a plan for tomorrow based on what we need most in terms of "sample" apartments. So this evening I staged a 3-bedroom apartment and a 1-bedroom apartment in one building. I also photographed them, so I won't have to waste time doing that tomorrow. (Aside from a couple view photos, because taking a picture directly through a smudgy glass window into a sunset doesn't work terribly well. *wry*) I stayed over an hour late getting all that ready.
The plan is that Mr. Geniality and Lawyer Man will arrive at my office circa 10:30am and head up to video the 3-bedroom apartment. Once they finish that, they'll head down to the 1-bedroom apartment and I will quickly dismantle part of the 3-bedroom staging in order to dress up and photograph a studio. They will then come video the studio while I dismantle part of the 1-bedroom and stage another studio (which I have previously photographed so that will save me some time). We may then do another studio. I'd like to also get them to do an amenities video (laundry room, mailboxes, elevator, freight elevator, trash room, etc.) at some point, preferably while I'm staging/un-staging so I get a little more time to work.
After that I think we'll break for lunch and I'll dismantle all the staging material into two or three mini-studio staging kits. We will then stage and video two mini-studios in one building (maybe with an amenities video as well?) so we get one from the front and one from the back of the building, followed by four mini-studios (and an amenities video) in a different building. I want four videos in the second building so we have one typical and one atypical example from the second floor and the third floor. Ideally we'd get a skylight mini-studio from each building as well, but I don't think we currently have any of those vacant and ready to stage.
The mini-studios will also go faster since I have photographs of most of them already, though I will want supplemental photos of one or two units. And that should be my Friday.
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Also, I ate lunch while on the clock and editing photos so I could used my actual half-hour off the clock to participate in a church Board of Trustees EXCO (executive council/committee) meeting at 3:30pm, because I have, possibly foolishly, agreed to serve as clerk for the 2020-21 fiscal/business year. I mean, SOMEONE has to do it! And I can demonstrably take notes and organize documents, so.
My new computer has a functional webcam, which is lovely, but it doesn't seem to have software to process audio inputs. (I may have mentioned this previously? I have been quite stressed for the past couple weeks. My memory is a little scattershot.) So I have been participating in Zoom audio via my phone, which is a little annoying but functional. I also had to use my phone as a mobile hotspot because A) I don't want to conduct church business on company computers, B) I'm not sure I could make Zoom work on my office computer even if I tried because I don't have admin permissions, and C) we use ethernet rather than wifi for our company internet and intranet. But it worked, which is the important thing. (On battery power, no less! It's nice to have a computer that believes it has a battery.)
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So yeah, that was my day. Now I'm going to drink some more alcohol, possibly write something, and then fall into bed.
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(Oh! One good thing: I finished putting together my nice new office chair, so hopefully my butt will be less sore going forward. That will be nice.)
1. I had two scheduled tours, both prospects replied to confirm, and then both people were no-shows. ARGH.
2. I intended to stage and photograph a unique studio in the morning, but I got an email from Ms. Rise-and-Shine literally twenty minutes after I clocked in saying that the tenant for that apartment had picked up the keys, so there went that plan. :(
3. I worked out a nice, solid plan for me and Mr. Geniality and Ms. Rise-and-Shine's daughter-in-law to do apartment videos on Friday, only to discover that nope, it's going to be me and Mr. Geniality and fucking Lawyer Man. *headdesk*
Then around 3pm Mr. Geniality contacted me to say he and Lawyer Man were coming downtown and did I have any apartments staged for them to video. To which the answer is, of course I didn't! Because last I knew, they were coming until tomorrow, so the only things I'd staged were apartments whose tenants are scheduled to move in first thing Friday morning, and therefore I'd promptly un-staged them after taking photographs.
And then Lawyer Man decided that since one specific apartment wasn't turned over and ready, the whole thing was a bust so they went back to South Hill. Like, what the fuck? I specifically said I'd get staging kits ready for them! I spent twenty minutes getting staging kits ready!! I said I'd help them stage once I got back from my lunch break!!! ARGH!!!!!
...
In the event, Mr. Geniality and I have worked out a plan for tomorrow based on what we need most in terms of "sample" apartments. So this evening I staged a 3-bedroom apartment and a 1-bedroom apartment in one building. I also photographed them, so I won't have to waste time doing that tomorrow. (Aside from a couple view photos, because taking a picture directly through a smudgy glass window into a sunset doesn't work terribly well. *wry*) I stayed over an hour late getting all that ready.
The plan is that Mr. Geniality and Lawyer Man will arrive at my office circa 10:30am and head up to video the 3-bedroom apartment. Once they finish that, they'll head down to the 1-bedroom apartment and I will quickly dismantle part of the 3-bedroom staging in order to dress up and photograph a studio. They will then come video the studio while I dismantle part of the 1-bedroom and stage another studio (which I have previously photographed so that will save me some time). We may then do another studio. I'd like to also get them to do an amenities video (laundry room, mailboxes, elevator, freight elevator, trash room, etc.) at some point, preferably while I'm staging/un-staging so I get a little more time to work.
After that I think we'll break for lunch and I'll dismantle all the staging material into two or three mini-studio staging kits. We will then stage and video two mini-studios in one building (maybe with an amenities video as well?) so we get one from the front and one from the back of the building, followed by four mini-studios (and an amenities video) in a different building. I want four videos in the second building so we have one typical and one atypical example from the second floor and the third floor. Ideally we'd get a skylight mini-studio from each building as well, but I don't think we currently have any of those vacant and ready to stage.
The mini-studios will also go faster since I have photographs of most of them already, though I will want supplemental photos of one or two units. And that should be my Friday.
...
Also, I ate lunch while on the clock and editing photos so I could used my actual half-hour off the clock to participate in a church Board of Trustees EXCO (executive council/committee) meeting at 3:30pm, because I have, possibly foolishly, agreed to serve as clerk for the 2020-21 fiscal/business year. I mean, SOMEONE has to do it! And I can demonstrably take notes and organize documents, so.
My new computer has a functional webcam, which is lovely, but it doesn't seem to have software to process audio inputs. (I may have mentioned this previously? I have been quite stressed for the past couple weeks. My memory is a little scattershot.) So I have been participating in Zoom audio via my phone, which is a little annoying but functional. I also had to use my phone as a mobile hotspot because A) I don't want to conduct church business on company computers, B) I'm not sure I could make Zoom work on my office computer even if I tried because I don't have admin permissions, and C) we use ethernet rather than wifi for our company internet and intranet. But it worked, which is the important thing. (On battery power, no less! It's nice to have a computer that believes it has a battery.)
...
So yeah, that was my day. Now I'm going to drink some more alcohol, possibly write something, and then fall into bed.
...
(Oh! One good thing: I finished putting together my nice new office chair, so hopefully my butt will be less sore going forward. That will be nice.)
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Date: 2020-08-14 04:06 am (UTC)Ugh.
Hope your photoshoots/videos go well tomorrow!
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Date: 2020-08-14 05:06 am (UTC)Collegetown is doing very well on the video front, has always had good floor plans, and will catch up on the nice photos front once we all get a chance to catch our breath. Downtown... not so much.
I could have had over twenty apartments videoed by now if Lawyer Man weren't a jerk, but office politics will win over efficiency and common sense every time. *headdesk*
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Date: 2020-08-14 02:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-08-14 02:54 pm (UTC)I have so much more motivation to move to Minnesota now, you have no idea. Though I think things will get better once we have a functional stock of video tours and I can get back to things -- like uploading photos, creating Shutterfly galleries, managing ads, and arranging tours -- that involve less active interaction with that man.