Recently one of my many volunteer roles put me in a situation where I had to establish a vendor for a venue. It was pretty exhausting. First off, I decided to go with small Mom & Pop locals because I like to give back to our local economy. Let's keep our community strong. However, most of the businesses I reached out to would NOT reply. That was the first mistake in doing business. We had a sweet offer. It was a prepaid gig - show up and whether people were there or not the vendor would get paid. Who wouldn't want that job?

After awhile, I finally found someone who answered. She looked great, I did my footwork, she was an excellent option for our organization. I pitched the Vendor to our organization and the board was thrilled. Fantastic! They would hire this vendor and said the treasurer would handle her payment.

Whew! I was done with my job, I no longer had to call around trying to find a vendor who wouldn't return my calls or emails (for nearly a month). The person we were going to hire was happy, our board was happy and I could finally enjoy my evening - kick back, put my feeties up and watch some of my Korean Drama.

Except...

I couldn't.

Within 30 minutes of sending an email to the Vendor telling her that the organization had chosen her and would be paying soon... she emailed me again.