On the power of asking…

Last Friday the director of the org where I work my day job sent out an email that was like “December is coming up! We should have a holiday party!” and today I rolled into the leads meeting with an unhinged powerpoint presentation about how he should let me book an arcade and and taco bar that ended with this slide:

And you know what?

WE’RE BOOKING THE FUCKING ARCADE AND TACO BAR!!! FINALLY A MAN WHO WILL JUST GIVE ME THE CREDIT CARD AND GET OUT OF MY WAY!

I think the lesson here is, “Don’t be afraid to ask for exactly what you want,” followed by, “If your unhinged powerpoint presentation has several example itemized budgets, you are more likely to get exactly what you want.”