Corporations are big on numbers and surveys. Given the opportunity, I say provide feedback whenever you can. Everyone knows that sending a complaint letter to a major food industry can often get you free stuff, did you realize that a compliment letter often has the same effect. If you have a waitress or cashier that seems like a nice person, ask for a manager and give rave reviews… you may actually get that person a raise. At Best Buy if you tell a manager that an employee did an excellent job, that employee’s name is entered into a monthly drawing/prize giveaway. Sometimes it’s a $25 gift card; sometimes it’s a cool little techie-treat. This is going to be my own personal game I believe, when I go to restaurants and such. I’m going to make giving positive feedback to superiors the next cool thing to do.
As far as surveys, I just ate at Pizza Hut and I noticed there was a survey on the receipt. So I called the number and did it in 4 minutes over my cell phone while I was still at the table. Now the next time I go to Pizza Hut I get a Personal Pan for 99 cents, and I’m totally down with cheap/free stuff. At Best Buy you get a survey with every receipt. I’d say that less than 5% of people actually go online and fill that thing out. YOU SHOULD!!! You are entered into a drawing for $500 when you do. First off it’s not a nation-wide drawing, it’s regional (so you’re up against the other 5% from 10 other Best Buys) and it’s drawn every month. I had a 17-year-old kid just a few weeks ago come through and buy a $500 car stereo system for his hand me down car. It is because he filled out the survey on a DVD he bought.
So yeah, that’s what I’m giving you for today. What I would like to hear is some of your own experiences with stores/employees; maybe free stuff given to you for kindness as opposed to being a mean-face. Alternatively, I’d like to know of any other businesses that you may have worked for that has similar rewards programs for it’s customers or the employees themselves.
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At Schlotzsky's, they'd let me eat my supper for free sometimes if I did a good job. That was the highlight of two summers in a row. I only got one raise and that was after one month, since I hung around and continued to work for them. Bogus.
But at my Italian Charm Bracelet kiosk, I got a $100 gift certificate at the end of the summer for busting my butt. Yeah, that was pretty sweet.
Working Rockin' Rib Fest and Taste of MN was cool b/c you get free mini-donuts, corn on the cob, and whatever other food vendors will trade ya for. (I highly recommend hooking yourself up with a food festival!)
Dude, I'm all for free stuff, I want to go buy something at Best Buy just to vie for that $500!
~c
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