Saturday, March 1, 2014
Paying attention to intuition
Twice in the last two days, my intuition has strongly urged me to rethink. Yesterday, when I put in an order for roses, something told me to recalculate the amount. Either because I was tired or hungry, I looked at it for a minute and then left it. This afternoon when the customer came in to pick up the roses, he mentioned that I had told him a price $10 lower than what I had charged him. Now, I have no idea where the amount I entered came from. It was totally wrong, but if I had paid attention to my intuition, the price would not have been wrong in the first place. Today, a customer ordered a low long centerpiece for a dinner party this evening. He wanted it in an hour from the time he called. The centerpieces are always made at the main store, but since that store is seven miles away, I knew it could not be made and brought to the branch store in time. What to do? I needed floral foam and a low tray which I did not have. I tried to substitute but was displeased with the result. You can imagine my happiness when the customer called and asked for the arrangement to be delivered. There was plenty of time for a designer to make it (in jewel tones rather than the pastels I had used) and for our delivery manager to get it to house by early evening. A sigh of relief here and a reminder to listen to my intuition.
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