Procrastination

So it's the last day before all work is due for my class and I am writing my last blog. Putting work off, just adds extra stress on to your load. Why procrastinate? I feel it is somewhat genetic because my father procrastinates. What else causes procrastination? I always have company over being that I live right in the middle of campus, meaning it is hard for me to concentrate. Since I am a college student and I am learning and growing from my mistakes, this is going to help me become a better person. When I enterthe the working world, I wont procrastinate on anything. I think procrastination is almost as bad as alcoholism minus the harmful helath effects to the organs. Procrastination makes the average worker stressed out and could cause a person turn to alcohol in the workplace. Being able to notice the problem is the first step in fixing it. If workers aren't able to turn in a project on time due to procrastination, their job could be at stake; getting demoted or terminated. How can we prevent this horrible disease?

Workplace Relationships

Starting a new job in a new area is some what intimidating. Not knowing anyone or really anything about how things are run. You begin to meet new people around work, letting you know inside scoop about their drama and such. Whose dating who; who you trust who you cannot trust. It is real tricky coming into a new workplace trying not to step on anyones toes.
Now you can take two options into this little crisis. 1.) Become friends with you colleagues opening yourself to them, getting insided the work bubble. 2.) Closing yourself off to your colleagues, goinging into work do your business, get out.
Its usually impossible to take the second option unless you work in a large group dependent workplace. Since I have only worked in a reaturant since age 15 I have met a good amout of people but never had a serious relationship with someone I worked with. I feel it's too distracting to the environment and its workers. Because it is too hard to work with a couple that don't want to work with each other because of relationship problems.

Communication

Recently I have just started a new job...well maybe its not that recent I've been working at this place for almost 4 months. My job location is right smack dab in the middle of downtown Richmond and one of the biggest frustrations for anyone who has been driving or lives in the city is finding a parking spot. Upon first interviewing with the current company I am with my now current employer asked if I had any questions of him before the interview concluded. I asked him about the parking situation and asked "What would the parking arrangements be if I were to be offered the job?" Not the best question but since I am a parking ticket magnet I asked. His answer "There will parking spaces available in the deck next to the building so you can park your car there." Upon hearing this I was thrilled and when I was offered the job I gladly accepted knowing that parking wouldn't be an issue. Now here it is almost 4 months later and I have yet to receive a parking decal but heres the catch. I have had to come out of pocket to to pay the meters which total to be almost $80.00 a month and of course as I mentioned I am a parking ticket magnet so on top of spending that each month I have also racked up numerous parking tickets just by parking on the street outside the building. I confronted my boss numerous times as to the parking conditions but he consistently told me to watch where I parked. Well after recieving 3 parking tickets within two days I finally decided that I had to do something about the parking conditions. I confronted my boss and when asked about the parking spaces he told me that I could purchase one at the deck next to the building. This whole time I had assumed that the company would pay for it guess I should have communicated my question more clearly and saved myself some money lol.

Workplace Communication- Deanna

I have been a server at Home Team Grill for a little over a year now. This past July, we got a new General Manager. I was working a lunch shift with him and we were short a server. Our lunch rush hit and we were slammed. The kitchen wasn't able to keep up with the tickets rapidly rolling in. As a result, there were a few tables that had been waiting longer than they should have had to for their food. One of these tables was mine. They were very understanding of the situation and could tell that we were busy. I continued to apologize to the guests and insured them their food would be out as soon as it was ready and asked if there was anything they wanted/needed. The guests were perfectly content and didn't mind the wait since they were enjoying catching up with each other. The manager was aware that my guests had been waiting and was in the kitchen insuring the food was being worked on so the guests didn't have to wait any longer. He asked me how they were and after telling him that they were fine he said to offer them a dessert anyway. I brought the food out to the table, asked them if they needed anything else, and told them to save room for dessert that my manager wanted to get them for having to wait. I checked on them periodically throughout their meal to ensure they were enjoying everything. At the end, I asked  what they wanted for their complementary dessert. To my surprise, they thought that they each were entitled to a dessert and not what my manager intended (one for the table). Not wanting to respond with a "no you only get one" I said ok and went and told my manager. Each guest at the table was given the dessert of their request.  This exemplifies a lack of communication in a couple ways. My manager should have been the one to check on the table and offer them dessert as a compensation for having to wait for their food. To me, it should have been the responsibility of the manager to check on the guests and offer them dessert. Instead, I was told to make sure when I offer a table dessert I throw the word share in there. 

Marketing Plan

Tonya, Deanna, Katrina Marketing Plan

Our company Play & Save decided to put ads in the local newspapers. Along the East coast where our stores would be located and we researched the overall cost. It ranges from 2,000 to 10,000 dollars depending on the size of the advertisement. And these prices typically don’t include production costs, these costs were more difficult to find because it is company specific. I think our advertisement would be a quarter of the page or smaller. It would also have a coupon at the bottom of the ad. For example, According to times-dispatch.com, the print circulation of the Richmond Times-Dispatch daily equals 183,124, on Sunday its 220,595 and for the total readers daily, 398,600, Sunday: 517,600. By advertising through this medium, we are reaching the target market in the area. Cost of the ad would vary depending on the text used and would adhere to the prices as outlined on the website.
We were also thinking about putting ads in local magazines, such as, Style Weekly, start at $16 a week for 3 lines. 25-28 characters per line including spaces. $5 each additional line. Add a link for $3.00 per week. Add a logo/photo for 3-line cost. Add full color for $5-$10 per issue, depending on your frequency. Ads run in both print and online versions.
Of course color comes into the price as well, we we’re thinking of using the colors red and yellow because of what the colors represent. Red means Excitement and yellow means happy, warm. That is the kind of image we want our company to have, to our customers, thus the basis of our color choices.
As for our logo design we wanted the Play text in our logo to look scattered as if a child wrote it. Our logo will be mainly the text and that’s how the logo will look creative. The prices for logo creation ranges for the lowest at 100 dollars to 300 dollars. It seems worth it to spend more on the logo because the company sends you the company’s logo and you can resize it however you want. We could put it on T-shirts or wherever else we need to advertise.
ABC Family, NBC, USA, Oxygen, Lifetime, Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, FX, and TBS.

We picked these television stations to advertise through commercials because they are family channels. We will advertise through out the hours of 6pm-10pm. We chose these hours because they are after school hours and will allow more people to get home just work, school, etc. before they air. The channels such as Oxygen and Lifetime are the most watched by women and women are the most likely to do the grocery shopping. With advertising through these channels we hope to reach our target market, which is family.

Play & Save

Group Mambers: Sharay, Deanna, Tonya, Katrina, Ian
Grocery Store: Play & Save

We are a grocery store that has a daycare attached so while you shop your children can play. We have 100 stores on the East Coast and are mainly located in suburbia. We also offer cards that help our customers earn points to save on gas.

Mission Statement: "The place where kids play and parents save."

Positions:
Stock Manager: Make sure that all the shelves are full and handling shipments. Deanna
General Manager: In charge of the cashiers and other money transactions like going to the bank and making sure the money adds up at the end of the day. Tonya
Produce Manager: Makes sure that all the produce on the floor is fresh daily. Sharay
Regional Manager: Goes between stores to make sure every store in the region is up to par. Katrina
Daycare Supervisor: Makes sure that all the children in the daycare are having a fun time while their parents get to shop stress-free. Ian

Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday : 7AM-10PM
Saturday & Sunday : 9AM-9PM
Daycare will be open the same hours except it will not be open on Sunday.