TEARS AS TAMMY SAYS GOODBYE TO DAC
Following 7 years at Brunswick House, Clients receptionist Tammy
Sheppard waved goodbye to DAC. Surrounded by flowers, gifts and
cards, Tammy admitted shedding a few tears as a non-stop group of
staff popped into the reception area to say goodbye.
"I'll miss quite a few people here"
Tammy told Call Sign, "but I think the time has come to move
on."
She started working for DAC in the Call Centre having
previously worked for Computer Cab and the now-deceased Metro. When
her sister Debbie (who was in Sales at the time) told her that a
vacancy existed for a call taker, she immediately applied and came
to work at Brunswick House.
Tammy has passed Sign Language exams and champions the
cause for deaf people, especially when it comes to providing more
special phones for those with hearing difficulties. One of these
special phones is fitted in the Call Centre. She is also a qualified
beauty therapist.
Whatever you move onto, Tammy, we wish you the best of
luck...
Also off last month was Ray Weston from the admin
department. All our best wishes go to Ray as well...
JERY TAKES THE HONOURS!
Kept as a secret from Gerald by the Editor, with much help from Gerald's wife Barbara, the surprise plaque was presented in a moving, yet humorous speech from the Officer in Charge at the Public Carriage Office, Roy Ellis.
Detailing the history of the mystery recipient, Gerald had not a clue that Mr Ellis was referring to him until he started to slip in some dates! Suddenly Gerald's face began to go a bright shade of red as he realised that the glowing tributes were aimed at him as the trade's foremost cartoonist.
Call Sign decided to add the award when TAXI Newspaper's Jehu mentioned in one of his trade history articles, seeing the cartoons of "someone called Jery in the 1960's."
Showing the piece to Gerald, it transpired that this was his 35th year as a cartoonist for the taxi trade of London. He has worked as Derv (Steering Wheel/Cab Driver), Hack (Taxi Globe) and Jery in TAXI. He of course
Also invited to the ceremony as a surprise guest was to have been
PCO's Roy Ellis presents Jery with his plaque
90 year old Jehu himself (Simon Kogan). Several weeks earlier, TAXI Editor Stuart Pessok told Call Sign that Jehu had been taken ill and was in hospital. Tragically, Simon died on June 26th. All at Call Sign send their condolences to his wife and family.
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service to many of our customers. It is an important part
of our Sales portfolio to new and existing clients, and we
already have a very professional team.