I’ve fixed my last headphone, answer my last phone with Ultrasone this is…., issued my last return authorization and posted my last headphone related post. I’ve cleaned out my desk and sent my goodbye email. I even took my dirty dishes back where they go. This sucks it really,really unimaginably sucks. It feels like I’m saying goodbye to a family member. And three sisters. I’m gonna miss this crappy shed that leaks when it rains. Dear life….please improve soon.
So I’ve been pondering this post for several weeks, editing it, rewriting it as things change. I think i’m ready to let it go now, that I can see the end. For the past three years to the month I’ve worked for and with some of the best people you’re ever likely to meet, distributing a german made product in the western hemisphere and unfortunately it’s coming to an end. Basically we were so successful, that the german company that makes our product decided that they wanted not a bigger piece of our market, but our entire market. They think they can do better than us which is laffable in the least. So they came over, set up their own distribution company on the west coast and terminated our distribution agreement over some ridiculous, trumped up claims. But they haven’t taken the time to understand how we did what we did. They haven’t taken the time to realize that their product, though good, wasn’t really that important to how we did what we did. It was always about doing something great, having enthusiasm and showing that to people and making them want to be a part of it. I think if you can truly believe in what your doing, success will take care of itself.
So the last few months has been fighting for the life of our company and consequently, when we realized we couldn’t make it work anymore, dismantling that company, selling off all of our assets and starting the process of finding other jobs. It all just sucks, cause we’ve all poured ourselves into this company and this product and to have that just destroyed by someone who’s only looking at the bottom line. You’re always told work hard and nothing can stop you, but it seems like greed and lies won this round. In the end though, I’m kinda glad not to be working for them anymore, if this is the way they treat people who do well for them, I can’t see why anyone with half a brain would want to work for them anyways. Bastards. I’m sad to see it go, I keep telling myself change is good and something else will open up. It helps sometimes and other times not. I hope that we can resurrect this thing in the future. It would be great to show up with a new product and be more successful than ever and throw that in their faces.
So, I moved yesterday. Back downtownish, east nashville. Moving from Bellevue though I don’t think it matters, we can just settle on downtown. So i’m hoping and trying to make this a chance to return to older better habits, one of those being bloging on a regular basis. Also being more outgoing and not so much of a “grumpy bastard”. So yeah, here I sit at Fido on Sunday morning drinking coffee, listening to the Shins and writing in public. I’m gonna be that guy for a little bit. At least until the novelty of being back in the thick of the city wears off. The new house is good, the neighborhood I think will be good but it’s gonna take a little getting used to. Especially coming straight outta the burbs. Being here raises all sorts of questions about people that just got brushed under the rug out in the suburbs. I think when everything is so homogenous, parts of you just go to sleep. Like the parts that questions and push. So we’ll see how this works out. My cat is firmly entrenched under the couch and refuses to come out without someone in the room with him. Neither he or I is convinced this is home yet…. I just can’t fit under the couch.
Sleeping for 12 hours one night prevents you from sleeping the next night. At least for me it does….
