by Caitlyn Arigo, Assistant  Navigator and marketing newbie.

Wednesday.  Who really likes Wednesdays? It’s the middle of the workweek so we’re stuck in the thick of it all, but at the same time the weekend is waiting  ahead, teasing us.  As a means to improve Wednesdays here at Whizbang we began wine tasting on a weekly basis, coining the term “Winesday.”  Each Wednesday we end our day by tasting a new wine and writing reviews.  This helps us discover wines, allowing us to share the wines we love and warn people when we find those sour grapes.

This weekly ritual has resulted in a wine collection in the office fridge, of partially opened bottles.  Because this collection keeps expanding weekly, wasting perfectly delicious wine, Frank decided to add a new rule here at Whizbang.  He decided there will be no more half bottles of wine lying around the office – “If it gets opened it gets drunked!”  Yes, he said “drunked.”

Hopefully we all like the wine enough this week that we won’t break this new rule in the first week!  I wonder what the punishment would be… shots of tequila?

Stay tuned for more office observations from the marketing newbie.

PS – If you’d like to see our “Winesday” reviews go check out: http://www.recipemarketing.com/blog/category/winesday-tm/

Part 1 of an ongoing series called Cadet Chronicles. Follow the adventures of  Caitlyn Arigo, Whizbang’s Assistant Navigator.

Oh My Gosh !!! I am so embarrassed! I’m not sure how I can face my co-workers tomorrow after a day like today… I just want to crawl under a rock and hide forever.  I almost lost my boss’ credit card!!! As the new girl  in the office, naturally I am the one who has to run the random office errands.  Today my errands seemed fairly simple:

1. Drop off a package at a client’s office. 2. Go to Staples and buy some rubber bands for Frank (the boss-man).

I thought I could handle the pressure. WRONG!  Everything seemed to be going smoothly until I stuck my hand in my pocket at Staples and realized my boss’ credit card was GONE!  Of course I start panicking, I tried to remember where I’d been while I frantically patted myself down to check any additional pockets and searched through my purse.  After that was a major FAIL, I proceeded to frantically tear my car apart in the Staples parking lot.  All I could think about was how I had to find that credit card before anyone found out. Suddenly my phone started ringing; of course the office was calling.  I attempted to conceal my panic and the shame of losing my boss’ credit card, when I hear Molly (Whizbang’s project manager) tell me that Frank’s credit card had been found in our client’s parking lot.  So much for pretending this never happened.

As I crossed town once again I began dreading my return back to the office.  “Come on Caitlyn! How stupid can you be that you could lose your BOSS’ credit card?” I thought to myself.  Thankfully I only had a half hour left of work when I got back today, leaving little time to be ridiculed by my co-workers about how I’m already losing my marbles.  Uggg… I can’t go back tomorrow and be the butt of all the jokes again!!! I’ve never been so mortified at work!!! Now I’m just going to be known as the irresponsible newbie.  I wonder if other people have had similar experiences where they were embarrassed at work.

Until next time….