As I blogged about a couple of weeks ago, I submitted an entry to be a participant in a fitness contest sponsored by a local personal training chain. Last Wednesday I received a call to schedule an in-person interview the following day. The good news was that it was down to me and four others for the Brookfield location. In other words, I had a 20% chance of being chosen. My 15-20 minute interview lasted 40 minutes and went really well. I left feeling even more excited than before, and fairly confident that I’d be chosen. The person who interviewed me told me that they were hoping to make their choice the following day but not to be worried if I hadn’t heard anything on Friday, that it might take them until Monday. Plus, he told me that I’d be notified either way.  Of course, Friday came and went and I heard nothing but kept in mind that a decision might not be made until Monday.

I happened to pull up their website tonight, just to see if they had updated anything and, to my disappointment, there was the person chosen for the Brookfield location.  Am I upset? Of course. I was really hoping to be the person they chose.  What makes me even more mad, though, is that I still have not heard from them. I find it incredibly rude (not to mention poor customer service) to say you’ll notify me either way and then not be notified at all.

Now, what could rectify this situation for me is if they offer me some type of discounted personal training program since I was one of the five semi-finalists.  If they were smart business owners (and time will tell), they will make that offer to all the contestants who weren’t chosen (24 people throughout Milwaukee).  After all, what better way to keep those people engaged, create new clients (and additional revenue during a time when people are cutting out non-essential spending on such things like gym memberships) and create goodwill.  I guess I’ll wait to see if they contact me tomorrow.  They obviously know the value of social media as they have a blog and offer the ability to share info about the 6 finalists on their website. 

Oh well, check back here for the update.  We’ll see just what kind of marketers they are.