The 1st trial run!

I was just too curious to wait...

So I have had the pedicab in my possession for just about 24 hours.  Today I researched more on the paperwork, forms and requirements I need to fulfill to be a legally operating pedicab business in the state.  I know what I need to do and I will be making sure I have all of that covered shortly BUT... today I just wanted to know what it was like to provide this service to the public.

Baseball has a new man in town...

The Red Sox came into town for a 3-game series starting this evening.  I decided to sneak out on the streets a bit to see if I could find someone who wanted to take advantage of my newfound service.  After tweaking with a squeaky disc brake issue, I hit the beat.  I rode a couple blocks from the Trop and decided it would be a good boundary to begin trying to pick up a fare.  I came up to a father/daughter who were adorned in Rays gear and just getting out of the car.  I shouted out "you guys want a ride to the front gate"?  The man was shocked at my outburst but was excited to say "Sure"!  I gave them a ride and we chit chatted about starting pitchers and how nice the weather was.  Minutes later we reach the gate entrance to the field.  They stepped off and thanked me, $5 tip for a couple minutes of work.  I DINGED my bell, thanked them and told them to enjoy the game.  THAT WAS IT!  Haha.  It was awesome.  My first sale... My first completed transaction as a pedicab operator and it was awesome.  I zipped about the town gave a couple more people offers for a ride but they declined.  

There's a process to this I have to figure out...

I can quickly tell there is strategy to this.  Between the immediate pitch, distance/area, time of day, and customer reactions; there are strategies to getting the customer to say YES.  I will play around with some ideas and different pitches along the way to see what works best.  Ok that's it.  Hope you enjoyed my first pedicab experience.  

MORE TO COME