Remember the issue about the oudoor display? J and I thought we can breathe easier after we get both Client and Landlord to approve the designs. Mind you, this is after I worked our two designers to death and J and I having only three hours of unpeaceful sleep. Alas, luck is not on our side.. We have more hurdles to jump over!!!
1. The Fire Safety license can only be processed electronically so there's no such thing as express "queue". Outcome of license will only be known in a week's time so there's no way our license to set up the Display will be awarded by this week.
2. My contractor, Z (a "he-she" as J would like to call him/her cos his/her gender is unknown till today), cant do any set-ups next week other than the night of 18 May. Client wants Display to be up by morning of 18 May latest!! Client said if we cant deliver by 18 May morning, we have to give her a discount (bitch!)
3. Landlord needs to know the exact date of set up to apply for license from SLA - and the fees are computed on a daily basis so Landlord needs to know exact dates of set-up and tear down. Unfortunately I dont have the answer cos this depends on 1 and 2.
So you see, J and I are in a real fix. He said, "If they want to squeeze my balls, I'll rather cut them off!" I can just imagine a scenario: J faces a difficult client who wants to try and squeeze us and he says, " Sorry, you cant squeeze my balls cos' I dont have any!" haha...
Oh here's a pic of J in his glorious fury (or is it furious glory?) as Hellboy J!!!
J wanted to call the job off but being pragmatic, I thought of some solutions:
a. Set up on 18 May night so display will be ready by 19 May morning and give Client a tiny discount
b. Persuade Contractor Z to sub out to another contractor and pay Contractor Z a token for this if necessary, so as to meet deadline of 18 May. Can also dangle a carrot to Contractor Z by promising more jobs for he-she in the future.
c. Pay Contractor Z a token sum to cancel the job and find a new contractor for printing and set-up and hope that they will do this real last minute job within the price range that Contractor Z had quoted us.
I really hope we pull through this intact cos I can feel a heart attack coming.... Arghhhh...
*Reposted from my Friendster blog (10 May 06)
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