Date: 30 Jan 2010
Explanation of the act:
We had a coupon from the internet for a free bagel and “smear” at Einstein Brothers. Who doesn’t love a free bagel?! We were planning to use it ourselves and printed out an extra to give away.
Event:
Well it was another snowy Saturday! Driving to the Einstein Brothers was a slow event. We got there and the place was packed! Awesome lots of potential people, although many of them already had their food, darn. The line was a few people deep. The lady in front of us seemed nice. I asked if she was getting a bagel and cream cheese. She said she was getting a box of bagels. Strike! So I still offered her the coupon indicating it wouldn’t expire until the next day.
As an additional note I made many copies of the coupon and left them in the staff room at school.
Reactions:
She took the coupon, thanked me and stuffed it into her purse. It probably didn’t get used. Personally I am always happy to just have the coupon even if I end up not using it. She wasn’t overly thrilled but thanked me. It is hard when people are already there for a specific purpose.
I saw several staff members excited for the coupon. I guess it makes more sense to give it to people who haven’t gone yet.
Would I do it again?
Sure who doesn’t like a good coupon. I do need to work on my strategy of how I approach people.
Cost: printer ink an paper (5 cents maybe..)
Effort: not much I was going for myself too. More effort was in the driving there and back
Time: 1 min to print and 30 sec to talk
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