{"id":555,"date":"2011-04-12T11:58:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T11:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/getfriday74\/blog\/?p=555"},"modified":"2023-06-02T10:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T10:59:15","slug":"an-unusual-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/an-unusual-request\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unusual Request"},"content":{"rendered":"

This unusual request came in from a client on the Euro Zone, some time back (Dec-2010). Bouquets and brickbats from clients are part of everyday life in the services business<\/a>. But appreciation that is thoughtful would go a long way to positively motivate employees or just about anyone.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Pradeep, the team lead on the Euro shift at that point of time received this request from a client, Kevin. Rini is her assistant. Read on…<\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Hello Pradeep,<\/p>\n

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\nAs my usage has changed I will move to a pay as you go plan shortly. Before this happens I expect to have some un used time on my current plan. I believe there will be 2-3 hours left on the 14 of December.<\/p>\n

Given the exceptional help that Rini has provided I wonder would it be possible to use my unused time to allow Rini to leave for home early one day as a thank you to her for all her help ?<\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Given I will have paid for her time I am hoping this unusual request is possible please ?<\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Thanks and regards<\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Kevin<\/p>\n<\/span><\/blockquote>\n

So simple a request, but so very thoughtful. <\/strong>The client thought it would be so nice to let Rini go early for a day, while having already paid for those hours. Did we have a choice with such a request? Nope, we just happily obliged.<\/strong> Incidentally, Rini has a young child at home and she was mighty happy with this wonderful gesture. Thank you, Kevin. You made her day!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n
\nIt is simple things that can make a huge difference in people’s lives and the way they perceive it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/span>\n

On a different note but on the same topic. Here is a RSA video I love, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk titled ‘The surprising truth about motivates people’<\/em><\/strong>. Happy viewing!!<\/p>\n<\/span>\n

Sunder P<\/p>\n

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\nCEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This unusual request came in from a client on the Euro Zone, some time back (Dec-2010). Bouquets and brickbats from clients are part of everyday life in the services business. But appreciation that is thoughtful would go a long way to positively motivate employees or just about anyone. Pradeep, the team lead on the Euro shift at that point of time received this request from a client, Kevin. Rini is her assistant. Read on… Hello Pradeep, As my usage has changed I will move to a pay as you go plan shortly. Before this happens I expect to have some un used time on my current plan. I believe there will be 2-3 hours left on the 14 of December. Given the exceptional help that Rini has provided I wonder would it be possible to use my unused time to allow Rini to leave for home early one day as a thank you to her for all her help ? Given I will have paid for her time I am hoping this unusual request is possible please ? Thanks and regards Kevin So simple a request, but so very thoughtful. The client thought it would be so nice to let Rini go early for a day, while having already paid for those hours. Did we have a choice with such a request? Nope, we just happily obliged. Incidentally, Rini has a young child at home and she was mighty happy with this wonderful gesture. Thank you, Kevin. You made her day! It is simple things that can make a huge difference in people’s lives and the way they perceive it. On a different note but on the same topic. Here is a RSA video I love, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk titled ‘The surprising truth about motivates people’. Happy viewing!! Sunder P CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,127,21,111,20,40,128,43],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-getfriday-updates","tag-getfriday","tag-outsourcing-for-small-business","tag-virtual-assistance","tag-virtual-assistance-service","tag-virtual-assistant","tag-virtual-assistant-services","tag-virtual-personal-assistance","tag-virtual-personal-assistant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4925,"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/4925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfriday-uat.ttkservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}