…PRECISION…
I'm a precise, fussy person, my goal is:
PERFECTION!
Am I wrong by chance?
Aiming for absolute perfection, being an example for everyone, that's what I want!
Therefore I desperately crave control of everything and everyone!
If I am not in control I lack air.... I'm like an artist without his chisel...without it, I can't sculpt anything and someone else will do it for me...and if that were to happen I would be at the mercy of someone else...and if I were at the mercy of someone else I would go completely crazy...
...no, I don't want to let others decide anymore...
No!
I will be the one to decide for myself!
So I want control, because only in this way can there be no unpleasant and embarrassing surprises, only in this way can there be no mistakes, only in this way can there be perfection
At work everyone fears me for this very reason, that is, because I demand perfection from them too, but, perhaps, indeed they fear me for sure because they are nothing but mediocre and are satisfied with "NORMALITY".
TOKYO ...
… SHINJUKU
Headquarters of the "P.M. MARKETING & ENTERTAINMENT "
The employees have all arrived in the office for quite a while, but although the desks are already full of files, the atmosphere is anything but hectic, on the contrary you can breathe a certain serenity in the air, in fact everyone is chatting about more and less while sipping a good steaming coffee.
"Last night my boyfriend gave me a really nice surprise for our anniversary, you know ..."
"Don't keep me on edge! ...tell me everything!"
"You know the" PETIT BISTROT "?"
"Of course, it's one of the trendiest restaurants of the moment ... don't tell me that ..."
"Yes, exactly! He booked a dinner right there, and also gave me this magnificent pendant"
playing with a heart-shaped pendant with a ruby in it " I was so excited !!! "
"I can believe it! Come on, let me see it up closer! "
A little further in front of the coffee machine, three men are commenting on the baseball game the night before
"Did you see the Giants match last night?"
"Yes of course!"
"It lasted longer than usual"
"Yes, you are right. This time the Giants struggled a lot against the Yokohama Bay Stars"
"And despite Tanaka having retired for three consecutive times!"
"Yep ... you are already right ... it's a pity that in the fourth he hit the batsman!"
"Yes, a real shame considering that he had already arrived at the second strike!"
... DRIIINNN ...
Have you ever noticed that the sound of the phone is always the same whether it is good news or bad news ...
"Hello this is the office of Mr. Yamada how can I help you? "
A young secretary answered with a bright smile… a smile that became a grin of fear after a few seconds when she put down the phone.
"What happened Yumi chan?" asked the agent who had brought her some documents
"Soon warn everyone! Fast! He is coming!!! " Yumi said in a voice that she was just shaking
"But he wasn't supposed to arrive before 9.30 this morning !!!"
"I know! That's why the doorman of his apartment building, who is my friend, phoned me! The appointment he had at the dentist was postponed, and a few minutes ago he came down with the case, so he's on his way! "
"Come on people let's get busy the boss is coming!"
The office fell into absolute chaos, everyone fell prey to hysteria and began to move like the balls of a pinball machine on tilt
"I don't understand why it's so difficult to confirm an appointment"
"I know… I'm really sorry… I'm dismayed Mr. Yamada ... I called last night ... "
"The details about your incompetence, Yumi, don't interest me, but it must never happen again!"
Crossing the office corridor
"Anyway… for today ... Tell Sato that I don't intend to approve the choice he made for the marketing campaign of the accessories line signed by BABY J . Call back Tanaka from E.C. S.p.a and say no for the thousandth time because I don't want to start a collaboration with them. Their hotels are too trashy for the any events, ceremonies and weddings we organize, they would certainly ruin our image. Yes to the golf match with Mr. Suzuki, call the driver and tell him he has to pick me up at 5 pm, please tell him to be on time, because at that time there is a bit more traffic and therefore, we would risk arriving late. As for the president's birthday cake, Croque en bouche is not good, because, even if it makes a scene, he is celiac, so tell Monsieur Dubois to make a Pavlova with lots of fruit, but I recommend without strawberries, because he is allergic too. to those ... Then contact Takahashi the agent of Rumi Chan and tell him that the idea on the story of the underground fashion of Haranjuku is a topic as old as the world, therefore it's meaningless, he must find me something new that has never been seen before ... "
"I don't think that…"
"Do I ask for the moon !?"
