Just Not a Beer Babe

I giggle whenever I think of me and the word “babe” in the same sentence, truly I do.

Anyway.

After having a pretty horrible experience this week learning the very hard way that I’m just not absolutely awesome at every single thing I do, I started thinking of the last opportunity that I thought would be great………..but wasn’t.

When I was in college I worked in the accounting department at a local brewery and really loved working there. I was a big fish in a small pond and I played a mean accounts payable game, I really did. I appreciated the plentiful free product (not just beer!) that we received (as did my now-husband, whom I met during that time period) and was proud to work for the company. My devotion to the company led me to make a key error, though. I assumed that because I loved the brewery and its part in our community I would be good at promoting it “on the street”.

Not so, my dear friends, not so. I was asked, in a pinch, to become a Kul Light (one of our beers) girl. You know, the girls in the tight shirts that go to bars and become the chest face of the product? Yup, I agreed to do THAT.

Let’s just say that I was NOT good at this little side job - it involved seedy bars, which I don’t enjoy; late nights, which I can’t handle; and last but not least, objectifying myself to sell something. Ummm, SO not me. Why did I take the job? Well, I figured that it wouldn’t be that hard and I could make a little extra money - all I’d have to do is wear a tight blue shirt and hand out beers. Turns out the shirt was TOO tight and I don’t actually like beer that much. If I could have been a spokesperson for one of our OTHER bottling products I would have done a killer job - Smirnoff Ice and Mike’s Hard Lemonade……….yum.

The lesson I learned was this: To truly sell something well, you have to have passion for the product. To truly do a job well, you have to feel comfortable and in your element. You have to have confidence that you really are the best person for the job.

I learned these lessons all over again this week - luckily I didn’t have to wear a tight blue shirt while doing so.

Here’s to knowing myself well enough to know what jobs are right for me.

And here’s to the other Kul Light girls for doing a great job - I couldn’t hold a candle to their beer babe talents.

Cheers.

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