PMA BRISBANE

After a long run at CFM it was time to move on to a new company called UR1. They specialised in selling Photo Albums, Photo Frames, Digital Photo Frames, Camera bags and Scrapbooks. They mantained business across mass merchants and Independent dealers across Australia and overseas.

The job came about from a friend who I used to work with. I had to have an interview with the managing director and herself. I was convinced that the managing director wasn't going to give me the job after the interview. I was quite rusty on my interview skills. A few days later I got a phone call telling me I was successful and that I had to fly up to Brisbane for the yearly PMA conference.

Now I haven't had a wakeup call at 4am since the entire Athens airport mess a few years ago. It honestly brought back the bad memories of dragging suitcases at 4:30am to get to the airport. I arrived to the airport around 5am to check in for my flight.

Parking the car at the airport, I caught the flight to Brisbane on Qantas. I wasn't quite sure about catching a Qantas plane as lately they have been having issues with their wheels opening on take off!

Arrived in Brisbane Airport to be greeted by the Brisbane UR1 team. They shoved us all in to random cars. For a minute I thought I was going to get kidnapped by a stranger. We arrived at the hotel to rush into a conference room.

The first day was an all day conference about the new products being launched. It was an overwhemling day as I had to meet everyone and remember everyone for the next few days.

Day 2 was the setup of PMA which I got out of luckily! Day 3 & 4 was an open event to businesses to order any products they wished and suss out competitors. Day 3 & 4 were the most exhausting of them all. Plus the fact its a weekend and were not getting paid to be here!

Now let me tell you the amount of freaks you meet at events like this. If it isnt those lunatic Asians trying to score anything for free, its the other lunatics trying to make your life hell with random non work related questions.

The setup of PMA: