Crisis Management

So here's the deal...

There was this event I wanted attend because everything there was FREE FREE FREE!!!. And because I wanted the free stuff to go, I played an online game. And because the only way to prove my greatness in the field of catching fake fishes in a fake blue sea... (I'm not psycho. That was the concept behind the online game.) ...is through publishing a post with a screenshot of my high score, I did it. I published the post with the title they wanted me to put. And then I sent an email to Nuffnang with the permalink like they asked me to. And then I waited, like I was supposed to.

And because my high score was comparatively high
(I'm officially at 4th place, if you were curious),

I was given the invite I wanted, to attend the event.

Unfortunately, after that paragraph-long hassle I went through, it turned out that I wouldn't be able to make it due to the day and time of the event. Boo hoo. I'd assumed that the event day would be on a Saturday. Or Sunday, at the very worst. Never figured it'd be on a work day. Sigh. Worst was that I was supposed to be at the venue – which happens to be right in the heart of super-congested KL City – by 6PM. On a work day! Haih. Sure cannot.


So, with tears in my eyes and watery booger dripping from my nose onto my Macbook keyboard (oh, the drama!), I wrote Robb Chew from Nuffnang an email declining the invite.

And then I wrote a post detailing my 'problem' with the day and time of the event. (Click to read said post entitled: I Finally Got My Invite! YAY! But I Hate 6pm Like I've Never Hated 6pm Before. BOO!) And then I innit-ed it (like I do all my other posts). =p

Screenshot captured at 1:22AM on 12 June 2008.

Thing is, a couple of hours after posting, I received a call from an unknown number. Hmmm. Odd. That rarely happens. Thinking it was work-related, I picked up the call. (I usually don't answer calls from unknown numbers.) Guess who it was...

ROBB CHEW FROM NUFFNANG!

(Dun play play. The guy is damn serious on the phone.)

He tried helping me solve my inability-to-go problem over the phone and after deciding that there was pretty much no way I'd be able to get into KL before the 8-course dinner reached dessert, we hung up. (Sorry, no deep deep dialogs for you this time. Haha.)


See??? This is why I hearts Nuffnang. These guys are tops when it comes to superb crisis management lah, I tell you. TOPS! (I'll bet it's thanks to Timothy Tiah's invaluable training in PR-ing and PR Practices. Haha. The dude also damn kau savvy when it comes to these things wan. Always smiling smiling. Dunno whether real or not also.)


Anyways... Nuffnang, it's stuff like this you do that remind me why you're tops in my books when it comes to blog advertising networks. Kudos and keep up the good work! =)


p/s: Nuffnang, please don't forget me when it comes to the exclusive screening of Hancock! Click here to read my Not Your Average Superhero post, okay? I think it's pretty funny. Even if I do say so myself. Haha.