What to do, what to do?
Last week was Levi’s 17th birthday. He wanted to go to the ‘burgh to see the Buccos take on the Bravos. He started talking about this game way early in the season, back when the Braves weren’t so good and the Bucs were still in the hunt for the playoffs. It turns out that this is Chipper Jones’ last series, as he’s retiring after this season. I used to joke about calling Levi “Chipper” when he was a newborn. Over the past few months Isaac has learned to love the Bucs, and the Bucs have collapsed into another year of sub .500 baseball–their 20th I believe.
I’ve got 4 seats right behind the Buccos’ dugout Tuesday night.
Levi has a callback for State High’s Chamber Singers, a meeting of the Thespians (he’s an officer), and a rehearsal for the fall play.
Isn’t that crap-tastic?
Levi is bummed beyond words.
This is the last evening game. The 2 teams square off Wed, but it’s a noon game. It’s Chipper’s farewell tour, and the Bravos are headed to the post-season.
What would you do?
Either way, I’m pretty sure that me & Chipper are hanging out after the game, talking hunting…
80% chance of rain all day and all night means that we might not have a decision to make.
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Bret · October 2, 2012 at 9:48 am
My take? Use it as a lesson in negotiating. Life’s opportunities seem to always double book life’s responsibilities. It’s wrong just to let the balls drop, but that’s not always necessary. Can he do the call back early? Or later? Can he call in a favor for the Vice Pres. of the Thespians to run the meeting — and then be uber-proactive? Or could he Skype into the meeting on the ride to or from Pittsburgh? And the rehearsal: could the directer rearrange the scenes that they are working on, or get that understudy! What’s he around for anyway!
I’ve found that these kinds of conflicts rarely result in a this-vs-that, where I’ve got to either silence the angel on the left shoulder or the devil on the right. Part of working with teams of people is learning how to keep all the “bases covered” so that the unexpected, yet important, opportunities can happen.
Like going to Chipper’s last night game ever.