OK, I found this forum over the weekend, and I have been having fun reading about other people's experiences.
So I thought I'd start this and see where it leads.
Between my wife and I, we do anywhere from 20 to 60 jobs per week, so that we can afford to take the summer months off an travel.
Every Sunday, I print off the paperwork we will need for the week, put it into file folders for Moday through Saturday (His/Hers) and set it all out for us, so Monday morning we are ready to rock and roll.
Many jobs have a one week window, I like those, but some are very date/time specific, especially when you are targetting a particular individual.
One Friday, I had three Real estate shops. Not a single one of the people was available for my appointments. I did a restaurant shop, two retail shops and showed up at the theater for bundled concessions reveal, and promotional audit.
It wasn't until I got to the front of the line and they told me that the movie didn't open until the next day that I realized It was Thursday. I had done my entire Friday schedule, almost ten hours, counting drive time.
I was able to use the retail shops, they had a one week window. I called the scheduler and told her what had happened, and we squeaked the restaurant through, but the real estate shops were a total bust.
Not to mention, all my Thursday work that didn't get done.
It was not a happy day.
I want to hear about your best "Doh!" moments.