The Vortex: The Final Post
This post I’ll be talking about how my manipulation attempts went, new developments within the vortex, and a closing interview with the residents. How did my manipulations go? I decided not to even try to be sneaky about my intentions of changing our beverage consumption in the house because a. I am not good at being subtle and b. my roommates know how to find this blog. Instead, I blatantly sold them on why my preferences were better. I tried to demonstrate value with the Value Selling technique by Julie Thomas (2006). Example convo: Rachel: I want a fun drink to make doing homework better. Me: Yum. What kind of drink do you want? Rachel: I want something fizzy and tasty and low carb/calorie that has caffeine in it but we only have La Croix. Me: Zevia is the tastiest 0 calorie pop and the Dr. Zevia flavor has caffeine in it. I’m going to Meijer tomorrow to buy some do you want me to get a 6-pack for you too? Rachel: YES I WOULD LOVE THAT. I will venmo ...