When going out of your way to help someone does not pay off as you expected it to: a tale that includes a human moral debate, and also a lot of drama.
Being friendly is okay, but don’t get too close to your client that they could already invade your personal space. Trust me, getting an email saying “the beach is lovely but you have to get to work now” when you're trying to relax at the beach is utterly screwed up.
“You know what’s outrageously hilarious and disrespectful at the same time? It’s when your customer vanishes all of a sudden, and when you go and confront them in their office, you discover them cowering beneath their desk.”
If the person that’s interviewing you for a job opens the door wearing flip flops and having no idea who you are, get out of there. A tale that leaves us valuable tips on trusting your gut, asking for second opinions, and not letting people push you to the edge.
Every now and then there comes a project we believe in so much that we just can’t let it go, regardless of the acres we burn down. Mark’s tale teaches us important lessons on the chances we take when we are young, and how they can affect other people too.
Rockstar teenage dreams meet a natural ability to manage, and turns you into a one of a kind stage manager. But what happens when your teenage idol hires you, and turns out to be a huge a**hole?
Sometimes the horror doesn’t come only from clients, but actually from your boss himself. No matter how tempting it is, having your company paying for all the fancy wine you drink with your clients is probably not worth more than your mental health.
A very entertaining and interesting story that leaves us 3 key lessons: Choose your mentors wisely, don’t take advice from just anyone, and learn how to say “no”.
Anthony’s selection of his top-notch horror stories include a huge variety of plot twists, cross-state road trips, conflictive exes, and fishing metaphors. But more than anything else, a bunch of useful lessons learned from a lot of years in the industry.
The horror story that ends up with the client coming back with an apology and a job offer decades later.
