Well, well, here we are. The end of the month already. As the old saying goes, March is going out like a lamb. A muddy, soggy lamb. Tomorrow is April 1 and that means it's nearly time to volunteer. So as you're deciding where you want to spend the working part of your Irish Fest weekend, we continue with our Where To Volunteer series. This morning's segment:
The Raffle
Irish Fest weekend, I'm all over the place. I don't have a specific duty that keeps me in one area like a lot of our staff, so I'm pretty much constantly on the go. Wherever there's hard work to be done at Irish Fest, you can bet that I'm on the move, trying to avoid it. So in my travels hither and yon, to and fro, hither and fro, I get to see a lot of our volunteers in a lot of areas. And I swear, none of them to me look like they're having more fun than the raffle people.
I don't know why exactly that is. It's demanding duty. You're on your feet. You're selling, which can be a hard job. You're putting yourself out there. But our raffle people are positively goofy about it. I think maybe it might be that when these folks are doing their jobs, they're dealing with happy, optimistic people on the other side of the transaction. I've bought hundreds of raffle tickets. I'll buy a chance to win something I have absolutely no use for - ballet lessons, hearing aids, nose augmentation - just because I know I'm going to win. I never, ever do, but that's beside the point. When I'm writing down my name and address on that little ticket, I'm as sure of my impending victory as I am of my name. If I was eligible to enter the Irish Fest raffle, which sadly, I'm not, I'd giddily hand over my cash, shaking my head incredulously at all those poor fools doing the same thing, unaware that I've just bought the winning number. And every one of those people is thinking the same thing about everybody else. So why wouldn't the raffle ticket seller be having fun? You walk around all day making people feel great. You're a dream merchant. You're a wish-granter. Come to think of it, this job sounds like a piece of cake.
You want to have that kind of fun? Join the our lovely and talented Goddesses of The Giveaway Jayme and Maureen on The Raffle team. Tomorrow!
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2 comments:
Dan,
Might I suggest, as an attendee at the first kcif by the river, that you refrain from using adjectives like muddy and soggy in your posts?
Aaron
The Wild Clover Band
Good point, Aaron. And as it turns out, the 80% chance of rain they forecast has turned into a pretty nice day. Good omen.
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