Stationery Show blues

Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 8:47 am, by Alethea Oglethorpe.

Objectively the National Stationery Show can probably be said to be going well for us so far. In the first two days we have secured several orders, gathered a respectable number of sales leads, and given out an acceptable quantity of catalogs. Subjectively, on the other hand, the show has been a bit of an ordeal for the Archelaus team. Cadwalader complains that a ten-foot by six-foot booth provides insufficient space for him to pace like a caged animal, and we are all vexed by the number of attendees who avert their eyes from our display as they pass, as if from some unclean thing. Cadwalader has suggested that it might attract attention if I lay on the floor in an attitude of death, but I do not think this plan comports sufficiently with my personal dignity. And finally, I have had to reprove the Customer Service Minions for ogling the female sales staff at nearby booths.

Let us hope today will be better.