Do You Know Where You Are?
Posted on August 2nd, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
I obviously didn’t.
Yesterday I had lunch with a friend in NYC.
- His company just moved to a new office space.
- We were meeting there.
I found the building and went up to the 18th floor - with a fair amount of confidence.
- The doors opened.
- I walked out to a seemingly deserted, torn up floor.
- There was no one around - I felt spooked.
Hopped back on the elevator.
- Suite 1801 - must be 16th floor, right?
- Got to the 16th floor.
- All the offices started with 16…
I pulled the address out of my purse.
- Did my mind burp and mix up numbers?
- Was I in the wrong office building?
- Nope.
18th floor was where the office was supposed to be.
- I rode up the elevator one more time.
- I stepped out - and it still felt like a deserted floor.
- Work permits were all over the place.
It was time to make the call.
- Where is the office?
- 18th floor?
- Double doors in front of the elevator - like the ones I’ve been standing near for the last five minutes?
I felt sheepish as I walked through the doors - and saw my friend.
- I had stood in front of the doors several times on both trips to that floor.
- So close, they could have reached out and tapped my shoulder.
- UGH.
At least I had a fabulous lunch with my friend!
Makes me think of chapter leaders…what benefits do you offer your members that are so obvious they are invisible?
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