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Ann Arbor Rant I don't know if I'm moving forward or moving in circles these days. I don't have many proposals going this week, but I've been working on some of the bigger projects. I'm finding that my coworkers haven't been attacking school districts or city buildings. This gives me gaps. Gaps that I can fill. Unfortunately, school district bids take some time to generate, but they're worth a lot if you can get them. I know I should be working on selling the small stuff as well, but the steps towards getting someone to speak with you in those channels is much easier than chasing resterant owners for a month to get a rejection. Maybe its my niche, but that and churchs seems to be what I sell best right now. Well, I shouldn't say that. I haven't sold anything. That's what I'm worried about. My proposals have dropped off, and I don't want my boss to think that I'm slacking. I work hard, but I'm just not seeing the results just yet. I know I need more patience, so I'm being really good about not asking him where I stand. I don't want to keep bothering him with my petty insecurities. I'll either get my legs under me in a month or we'll both know I can't hack it. Trying to constantly check my own progress impedes me. I think I just need to focus on getting out there and getting contacts. Sorry all, I'm just tired from cold calling throughout Ann Arbor. The day was as rough as expected. A good six hour hike burned me out; and most of the places I stopped at refused to give me contact info. Those that did were usually churches, the city, the school district, and institutions like the YMCA. Restaurants just blew me off or spoke a foreign language around me. (For the record, I HATE THAT! YOU came to MY country so learn ENGLISH! I'd learn Korean/Mandrin/Hindi if I lived in YOUR country and wanted to do business.) Or, like Real Seafood Company, they decided that without my jacket (it was hella hot to walk around with the jacket on) I wasn't a real vendor, so I wasn't worth fetching a manager. Yeah. Those yuppified places disgust me with how they blatently ignore anyone who isn't oozing the stench of the upper class. I am a person too, you know. I can handle another "No thanks", just be an adult about it. I'll move on. And not to descend into an Ann Arbor rant, but the city had it out for me today. I accidentally managed to say "pot" in a head shop and was refused service. Of course, the guy turning me away looked like he was growing it on the window sill out back. Yeah. Even the hippies are using legal language these days. And who's sold out to the Man? I do wish I was in Ann Arbor when Dan was still living there. He makes it sound magical. Nowadays its so yuppified it disgusts me. I think I'll stick to Ypsi. At least people are real over there. Poverty doesn't help you keep up a line of bullshit as easily as wealth does. Too tired to write more. Thanks for listening to the rant. I do have plans to write a small summary of the normal jobs I've held. I want to analyze how I fit into them and the gender roles they scripted as compared to my current job. As the office doesn't send me leads, I've got the sinking feeling that they put me into strictly cold calling in hopes that I'd fail. It is the hardest part of sales, so if I can do it well then I'll show all the men! If not, I think I might do better selling houses or something with a larger commission in the near future. Daphne |