plonkee
evaluating choices before buying
Very occasionally at work I’m called upon to evaluate tender submissions. In an effort to be fair and impartial, we usually have a scoring spreadsheet, mark each tender against the spreadsheet, add up the scores and then negotiate with the top scoring organisation.
In real life (as opposed to work life) I’m not that organised, nor [...]
rubber cheques
It’s incredibly embarrassing if you write a cheque and it bounces, even if it’s probably completely not your fault.
I just had a phone call from someone I haven’t actually met, about an amateur music event I’m going to next week. The cheque that I sent him has bounced. He was very nice about it, and [...]
starting on the Christmas gifts
I have awesome lists of Christmas gifts cribbed from magazines the magic of t’internet. There are 102 gift basket ideas, 102 stocking stuffers, 63 gifts under $10 and 50 inexpensive gifts. Not to mention my own personal list of 101 frugal gift ideas.
You’d think given this, and that I love to give gifts, that I’d have [...]
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