We Had to Cancel Our Work Trip Because of a Cartel. So We Went to Medieval Times.
The annual EMMIE consultant retreat was supposed to be Playa del Carmen. Then a cartel leader was murdered, the US Embassy issued a travel warning, and Lauren had 72 hours to pivot the whole trip — including someone flying in from Lisbon — to Orlando.
The Airbnb in Mexico couldn’t issue a refund.
They ended up at Medieval Times.
Everyone ate roast chicken with their hands. Lauren is never going back.
Also in this episode: new travel crimes (cuticles on a plane floor, a 30oz cold brew misogynist in first class), EMMIE’s first male hire Ethan and the Miroboard incident, Leslie Douglas joining the sales team via a fake blind date interview, 50 Slackies awards pulled from a year of Slack messages, and a three-way tie for Most Flirtatious with the Marketo Product Roadmap.
Timestamps:
• 00:00:01 — Intro: the retreat recap
• 00:00:54 — Travel crimes: new and returning
• 00:02:30 — Sydney’s first class seatmate: 30oz cold brew, four bathroom trips, one slur
• 00:07:55 — The cartel cancels Mexico
• 00:11:00 — The Orlando pivot and the stress of making the call
• 00:14:18 — Introducing Ethan
• 00:21:40 — Ethan’s vocabulary: leakage, connective tissue, meat space
• 00:24:38 — The Big Deck Energy origin story and the Miro board
• 00:28:28 — Leslie Douglas joins after a non-interview
• 00:32:20 — NFC keychains and the Slackies
• 00:34:37 — Medieval Times: the chicken, the horses, the verdict
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