SMS TXT: how to break it off with Winebuyer

March 9, 2012

So, I advise NOT to engage in any sexual activities or intimate relations with your Winebuyer, just so we’re clear on that. Don’t even ask why… there are so very many reasons why it is a bad, bad idea. But should you find yourself in some sort of relationship with your buyer, remember that when [...]

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From the REPublic: How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?

March 9, 2012

Another take on the trade dinner. Winebuyer turns party-crasher? So not cool, man. Note: REPublic posts are reader-submitted. There’s an old Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks’ tune called “How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away?” That was running through my head at one of those Wine Tasting Dinner events at a restaurant [...]

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Wanted: Electric Car. Or Horse-Drawn Cart. Or Ruby Slippers.

March 1, 2012

  Sigh. I have no fuel allowance, no “company gas card”, no base salary.  100% COMMISSION, y’all. So when I filled my car up this morning for the second time this week, it stung more than a wee bit. Yes, I can write off my mileage with my 2012 taxes come next April, but that [...]

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From the REPublic: Highway Robbery

February 15, 2012

Hoo Boy. Trade events held at accounts can go one of two ways to help or hinder our standing relationships with Winebuyer. It should be all good, right? I mean, we’re showcasing their business… we’re paying them for food or service… but many times there’s a bump or hiccup or a rash misunderstanding of the [...]

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Wine Rep Stylin’: A Day On The Streets

February 13, 2012

Let’s take a little break from the whole Winebuyer bashing for some fashion/function/frivolity, shall we? So, there’s been a bit of talk here and there about Sommelier style recently, and being a lady (and a somewhat fashion obsessed lady at that) I couldn’t resist throwing in my two-cents on Wine Rep Stylin’. Seeing as I’m [...]

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Cattle Call! Dear Wine Rep: a rebuttal

February 10, 2012

And here we have Winebuyer’s response to yesterday’s post. I’ll leave my comments below in the comments section for once since it’s Friday and it’s Winebuyer’s turn in the rotation, although this is clearly not the  same winebuyer I was addressing my complaints to yesterday.  Cattle Call posts are reader-submitted. Dear Wine Rep, I understand [...]

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Just a Teaspoon of Sugar…

February 9, 2012

Dear Winebuyer, Look, you’re really nice… and I can tell you work very hard at trying to be everyone’s friend. But I don’t need you to be my friend. I need you to be my Winebuyer. Every week I bring you a random smattering of wines that have nothing to do with any requests you [...]

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first quarter blues

January 27, 2012

I don’t even know who I want to address this letter to. Dear supplier? No, you’re only part of my problem. Dear Winebuyer? No…. It’s not YOUR fault that it’s the January after a slow fourth quarter. Dear world? No, that’s a little overdramatic. So I suppose this isn’t an actual letter. Just a general [...]

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From the REPublic: Go ahead, make my day

January 11, 2012

I secretly love it when a Winebuyer thinks he or she could do my job better than I. Or when they scamper off to try their hand at winemaking because they “know what sells.” Yes, my job probably does look pretty easy, doesn’t it? I just fill a bag with the hundreds of samples I [...]

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From the REPublic: Eyes up here, buddy.

January 4, 2012

I’m no prude, but I’m often times shocked at the number of times I feel like either lowering my head to meet my buyer’s gaze (“hellooo? I’m up here!”) or simply reaching over and bumping his chin up with my fist (gently, people… not like an uppercut).  I know I’m not alone. Over at Wine [...]

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