Another Event

The main activity yesterday was another event we had in the morning. The Omelet Bar is a popular occasion where not only our residents participate, but we invite prospective residents also. It was excellent, and our chef and his team put on a very tasty breakfast:

There was some confusion among our invited guests. The invitation that was sent to our mailing list of prospects (by corporate) indicated that there would be a VA seminar yesterday as part of the special event. Unfortunately, the date was changed to March 10 and there was no way to get the word out in time. This resulted in a few guests arriving and being disappointed that they did not get to attend the seminar they expected.

There has been a lot of controversy among ourselves about the sales practices here. It is a hard sell program that I have never had experience executing. It takes the joy out of the sales effort as I feel like a car salesman and that's not the way to sell - anything. It tends to scare people off but the higher ups either can't see that or don't care. We received another threatening and scathing email from the corporate sales management yesterday telling us that we all will be held accountable for poor sales results. It's a good thing we aren't looking for lifetime careers.

The weather is expected to be beautiful today - in the low 80's - so we plan to take a short trip to the beach in Oceanside. It is one thing we have been waiting to do when we had the right combination of time and good weather. We will enjoy the next 2 days as it will be a real 5 day marathon when we return to work on Tuesday...