Check-out line Demos

So, this is a new twist in Demos. The check-out line Demos. I think they are stupid. But, I can see how the home office thinks they will work.

The problem we have always had in Demos is......people will pick up your product.....then go to the next aisle & drop it off. And, long lines of people in front of your table waiting for a sample.......people actually shopping could not get through.

Here's the idea........You are up front near the check-out lanes.......Product on top of & under your table........you walk from line to line with a tray of samples, asking people if they would like a bag or box.......they are already in line....so they Have to buy it.

So far, I've done two.......Chex Mix & Beef Jerky.

The first time I did this I cheated a little........I went & got a mat to stand on by my table. You are suppose to do this Demo without a mat.......because you are not suppose to be standing at your table. My Boss found out.......& made me do another one. (sigh) The second one I did........I was determined to do it the right way. By the end of the day I was limping..........& when I got home my left ankle was so swollen.......I couldn't get my sock off. But, by golly ! I did it ! And, did it right.

Another new Demo.......is the team Events. I did one of those too. It was called "Lunchtime for about $1.00." Gees ! Me & another lady made turkey & cheese sandwiches, with mixed fruit cups & Chips Ahoy cookies. Talk about an eating frenzy...OMG ! People were completely missing the point of that Demo.........they kept asking if the Lunch came in a "Kit". NO ! If you add up the cost of 2 slices of bread......1 piece of cheese & turkey......a fruit cup.....& 2 cookies.......it comes to "About a $1.00" I'm wondering if most people take "Stupid pills" before they come into the store ?????? I also wonder if the home office is trying to just think up new ways to kill us off ??

I've had people ask me...."Why don't you just quit ?" Well, with the way things are these days.......I just count myself Lucky to even have a job. So, I go into work when I'm suppose to.....& sort of keep my head down. Then come here to my Blog & rant & rave.

And, right now I've got to get ready to go down to the Dinning room to help with Lunch. Now, that I don't mind doing. Here's today's Menu : Sliced Turkey

Mashed potatoes

Broccoli Au Gratin

Cranberry orange relish

Roll

Brownie

Book of the week: Shadow eyes, By Kathryn Ptacek

Next movie on Netflix List: Bedtime Stories

Craft of the Day: Set of 2 pink hand towels Cross Stitched in Flamingo Alphabet.

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Welcome to My world.....In Black & White.

I work for a warehouse type of store......on the Demo team. Don't know what Demos are ? I give out samples of different products in the store for sale. I wear a white collared shirt,black pants & a black apron. When us Demo ladies clock-in for our shift.....they call it "The march of the penguins." There use to be 4 shifts...10-6..10:30-6:30...11-7....& 11:30-7:30. Now there are 2....the 11 shift & the 11:30 shift. Makes for a long day. Even longer if I have to take the bus home & I'm on the 11:30 shift. The bus comes at 5 Min's. after the hour. So, I wait till 8:05 to get the bus......& it takes 45 Min's. to get to my Apt. building from work. So, some times I don't get home till after 9.....ah...that's P.M. & that's after 8 hours of standing on a cement floor as well.
Anyway, I have been doing Demos for a long time. I started in 1999 in Florida......Now I live in Wisconsin....& I'm still doing Demos. I got into it because I like talking to people. But, this job in Wisconsin is nothing like the job in Florida. First of all.....most of the people who come into the store...come in to Just eat the samples. (I call them "Swoopers", they run by your table & swoop up a sample.) And, they will actually tell you that too....."Oh sorry, I don't have a membership card,I can't buy anything, I just came in for the samples." ........Or my very favorite one....."You could have LUNCH here." ...or..."What's for LUNCH ?"
There is this one man who will always ask....."What are you giving away today ?".......& I always tell him...."Nothing, but today I'm SELLING..."
Excuse me ! I'm not standing here to feed you LUNCH ! I'm SELLING a product. Plain & simple. I have a set "Goal" of how much product I have to sell everyday. And, all these people who come into the store to just eat....are not helping. Some of the other Demo ladies say they feel kind of sorry for the "Older" people who come in to "Just" eat the samples...because it might be the only "Meal" they get that day. Not me. And, that brings me to my other job...the volunteer one. I live in an Apt. building for "Older Adults"......I, myself being an older adult. On the main floor...off the Lobby...there's a small kitchen & large Dinning room. It's a meal site for "Older Adults". I help serve the meal. We serve about 50 adults a noon meal Mon to Fri. So, if these people were really that hungry......they would be welcome to come to the meal site...instead of eating up all my samples.
For the life of me......I can't understand WHY anybody would come to a store just to eat the samples anyway. I could think of a lot of things I rather be doing....then walking around a store & eating samples. It's just not cool. Oh well, that's my world.
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Craft project of the day: Granny square afghan in red & purple.