So my next task is to update our database by finding addresses and/or new contacts for all our returned mail, and believe me there is a lot! Whilst it’s a pretty boring job, I can see the importance of keeping up to date with these things as it is wasting time and money and we’re clearly not getting our info ‘out there’ which is one of the most important things of what we do.
It’s not too tedious, I get to speak with lots of nice people from all across galleries, museums and other orgs all across NSW. The awkward moments are the “oh they haven’t worked here for at least 10 years” but the worst is obviously “oh Mary passed away 2 years ago” : o can’t get off the phone quick enough! Luckily there are not too many of those.
I had to go through that and it was terrible ut you do actually get to dominate excel
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ReplyDeleteI had the worst experience once- a client had not returned his signed paperwork despite the fact we needed it asap and I called up him and I was very cranky, only to speak to his son-in-law who told me had had passed away the week before. It was horrible and I felt so bad!
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