Breaking Murphy's Law - Latest Comments in Don’t Kick the Bucket

Re: Don’t Kick the Bucket

leepotts — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:09:15 -0000

Can't go wrong with bread and water.

Re: Don’t Kick the Bucket

leepotts — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:03:49 -0000

Hope she's okay and was able to find help. You can do everything in your power to eliminate the possibility of external factors causing a disaster but sometimes there's nothing you can do against the internal.

Re: Don’t Kick the Bucket

Laura Bergells — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:52:43 -0000

Gosh! That's one for the books! (Or blog.)

Working with wildly creative yet unstable people sometimes yields similar results. Watching a presenter imbibe in improbable amounts of inebriates the night before the show, I found myself thinking,

"This isn't going to be good."

Attempts to get her to stop seemed to make her angry -- and determined to drink all the more.

Sure enough, the next morning, the presenter was in the hospital. Alcohol poisoning.

The show went on... without her.

I imagine it impacted her career. Or her life. Haven't heard from her since -- nor do I care to. Can't imagine who would hire her after such shenanigans.

I've seen self-inflicted sickness like this go on before the show -- and word spreads, quietly and quickly. Presenters who self-inflict sickness soon become non-presenters.

Re: Don’t Kick the Bucket

coachlisab — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:09:41 -0000

This is sad but hilarious, Lee. When I'm traveling before a presentation, I may not be concerned about food poisoning, but I do try to be careful the day before and day of not to eat anything too heavy or anything that will disagree with me. I know what kinds of foods might trigger a digestive "incident," and I may eat them at home for fun, but not the day before a speaking engagement!

Re: Don’t Kick the Bucket

leepotts — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:05:12 -0000

Rob Schweitzer: Thanks for stopping by. I agree it's pretty unlikely but I can't help at least considering it. All it would take would be a handful of my speakers being incapacitated and we would have some pretty serious challenges to deal with.

Re: Don’t Kick the Bucket

Rob Schweitzer — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:56:16 -0000

A guess it's a possibility your whole crew will get food poisoning together, but who can really worry about this stuff? Think good and it will be good (and don't eat at questionable establishments, just to be safe).

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