Mizzle Goes Corporate

I've decided to share a piece of my personal life with you guys just to make you wish you were me... or make you happy you're not... either way, I've gone corporate (as the title says obviously).

My new job is quite the change from what I'm used to, as it presents all kinds of new challenges. The company is quite large and has sales pretty much world wide. No it's not a Wal-mart or anything like that, it's actually a legitimate company that most people outside of Oil and Gas won't know anything about. They are one of the leaders of personal gas detection used for workers in all types of applications where gas detection is essential.

What kinds of jobs?
Well, Oil patch (in general) Fire Fighters, Army + Navy, Miners, Hazmat crews and the list goes on.

What is my job?
Well, I'm a tradeshow coordinator. You know those energy expos and health and safety seminars and all of those things. My job is to find these events and learn about them, and apply to set up a booth, and ultimately, travel to these places to present the product.

Sounds good, how does this make me wish I wasn't you?
Well I'm going to be on the road a fair amount, and the office work is quite demanding. (Believe it or not)

Ok, how does this make me wish I was you?
I get to travel for free, I stay in nice hotels. I have an unlimited expense account for taking RSM's (Regional Sales Managers) out for brew and feasts as well as prospective clients. Or just my fat ass. Oh and get this, I'm allowed to gather aeroplan miles for my personal use.

Wow, where will you be flying?
My first trip is supposed to be to Phoenix (warmer then this cold place), others that are coming up for me include; Vegas, Houston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and theres some more but I can't remember them.

So this is gonna kick some major ass for me, I owe a large thanks to Jen for her efforts and support. Without her, I'd be hanging by the rafters or having my brains... you get the point. Thanks again Jen, you'll never know how much I appreicate your help.

And a thanks to B.a.D for inspiring me to try and be as cool as him, as he takes pulls off of his oak pipe while he counts his money.

I plan on taking a camera and having some pictures to laugh about and possibly post up on here. But we'll have to see how it goes and what whacky things I can bump into.

Well that sums it up in a nutshell, I was thinking I might talk a bit about the people at work and how they remind me of all of the characters from the movie Office Space, but I think I'll put that idea on the back burner for future posts.

So I went a bit more serious for this post... I feel kinda violated, like I didn't do something funny... I just talked about how I'm happy and loving life at this moment... ah well you guys needed something to read about since this class you're in sucks. That and this is way less gay then putting it in my secret diary that I have tucked under my mattress that I have to go to my secret hiding place to get my little key.

Which COMPLETELY BLOWS MY F*CKING MIND! Guys have you seen these keys? If you have a sister or girlfriend you've probably seen these things. They look like something an elf made out of a melted down paper clip and they hold all the little secrets that girls have... if it's so secret, why the hell would you write it in a friggen book?


B.a.D Sez:

Future congratulaitons will be handed out as soon as he kills his partner and snags the job for me. Assuming they'd let the two of us in the States together. I'm thinking for the good of the country they wouldn't and shouldn't, but it's worth a try.

How and ever, congratulations, Mizzle. After your first paycheck we'll go sip some high-priced champagne that doesn't even taste good before we snort lines off the ass of a couple of high-priced... well, you get the idea.

B.a.D


Ok, I better go to bed this is one of those posts that I read over 100 times and think 'why the hell am I writing about this' then I remember, if I didn't I'd have to answer stupid 'why havn't you' questions from the boss. (Not the real boss, the B.a.D boss and his henchmen.) And rumor has it we're trying to set up a swimming get together for tomorrow, that's when I really get the questions.

Andrea, if you back out of this one, we (the committee) are taking you out of our address book.

Mizzle