Day 9: Delivery Man

Today I was assigned the job to create displays for the pocket schedules for the RubberDucks. I made 20 boxes and stuffed each of them with handfuls of pocket schedules. I was working with the promo team and part of promotions was getting the restaurants downtown to help support the team and display our schedules in their stores. I felt really official because Christina (my sponsor) gave me a uniform and left me with the responsibility of going up and down the streets of downtown Akron handing out schedules to restaurants. Luckily, I was not turned down once! This one time the lady was like, "we already have one" and I was worried but she bailed me out and said, "we could always use more". The little things like that make my days at project and kept my confidence high. It was for sure an interesting experience because I haven't done stuff like that since I sold Boy Scout popcorn back in the day. I think this project is really making me become more comfortable with myself and forced me to use my communication skills as best as I can. I’m also getting to experience a different environment besides Gates Mills, Ohio! I really like urban areas and being in big cities. Although Akron isn’t the biggest of places, I’m really enjoying experiencing a place I haven’t really spent much time at in the past.