Muddler Holiday policy?
So it is just me left a the Muddler HQ. Fear not, there has not been any splitting of the founding partnership before we even get the product.... it is just that Henry has gone on holiday again!
He can call his trip to Glastonbury an attempt at PR, but in reality it is a complete holiday. When I spoke to him at 6pm last night he had certainly had a couple of pear ciders. He never switches off though, he was already making all the contacts that we need to get Muddler lined up next to Clarlsberg, Four Brothers Cider and Smirnoff Ice at Glastonbury '08. He reckons it would be perfect. Anyway, the real fun starts for him (and the rest of the 180k crowd) today when the awesome musical line up begins.
Maybe the gods are looking down on him and providing rain for those of us that are still working.
This got me thinking... isn't this Henry's fifth or sixth holiday of the year? Will we have to control his wanderings? Maybe a Muddler holiday policy is required?
Also, I have this evidence of Henry's activities last Friday afternoon:
He may think that wearing the Muddler polo shirt excuses his behaviour... but how does this help with the Muddler Cocktail dream?
If the truth be known I was the one taking the photo (in between hacking up the golf course). The reality is that things are very quiet for us at the moment, everything is in place for the sleeves (aka labels) to be put on our bottles on Saturday. Then on Monday they start their journey South and arrive in our warehouse on Tuesday. We already have our first sales appointments booked for Wednesday, and that is when we expect the pace to pick up and for us to spend every waking hour out there spreading the Muddler message.
So Henry should be nice and refreshed after his weekend away and fired up to hit the ground running.
Do I think we'll ever have a Muddler holiday policy for Henry and I? Quite simply NO. We are too passionate about this, at times the weekends blend in with the weekdays but we truly don't notice. We both have given up so much already, but I know that we will both give up all attempts at holidays for the next couple of years to spread the Real Fruit Cocktail message. The long days will be worth it when you are in control and really believe in your product!
BTW - Congratulations to Caron and Steve who's wedding I'm going to this weekend in Edinburgh. The only question is, will I be on the noisy corner table again.... those tables at weddings tend to follow me around!
He can call his trip to Glastonbury an attempt at PR, but in reality it is a complete holiday. When I spoke to him at 6pm last night he had certainly had a couple of pear ciders. He never switches off though, he was already making all the contacts that we need to get Muddler lined up next to Clarlsberg, Four Brothers Cider and Smirnoff Ice at Glastonbury '08. He reckons it would be perfect. Anyway, the real fun starts for him (and the rest of the 180k crowd) today when the awesome musical line up begins.
Maybe the gods are looking down on him and providing rain for those of us that are still working.
This got me thinking... isn't this Henry's fifth or sixth holiday of the year? Will we have to control his wanderings? Maybe a Muddler holiday policy is required?
Also, I have this evidence of Henry's activities last Friday afternoon:
He may think that wearing the Muddler polo shirt excuses his behaviour... but how does this help with the Muddler Cocktail dream?
If the truth be known I was the one taking the photo (in between hacking up the golf course). The reality is that things are very quiet for us at the moment, everything is in place for the sleeves (aka labels) to be put on our bottles on Saturday. Then on Monday they start their journey South and arrive in our warehouse on Tuesday. We already have our first sales appointments booked for Wednesday, and that is when we expect the pace to pick up and for us to spend every waking hour out there spreading the Muddler message.
So Henry should be nice and refreshed after his weekend away and fired up to hit the ground running.
Do I think we'll ever have a Muddler holiday policy for Henry and I? Quite simply NO. We are too passionate about this, at times the weekends blend in with the weekdays but we truly don't notice. We both have given up so much already, but I know that we will both give up all attempts at holidays for the next couple of years to spread the Real Fruit Cocktail message. The long days will be worth it when you are in control and really believe in your product!
BTW - Congratulations to Caron and Steve who's wedding I'm going to this weekend in Edinburgh. The only question is, will I be on the noisy corner table again.... those tables at weddings tend to follow me around!
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