Lunch at Gundersen-Lutheran Ona clinic

July 1, 2009 by tina.

I’m trying! Really, really trying! I screwed it up again! The last two Wednesdays I have taken subs and salads out to the Gundersen-Lutheran clinic in Onalaska to sell to the peeps out there. They don’t have a cafeteria so local restaurants bring in selected items and sell them in their employee break room. They told me to expect about 75 people on average; summer is usually slower, Wednesday is usually a busy day, Fridays not as much. There was also a “Lunch and Learn” that first time so we also catered for the pharmeceutical rep that was presenting that day. They also told me that may cut into sales. Well, I took out 75 subs and a ton of chips and some pasta salad….and everything was gone by 12:15. Nice, right? I’m sure that was really great for the people that don’t get a lunch break until 12:30. So today, I take out 85 subs (they said that the fast approaching holiday weekend may affect attendance), three times as much salad but less chips and cookies. Again, sold out at 12:15. Now I’m really grovelling to the people that come after that. I even used the words “I suck.”

All I can hope is that the late lunch crowd is a forgiving bunch! So I promise to try even harder the next time later this month. Of course, next time is a Friday….

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