Originally posted by BrotherMysterio
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Honestly, that may not be a bad idea. If you were just idly considering this haunt as just a fun thing and thought about throwing it together at the last minute, I wouldn't comment on it one way or the other. But you and your team are serious about doing this, and I know you'd seriously invest time and energy making it happen for next year, and doing it right.
Besides, you guys could find another location, only to have the same thing happen. And if you spend the next two months with these same kinds of shenanigans, with no haunt or promotion to show for it, then your higher-ups will start to question the soundness of this idea, and more particularly, your thinking.
Right now, you haven't spent any significant money on this, you've handled yourself with great aplomb and diplomacy, and shown you can be a real leader. I'm sure your bosses are liking that. They would probably like it even more if you came up with a solution that still makes a promotion happen and side steps all of this pointless and expensive silliness, and here is such a solution.
In a word: do a Halloween Masquerade Ball. Have a simple walk-thru (your haunt in it's infancy) as an adjunct to the ball, off in a corner of the venue, so you get to test design ideas and whatnot in a rather forgiving environment (tipsy socialites tend to have fun anywhere doing anything), but at the same time you are making use of the opportunity, and testing the soundless of your promotional idea. A pro-haunter I know used to do stuff like this all the time at Country Clubs and whatnot, and believe me, you save yourself a lot of hassle that way.
Just something to think about for this year, and it sets you up beautifully for next year.
C.
Besides, you guys could find another location, only to have the same thing happen. And if you spend the next two months with these same kinds of shenanigans, with no haunt or promotion to show for it, then your higher-ups will start to question the soundness of this idea, and more particularly, your thinking.
Right now, you haven't spent any significant money on this, you've handled yourself with great aplomb and diplomacy, and shown you can be a real leader. I'm sure your bosses are liking that. They would probably like it even more if you came up with a solution that still makes a promotion happen and side steps all of this pointless and expensive silliness, and here is such a solution.
In a word: do a Halloween Masquerade Ball. Have a simple walk-thru (your haunt in it's infancy) as an adjunct to the ball, off in a corner of the venue, so you get to test design ideas and whatnot in a rather forgiving environment (tipsy socialites tend to have fun anywhere doing anything), but at the same time you are making use of the opportunity, and testing the soundless of your promotional idea. A pro-haunter I know used to do stuff like this all the time at Country Clubs and whatnot, and believe me, you save yourself a lot of hassle that way.
Just something to think about for this year, and it sets you up beautifully for next year.
C.
Thanks! And I appreciate everyone's help and support over the last couple of week. This is a great community, and I plan on sticking around, getting ideas for next year and offering suggestions when I can.
Unless something miraculous happens, (my contact at the mall said she would look into the problem and "get back to me") this is indeed the end of the haunt for the year. I let the bosses know what was going on and I suggested holding off until next year. They agreed with my position, so we'll be focusing on making that happen. I like the idea of a masquerade, but I don't know if we'd find an available venue in time. I'll bring it up with the bosses at the staff meeting tomorrow.
I really lucked out though, because we were waiting on getting the contract for the space, none of the salespeople made any sales on it yet, so we're not letting down any sponsors or charities by cancelling the haunt. I do feel bad for my "Hauntelligencia", as they had come up with some excellent ideas, and were really excited about getting to work. Hopefully I can keep them as enthused until next year.
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