Young Entrepreneurs; Monday, Period 6 [ 02/09 ].

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Turtle had very seriously considered calling off the meeting. It was bad enough having to wake up next to the guy she'd married over the weekend without having to sit in a small group of people at him in a business-type setting.

However, there was a lesson in all of this, and a successful person would strive to use that lesson to her advantage to help better move along. So she was there at the head of the table as usual, trying her best to look like her face wasn't constantly red as she drew herself up professionally.

"One thing," she started, after clearing her throat to make sure her voice didn't waver, "that is very important in business relationships, especially in small groups, is that there is a clear and distinct line between the business and the personal. One cannot let some personal incident interfere with the fact that he or she has a job to do. Your business does not care if you got drunk at the company party and said stupid thing. It does not care if you thought you were someone else and married one of your business partners. It does not take excuses like that, and so it is very important for a young entrepreneur to always exude an air of pure, unflappable professionalism. If any of you," which she knew at least one other person did, "had a weekend as weird as mine, this is a lesson we could all stand to hear. So today, that's what we're going to do. We're going to network with each other on very professional levels, completely disregarding any personal aspects that may try to interfere."

And, failing that, there was always the usual assortment of things to eat to stuff into your mouth before you said something stupid.

Comments

Sign In -- 02/09.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

This weekend? You saw nossing! NOSSING.

Re: Sign In -- 02/09.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned

Re: Sign In -- 02/09.

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack Burton

Re: Sign In -- 02/09.

[future_sandworm]

Leto Atreides

Re: Sign In -- 02/09.

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Alice Liddell

During the Speech -- 02/09.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

There's probably at least one or two more awkward turtles in the room other than the one standing up and talking.

Re: During the Speech -- 02/09.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned was listening but he was being very careful to look anywhere but at Turtle lest he make her blush or make himself blush or made it so they accidentally got married again.

They didn't need a second marriage on top of the first.

Re: During the Speech -- 02/09.

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack was listening intently. He'd probably end up making a career of being an ass or saying the wrong thing at the company picnic, and he'd need these tips.

Re: During the Speech -- 02/09.

[future_sandworm]

Leto gave Turtle a curious look, having a distinct feeling that she was talking about something in particular here without being too explicit. He had a vague memory of meeting someone who looked like Turtle wearing a nice hat, but his alternate self had paid very little attention to mortals.

Re: During the Speech -- 02/09.

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Alice was not embarrassed by her weekend, even though she had been a rather forward young lady. It had been, she must confess, fun.

She was instead watching the other club members, hoping to learn what they had done that they were so embarrassed about.

Networking -- 02/09.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Practice your ability to completely and utterly avoid ever mentioning anything about last weekend ever.

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"I like pies!"

There, pies had nothing to do with this weekend except how he tended to bring pies and Turtle was a fan of pies and that was indirectly tying things back to the weekend.

"I hate pies!"

That wasn't much better.

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"You...love to hate pies?" Jack asked, his head tilted a bit as he tried to process it.

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Ned answered, keeping it simple so he wouldn't mention anything about this weekend.

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

[future_sandworm]

Leto looked confused. Why would he mention anything that had happened during the weekend? It would be like mentioning any of those other things he didn't talk much about. Besides, he didn't think anyone particularly cared to hear about cravings for olives and swollen feet.

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

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"Excuse me," Alice said cheerfully. "Might I network with you, in a purely professional manner? I promise not to refer to any painful memories you might have, though my weekend seems to have been rather less dramatic than everyone else's."

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

[future_sandworm]

He gave her a smile. "You may," he said, "Although I think that perhaps I feel less tormented about it than some others. And what profession should we assume?"

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle felt she'd said enough during the little speech thing, and wasn't about to give anything away. She was just going to sit and eat donuts and not look at Ned. Very casual-like.

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

[future_sandworm]

Not looking at someone was a giveaway, but Leto saw no reason to try and increase the uneasiness.

"So," he said to Turtle. "On a purely theoretical level, the line between the personal and the professional may be drawn quite differently depending on cultural background. What would your suggestion be if two parties experiences difficulties in a business context for this reason?"

He picked up a donut.

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

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Turtle had a moment of looking over at Leto and wondering if he was seriously going to get into something like this with her now, but she sighed a little and reminded herself that the whole point of the club today was to just get on with it, so she did.

"Compromise," she said, simply. "If the cultures were to clash to a point where it became an issue, it only comes to reason that both parties are responsible for sucking it up a little, to compromise their positions a little for the benefit of the partnership as a whole."

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

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"I suppose it would be terribly inappropriate of me to ask if we have, perhaps, swapped Alices?" Alice asked, attempting her very best innocent face. "If it's any reassurance, I believe I still hold claim to 'Bad Alice.'"

Re: Networking -- 02/09.

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Turtle allowed the faintest of grins. "Yeah," she said. "You can keep Bad Alice. I'm pretty sure I didn't cross quite that threshold, although that's all I'm going to say about it. Leaving out the weekend entirely, how have you been, Alice?"

Talk to the Advisor -- 02/09.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle and Mister Deadpool have actually been experts at this sort of thing to each other for a while now.

Re: Talk to the Advisor -- 02/09.

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Deadpool was there. And still feeling unclean.

Damn Scott Summers. Damn him to hell. JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAN

OOC -- 02/09.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

I kind of love how this is turning out to be my favourite YA post ever. XD