"No not at all Mr. Yamada ... "
"In fact, that's what I said, so whether invent something else or if not I have to think that his career as an influencer with our agency is already over"
"I'll report everything ..." with his head bowed, Yumi waited anxiously
"Well… what are you waiting for ... go!" Katsumi concluded throwing her the coat he had just taken off.
Yumi came out exhausted from her boss's office, she sat down at the desk, but not even a minute passed when she felt a chilling
"Yumi"
Dejected and with a shiver of fear running down her spine, she returned to the wolf's lair
"You called me Mr. Yamada? "
"Is there a valid reason why my coffee isn't yet on my desk?"
"No ... it's just that ..."
"You don't understand that I don't care about your ineptitude! What matters to me is that the things I say are made! Is that clear! Anyway, while you bring me the coffee, call Watanabe and Ito"
"All right"
"Go, nowadays that's all. Just one thing until those two arrive don't give me any phone calls, I have some urgent matters to solve "
"Yes Boss"
Same moments later
"Mr. Yamada, Mr. Watanabe and Mr. Ito have arrived, what should I do !? "
"Let them in"
"Please take a seat ..."
Katsumi said in a stern tone turned from behind, they look out the window
"How many years have you worked for this agency?"
"I've been for a while ..."
"No, it wasn't a question ... You know many people say that my only flaw is that I don't believe in person, and for this reason I don't delegate enough to my subordinates ... I wanted to indulge this rumor ... I wanted to trust ... but this morning I had to apologize twice ... I had to apologize for mistakes that I HAVEN'T MADE ... "
Only then does he turn to the two big men who had grown small
"Is it possible to know what happened? ... Watanabe …"
"Everything seemed to go well, as planned by the program. At 17 o'clock the bride arrived in the carriage. She was a marvel, a sheen in her ivory princely gown. The ceremony, in perfect Western style as the couple wanted, ended at 17.10 pm. as planned, the bride changed her dress, while she was leaving the outbuilding a gust of wind ruffled her hairstyle, fortunately, as you had suggested, the hairdresser was ready for any eventuality and immediately intervened. The photo shoot went smoothly. At 18.30 we were able to start serving dinner ... Everything was going great ... "
"And then…"
"Then suddenly I realized that DJ X wasn't there and I panicked ..."
"Panic?! If you know you are inept, why do you panic! "
"But really…"
"Luckily in your staff seems to have someone in their right mind who phoned me ... and even if more than half an hour late they could start the dance!"
"I'm dismayed ..." Watanabe replied in an even more subdued voice
"Mr. Ito last night I received a call from Nana chan and Yu Chan ... they were in tears and in hysteria ... They told me that due to your inefficiency, I will not be able to see nor hear their performance on AKTV on Saturday night. They told me that two weeks ago, for the Comiket, you forced them to cosplay two famous celebrities, who among other things had denied permission to do so, instead of the official cosplayers, to solve another mess you had made…. and despite the perplexities of Nana and Yu chan you made them do the same ... Last night when they showed up at AKTV they told them that they could not go on the air, that for explanations they should have asked their manager, that is you! But you were unavailable last night, so they phoned me threatening to terminate the contract with our agency, because they lost a very important job for their cosplay career, and this ruined their image as cosplayer "
"Mr. Yamada yesterday I had a forty-degree fever ... I couldn't stand up ..."
"I don't care if you were going to die… none of this would have happened if you would have applied for copyright permissions in due course! Yet you should know that nothing should be taken for granted! "
"It's true ... I'm sorry"
"I don't know what to do with your ... or rather your excuses"
"It will not happen again…"
"Of course, it won't happen again because the collaboration with our agency ends here for you"
"But…" almost speechless
"That's all ... I'll assign your artists to someone else ... go away"
When they left the office, the two men still could not understand that they had been fired for a single mistake, they were confused, they thought they had had a nightmare, and that they would soon wake up, but the questions of their colleagues brought them back to the harsh reality.
"Watanabe, Ito what happened to you?"
"I do not know…" even more speechless
"He just fired us ..."
"What!?"
"Many years of honourable service only to be fired for one mistake!"
"I had just made the marriage proposal to my girlfriend ... and now what do I do!" he whimpered with his hands in his hair
"That despotic brat! He has recently been here and acts as if he was the master! It's not right!"
Perfection can exist, just pursue it, just do things as they should be done. It's not easy, but you can do it, indeed, you must succeed because it's only through perfection that you can be in control.
Do I ask so much?