Stressing for Fashion!

Rock Steelers Style 2017 is right around the corner and I can tell! With the show in T – 10 days, last minute details and plans are all coming together. I am currently in charge of soliciting gift certificates for our “Restaurant Basket” in our silent auction that happens during the show. I’ve never had this much difficulty trying to obtain items. One of the main problems that I have run into is the lack of communication between managers/ employees at various restaurants. After an initial email/ call, my follow ups have usually been something like  “that manager probably forgot” or “I don’t know what you were told but…” or “let me see what the owners say before I give anything out.” When I worked at the radio station, I would try to solicit items for our prize wheel and I never had problems like this. Another funny quirk that I have realized is that when I ask to speak to a manager, an employee’s attitude becomes kind of negative. But when they ask who’s calling and I say “My name is Alexa and I’m calling from the Pittsburgh Steelers,” ALL OF A SUDDEN their whole demeanor changes. Funny, right? Also, seeing my director trying to keep all of the players’ girlfriends/fiancees/wives/kids in order is mind boggling in itself. The women are supposed to contact one of the wives who is then connected to my director. But of course that’s not how it always goes. With the women calling and emailing everyone but who they’re supposed to sometimes, it can definitely be stressful;  especially when we’re coming down the home stretch of the show! I’m just rambling at this point, but the main point, and I know I’ve said this before, is that COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO EVERYTHING!