Hi Sacha,

Well done.

Believe it or not, this is vital, standard practice in the media. It's a
very imporant part of the job. - to acknowledge help given and to say a
courteous goodbye.

This is not only for politeness sake, (although it most likely is from
most). It's essential to keep up the profile of the outlet one is working
for - and you genuinely never know when might have to return.

Best wishes from a, part-early-retired, 'meedja type'.

Keith



"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
Christine Walkden came here today with a BBC Countryfile crew to shoot
some
footage for a new series to start showing in August. She's been here
before
and Ray met her but I have never done so before. She's a thoroughly nice,
down to earth, enthusiastic, woman and it was a delight not to see any
diva-ish behaviour! When they were discussing possible locations and
setting up for shots, Christine was either happily talking plants to Ray
or
wandering around looking at them on her own. And one thing impressed me
very much - as the crew was packing up and leaving, she came to the door
and
asked someone to find me so that she could say goodbye and thank you
personally. An awful lots of people, let alone well known ones, don't
bother with small courtesies like that and attention to them reveals a lot
about a person, IME and IMO.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 26/4/07 08:01, in article , "Keith
(Dorset)" wrote:

Hi Sacha,

Well done.

Believe it or not, this is vital, standard practice in the media. It's a
very imporant part of the job. - to acknowledge help given and to say a
courteous goodbye.

This is not only for politeness sake, (although it most likely is from
most). It's essential to keep up the profile of the outlet one is working
for - and you genuinely never know when might have to return.

Indeed it is but she'd already said 'thank you' before I came back into the
house and the runner from the Beeb also came to say goodbye etc. What
pleasantly surprised me was that Christine made a point of finding me again.
The important person from this end was Ray, not me - I just made sure tea
and coffee and other small essentials happened!

Best wishes from a, part-early-retired, 'meedja type'.

Which bit were you in? I have a brother who's in advertising and he seems
to me to have a wonderful time travelling to exotic locations, though I must
admit they work very hard when there!
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--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)