Week 4

This week we finally started selling our bracelets! On Tuesday I helped put up flyers, which we decided to primarily put inside bathroom stalls. We decided that the times when we actually read the flyers that others put up around school was when they put them up on the insides of the stalls. On Wednesday during second lunch, I sold the bracelets outside of the cafeteria with Polina, Becky, and later Madi. It was actually much more fun than I thought it would be. We ended up getting really into calling all of the people out that would pass by our table, and trying to convince them to buy a bracelet. We sold way more than I expected we would, but we didn't sell very many to freshmen. This actually surprised me greatly, but I think the way to solve the issue is to recruit a couple of freshmen to spread the word to their friends. I think this would work well because we were able to sell a lot to our friends, but none of us have freshmen friends, so we didn't have any pull with them. I didn't sellduring lunch on Thursday because I was the only one with first lunch, and I didn't want to sell alone. Unfortunately, the women who prepare sushi come on Friday, so we weren't able to sell on Friday either. I did some individual sales, and got some promises of future sales. We've made around $100 so far (I think). It was a great start, and I'm actually excited to sell again in the upcoming week.

On the storefront front, we had a deadline yesterday that we may be a little behind on. The only parts that need to be fixed are the ones that needed to be done the whole time. Unfortunately these two parts fall under my jurisdiction because they are the ones that Sophia was supposed to do, but did wrong or not at all. The unfortunate thing is that these parts require speaking to a salon owner, which isn't the easiest thing to do. I have emailed the salon owner of the salon that I have been going to for many years, but she hasn't yet responded. I also left messages on machines of a few different plumbing, heating, and electric companies, but haven't gotten many, if any, responses. This is frustrating because we are so close to finishing (and the deadline has now passes), but I can't do my part to help us finish. I made an appointment with the salon owner for this upcoming Wednesday, so if she doesn't respond to my email before then, I will speak to her then. I will continue trying to get in contact with the utility companies, but none of them are open on weekends, so I will have to wait until Monday. It seems that as soon as one project starts doing well, the other begins to suffer. Anyway, hopefully I will be able to get everything done before it's too late.

Thanks for reading,
Zank