September 11, 2008

  • Oof! And he's off.

    I don't recall if I mentioned 'ere now that Don changed employers in late July.  If I didn't, he did.  The company for whom he now works has its office in McKinney, which is to heck and gone from here, so they allowed Don to set up a home office.  It's been quite instructive, watching him work on a fairly good-sized RFP (Request For Proposal, or bid) for a phone system.  He's done myriad of them, but always at his office in Irving or Dallas.

    This time it was here.  One nice thing is how he needn't stay at the office until the wee hours then tiredly get in his car to make the trek home; now he can just stop and go to bed.  Getting to bed at 1 a.m. is very different from getting to bed at 2 a.m., isn't it?

    Last night I finally saw what these things look like:

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    Every bit of it printed from here.    I'd no idea how huge those RFP responses can be!  He's taking two, plus a CD with the RFP burned onto it.

    [modestly]  Even I played a minor part in this endeavor, having created, printed out, and applied the label for the CD.   e-batting

    Plus drove to Staples and purchased a three-hole punch.  And helped tape up the box.

    Can't imagine how the man's ever done this stuff without me, by jingo.  e-browlift

    Now he's on his way to Commerce, about a two hour drive (with good traffic).  What's a bit unnerving is he isn't absolutely certain the RFP will be accepted, as the bid bond arrived to the home office in Oklahoma so late it couldn't get here in time, so a copy was either faxed to him this morning or scanned and emailed.  Don won't know till he gets there whether that will be allowed, with the promise of the Real Deal following ASAP. 

    Wouldn't that be a kick in the head, if they refuse to take it?   nervous

    Addendum:  They took it.  e-ghost

Comments (6)

  • Wow. Who'd read that? Who'd know what it all means?

    Dang.

    Color me impressed!

    me<><

  • Thank God for home offices.  Now Don can claim a home office on the taxes, save receipts.  The even better news is you get to be his helpmate. 

  • Yeah, I have the same question as Cindy.  Does anyone actually read what a tree laid down its life for?

    As a secretary, I know that the key to the whole thing is the label on the CD.   Not to mention a trip to Staples.

  • Most of the bulk came from someone at Terra, who insisted it be included, i.e documentation, etc. for what was said in the responses to the questions. Don said yesterday evening it didn't need to be that fat, but there it is.

    He said the biggest one WRT bulk that he's responded to required six of those six-inch binders, and they wanted eight copies of the RFP. :o h-no:

  • He. three-hole punched. all that. by hand??????? :what:

    Pre-drilled paper baby, pre-drilled paper. :sleepy:

  • That's funny! No, it was just a few last minute pages that had to be punched, I think. He was out of pre-drilled paper and I guess had already printed stuff out.

    No kidding! His arm would have been tired, indeed. :what:

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