Rodics in Kabihasnan 2013

How did I get Rodics for my class? Here's a long story :)) Getting Rodics for Kabihasnan 2013

Like what I've said in that previous post, my class got Rodics! And still, some of my classmates were doubtful, but not for long!

Our teacher told us that we should buy Rodics at least once or twice. Breakfast would be a good time to do so. It's kind of "forced buying" but eventually it won't be...

Our food options

As the one in charge of booth matters I was assigned to assign shifts for my classmates. I took a shift on Friday to keep me free on the night and on Saturday. This is not the case for others, however; but it won't matter eventually.

We were assigned in a booth in the middle of the booth areas. That became a problem for me as it may discourage customers should it be very crowded. Eventually it didn't matter.

Five classmates were selected in designing the booth. I don't know how they'll design it so I left all the designing to them; I'm not that good in art. Dismissal came and my classmates and I visited our booth to see how much they've done. Not much but it's fine. We posted the tarpaulin carrying the Rodics logo and our meal options. That's for our promotion team below :)

Sure is the best P95 you'll ever spend!

One of the students from the school body saw it and immediately called for his moderator. Upon return he was proudly telling his moderator that there's Rodics this Kabihasnan. We were all amazed with the impression. More confidence for my classmates!

The LSGH High School Community prepares for Kabihasnan 2013

Friday. February 15, 2013. Kabihasnan Day One. I didn't eat breakfast just to have Rodics as my breakfast. When I went to the booth there were just a few buying; the fair hasn't started yet.

The bell rings, off to the classroom, flag ceremony and the other usual stuff... I was assigned to be part of the fair parade along with two more classmates. Oh no! How about my breakfast :( Anyways we went down at 8:00 for the parade. Again, ceremonies, speeches, performances and so on... Let's skip this part, shall we? :) Ok. We paraded around the oval... After that I met my classmate and asked how the booth was going. He said that the lines were very long and we've had a lot of customers. I rushed in to see and boom! There's a line, everyone was busy and so on. Thankfully I was able to have my breakfast. My classmates were thanking me for getting Rodics. They were no longer doubting. In fact, most (if not all) of them had Rodics for breakfast! We were all sitting at the ledge (the green one in the photo above) eating our breakfast.

I've said that the shift assignments won't matter, right? Well, after seeing the need for manpower, my classmates willingly helped in the booth regardless if it's their time or not. Some didn't attend to their assigned shifts but attended for other times anyway. Also, the staff of Rodics also called for backup; two staff members weren't enough.

Time went by (10:00AM I think) and unfortunately (or somehow something my classmates can "rejoice" on) we went out of stock. For some time we were helpless with no supplies coming. Although they've called for more, much time was lost. That meant rest for us in the meantime :)

And by 11:00 (I think) supplies arrived! And again (unfortunately) we went out of stock for the second time! And what's more, it's peak hours! Lunch time to be exact. Eventually we had supplies (again) and we went selling again. Because of that day, Rodics promised more supplies + more staff to anticipate the demand on Saturday.

The owners were quite surprised with the sales on Friday. 

Saturday. February 15, 2013. Second Kabihasnan Day. Before getting in to school, I saw this!

It's a big day for my class! And fortunately on Saturday we had no sold out incidents. We were well-prepared this time. For morning the line was very long; the queue was 5-8 minutes from the end of the line. I asked my classmates if they can expedite the queue a bit more. We did so by accepting orders on the line so they can simply get their meal upon their turn in the booth.

Rodics here, Rodics there, Rodics everywhere! During the second day you'll see tables filled with Rodics boxes, trash cans filled with empty Rodics boxes, and so on! Bestseller!!!

Anyway, just a break from the booth. And here goes my social life :))

Our friends from a school we had an interaction with went with me and some of my classmates. We went around the school to talk, have rides and so on. We settled in a place with few people to have a quiet place to stay. Yes, we were having fun with each others' company. Whew! And while we're having our sweet time some of my other classmates (who were willing) were at the booth. There came a time that we had nothing else to do. So our friends (along with my classmates and I) helped us count and sort the chits :)) very helpful~ My teacher saw it, and was cheerfully thankful about it. They loved Rodics as well, by the way. One of them brought one home and shared it with her mom. Anyway......

Even at night Rodics kept on selling for both days. Although it's no longer peak hours there were still some customers buying meals from us, most of which were to be brought home... At one time all booths were to be shut down to give respect for the anticipated mass. Upon reopening of the booth the lines went long again, according to my classmate. He was so happy telling me about it. I saw our chit basket containing a lot of chits- a small mound I'd say! Quite a lot for "a few minutes after reopening".

 

And hours before the end of the fair (the next one in two years after this) I had my "own time". My classmates supported me for the whatever I needed on those hours. That was their way of saying thankful, and I was thankful for them and to God for the grace He has blessed my class very much for two days. At the end, we ended up having the highest gross sales for Kabihasnan 2013. And because of that, we had a good class party at the end of the year :D

At the end of the day, this out-of-the-box idea became a "box office" success!

The staff talked to me at the end of the fair and told me to take Rodics again for the next one. I told them that I'm no longer going to be able to pick them in the future but definitely in two years time someone else (still in LSGH, for the next fair) will pick Rodics. That will be for sure! [I hope... Whoever plans to get Rodics in the next Kabihasnan, better be good in negotiating ;) ] I am also VERY MUCH thankful to them for their effort in selling the meals. I expressed my thanks to them by treating the staff family's child with whatever he wanted...

Many thanks to the staff of Rodics!

This post brings me back good memories of my class..........