{"id":390,"date":"2019-09-28T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T20:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/?p=390"},"modified":"2019-09-28T15:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T20:22:57","slug":"day-34-ask-to-make-an-announcement-at-whole-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/day-34-ask-to-make-an-announcement-at-whole-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 34: Ask To Make An Announcement at Whole Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For day 34 I asked If I could make an announcement over the loud speakers at Whole Foods. I told them I was a fan of the company and wanted to show my appreciation over an announcement. This challenge was inspired by Jia Jiang&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rejectiontherapy.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/day-19-make-announcement-on-southwest-flight\/\">Make Announcement on a Southwest Flight<\/a> rejection challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the poorly filmed video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Discomfort Challenge: Ask To Make An Announcement At Whole Foods\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOu8TOIt1FA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Filming note:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve made many attempts to film covertly, and most don&#8217;t turn out well. I just learned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rejectiontherapy.com\/blog\/2017\/7\/19\/ask-jia-episode-1\">Jia Jiang&#8217;s filming method<\/a>. I was trying to figure this out forever! Next time, I can try this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Was It Uncomfortable?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>More than I expected. Since doing these challenges, I\u2019m hyper aware of how I\u2019m coming off when I do the the rejection therapy challenges. I\u2019ve learned that the more uncomfortable or strange I come off,&nbsp; the more uncomfortable the other person becomes. Which make me less likely to get a yes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I needed to seem like a comfortable confident person, who just wants to make an announcement. And not like a weirdo. Just a normal person with a weird idea. Because a weirdo is unpredictable and the employees aren\u2019t going to agree to let an unpredictable customer make an announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went through 4 employees, each one more senior than the next. The last employee, the most senior, told me they don\u2019t use the P.A system. So I couldn\u2019t make my announcement. But she liked that I wanted to show appreciation for the store. Either that, or she was humoring a weirdo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She showed me where I could leave a comment. So I did. I left a compliment, but I also made a suggestion for them to stock cold Zevias.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Did I Learn?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I learned that these small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rejectiontherapy.com\">rejection therapy challenges<\/a> still make me nervous. 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