Next assignment, make a bunch of cold calls to brides-to-be and try to book a tour of the venue.
"Hi person who I do not know, I creepily got your number from my boss, whom I am calling on behalf of- I stalked your life and see your getting married, wanna take a tour at our venue?"
Situations like this are always uncomfortable. Most people have a hard time calling up the chinese place to order food, let alone calling up a person who is probably pissed you somehow got their number.
To be honest, every time I dialed that number I hoped I got a voicemail, so I could state my claim and if they were interested they would call back. Although most of them were that, there were a couple of live people I had to talk to, some interested, some not, some well... uh, this is awkward.
Here is a prime example of what I am talking about:
"Hi bride-to-be, I see you are getting married next year, congratulations! I was wondering if you had booked a venue yet, and if not if you would be interested in taking a tour of ours."
"Oh hi... um, we're actually not getting married anymore."
.......woops
Like, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?!
Loving a juicy story, all I wanted to do was ask her what happened but fortunately, I do think quick on my feet and have the gift of turning an awkward situation into a comfortable one. So, I just apologized for calling and wished her luck with everything.
Like I said, gotta love those awkward phone calls.
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