Starting off, #9
I Knew That Master's Degree Would Come In Handy
I just didn't know it would be for something so simple.
You know I'm a lia sophia jewelry advisor, and have been for 5 years. I really like selling the jewelry and it's a fun thing to do on the side. I would never make a career of it because then I would have to hound people to have shows and I don't want to do that. Ever. It should be fun, not something you do because you feel guilty. Or scared that I will bite you.
A friend of mine is a Pampered Chef consultant and has tried for a while to get me on board. No way Jose, I have told her time and time again. Her name is not Jose, but let's protect
We did a couple of shows together which proved to be very bad for both of us. It sounds like a great deal: invite your friends over just once and have all of those consultants over at once so they stop bugging you. However, people can't deal. They dont' know which company to buy from. They come with one mind set and then feel overwhelmed. They don't know what to do.
So they buy nothing and leave.
Not a smart thing for either of us.
So, we decided after the last fiasco, NO MORE OF THAT. It did, however, let us chat at length about the two companies. There are big pros and cons to being a consultant with both. Nope, I'm not sharing a single pro or con for either.
Let's just say that
Anyway, so here I am. Jewelry and cooking supplies. Teachers have the summer "off" right? I should have plenty of time to book all kinds of shows and be rolling in dough (ha ha ha literally) all summer right? RIIIIIIIGHT.
So, here's how the Master's degree comes in to play. I know, you're like "whoa- you got a Master's in being a jewelry or Pampered Chef advisor?? COOL!!" Of course not. I wasn't even a business major. I can barely do math.
Today, I entered my first Pampered Chef show and there was a guest who was entitled to this month's hostess bonus because she had a show last month. And the hostess wanted to take her own special deal too.
So, I got into my site, got down to business and started entering the show. I've done this 4,000 times with lia sophia so you would think it would be easy. And it basically was.
Until I tried to get the hostess special for the hostess and the guest. I could not for the life of me, make it work. And I tried really hard. So, I called Jose and she told me to do everything I had already done and it still didn't work, so she said she'd call the Big Guns and get an answer. We stumped the Big Guns too.
So, I sucked it up and called tech support. And I started with "I'm a new consultant and I've managed to stump two managers..." She laughed and said she is fearless. And then she told me to do what I already had done. And it still didn't work.
So she passed me along.
I sat and waited and listened to muzak. And what did my highly trained, Master's degree holding eyeballs discover?
That's right, the wonderful little icon on the right that said "click here to add hostess special" and the other icon on the right that said "click here to add guest special for previous hostess". Yes, those very 2 icons. That 4 sets of eyeballs couldn't find.
Until the beautiful muzak drove me to find something to get me out of that hell before I died.
I didn't expect to pay off my education in cookware, but whatever works! Linking up with Finding the Funny. Go there, there's a giveaway today!
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