“I’m fine with it. But I agree with Pierce, no ducking out early.”
Of course he would agree with that. He didn’t approve of it when it happened. Though, really, I think it was the reason he didn’t like. Not the fact I did it. The event was fine to run on its own. That’s the way Piper set it up.
“Yeah, yeah. I have to be there for all of it.” I nod along. Doing events means tackling the marketing is off my plate now. I’m actually okay with that. Some people can be difficult to talk to because they want to give me their whole life story, and I’m only trying to give them a sales pitch. They either want to do business with us or not.
“What about you, Phillip? Are you okay with this adjustment?” Piper asks our last brother.
“It doesn’t affect my job. I don’t care either way.” Him and Peter do a lot of the manual work. Filling bottles and managing stock is their main job. They prefer it to interacting with people. That typically falls to me and Piper. We have a way of putting folks at ease.
“That settles it then.” Piper smirks. “Welcome to your new title as events manager, Park.”
“Thank you. Hopefully, it comes with a pay raise.”
Pierce shakes his head. “Let’s see how you do before we go that far. And if this little experiment works well.”
I side-eye my brother. But I can see his point. He doesn’t want me to do it and suck at it. Honestly, we all have equal pay in the company. Maybe it would be a commission type of situation depending on the events.
As far as this “experiment” working, only time will tell. We’ve only ever hosted one thing outside of our events, and it was something Paula handled.
“Sounds like I need to learn some new things.” I glance over at Piper. “You’re going to train me, right? Mostly, I need to know how you have the scheduling system set up.”
“Sure thing.” She beams at me. “As soon as the meeting is over, meet me in the office. I should be able to bring you up to speed before we open for the day.”
The rest of the meeting is about sales figures and projections. Not much has changed since last week, but I get why Pierce likes to cover it. We can get a clear vision of how we’re doing and when we need to add more inventory.
“You ready to learn all about forms and calendars?” Piper claps me on the back as she rounds the table.
“I guess. It’s not like I have a choice.”
“Please, you were made for a position like this.”
“How do you figure?” I know I enjoy talking to people, mostly. But sales and distribution would be a better area for that.
“With that charming personality and smile. You’ve got it in the bag. Plus, you can sell anything. This is just like that, but event times rather than bottles of wine. Though they’ll have to serve our wines during the event, obviously.”
I follow my sister out of the area we use for conferences and into her office. Everything is filed away, and the desk is tidy. She grabs one chair and sets it next to hers behind the desk before turning on the screen.
“I’ve set up an email to collect the forms. So, you’ll need to check it. It will also block off the time on the calendar for consultations.”
“How do you know how to do all this?” I’m not sure I would have figured out how to make it all connect.
“Videos and lots of cussing.” She laughs.
Over the next hour she shows me where all the information is stored on the computer. This is all great, but I’m not going to sit in here waiting for forms to come through. Not when I can be up front helping her.
“Is this only available on this computer?”
“No. We just have to download the stuff to your laptop. We can also set up alerts on your phone and tablet if you want.” She shrugs and clicks through a few more screens. “I just didn’t think you’d want a ton of notifications on your phone.”
“That is what do not disturb is for. I can flip the switch when the work day is over. Not all of us are workaholics.”
“When it’s fun, it doesn’t feel like work.” She glances at the clock. “I need to get the registers ready for opening.”
“I’ll help.” I stand and move the chair to the front of the desk. “I’ll come check out the computer during slow times and we can set it up on my phone later.”
“Perfect.” She must see the unease on my face because I feel like I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. She wraps me in a hug, and I feel ridiculous being coddled by my baby sister. “You’ll do great. I know it.”
“Thanks.” I’m glad she has this much faith in me. I’m determined to make it a success because I don’t want to disappoint her.
