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Entries from December 2005

Back in the Bureaucracy Saddle Again

December 28th, 2005 · 3 Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!So, while we are down in Puglia for the holidays, stuffing our faces and do as little as possible, we do have a real and important task while we’re down here.
We have to [...]

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Tags: Bureaucracy · Italy · Puglia

Holidays = Festive Drinking.

December 23rd, 2005 · 1 Comment

More than any company I’ve ever worked at, this advertising company is very concerned about image, and rightly so. This therefore spills over onto their parties as well - the more lavish and extravagant, the better. And I am there to gladly accept.
This week had a downhill slide of productivity starting Wednesday evening.
Since our [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Holiday · Italy · Milan · Work

Fever, Nutcracker, More Gyrating Santas

December 20th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Today was painful. Sick from the moment I woke at 6.15am, I only got worse during the day. Glassy eyes and dilated pupils, fever. We had a 3 hour meeting in English that ended with me taking him to lunch since it was already 2.30 and the other managers were all busy. I’m sure some [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Holiday · Italy · Work

Striving for Excellence

December 16th, 2005 · 5 Comments

So, I’m not sure if that’s the motto of Trenitalia, Italy’s national (and only) railway service, but I’m sure that’s what their aim is. But I got to thinking about it, and I came up with some other mottos that I thought were just as good. Like..”Making your life difficult…one train at a time” or [...]

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Tags: Culture · Italy · Random