So last week I was randomly selected by my boss to be a part of a golf outing in June with one of our clients. This wasn’t a big deal until I was told, more or less, that I shouldn’t take things seriously when I get out there because it was for fun and to schmooze with our client.
Apparently, my reputation as being a hardcore golfer has gotten out at work.
Now my problem is that I was essentially told not to try hard (ie, make everyone else look good and be comfortable). I’m by no means a really good golfer but I can hold my own so I was slightly miffed by this at the time.
Since my invitation/warning I’ve reconsidered things and now I see what my boss’ point was. I’m not a regular golf event attending kind of guy so maybe it’s common practice or maybe I just work for a weird dude.