Stu's Stories as at 2024

‘Order of Driveway Blockader’ We all managed to keep our sense of humour, despite the pressures inserted on us by auditors who pushed time to the limits...frightened of making a miscalculation! During the pressure times of producing financial reports for Perth’s leading entrepreneurs there was one particular firm that handled a lot of my negative preparation (an essential part of colour printing). Their’s was an old building with a driveway that went down under the building to a parking area for the executive staff. When the time would come that they were in a position to have me come and check over the work they were doing for me, I would turn up and, if there was no parking in the street out the front, would simply leave my car in the entryway to their underground parking while I raced in and signed off on the work they were doing for me. During the three months or so of the financial printing period, this would happen quite frequently. I simply did not give it a thought as, at these times, I was always under the pump time-wise... no time to spend looking for a parking spot that could be far off. Anyway, one day they called me over urgently to check on something. When I arrived I was led into the neg prep room where I was met by most of the staff and management. They proceeded to make me a presentation of the award seen in the photo shown here. (No-one ever learned to spell my name right.) As much as I caused some headaches for those wanting access in and out of the driveway, the amount of work we put through that firm (and others) at that time of the year was considered compensation enough. They turned it all into a fun presentation with obvious respect on both sides. P a g e | 84