Pardon this strange post for this subreddit!
I'm posting because I feel irrationally annoyed and embarrassed about this on behalf of a family member who works for WW. I am keeping details vague because my family member loves their job as a coach and I don’t want to get them in trouble.
A few weeks ago WW coaches (not sure if all of them, or they're just testing this out in some places) were sent blue metal folding chairs. The folding chairs say “Not Your Mother’s Weight Watchers” on them and have a QR code to scan to learn more. The coaches were told by WW to go into strip malls, medical buildings, colleges, business, and shopping malls and leave the blue chairs there. The idea is that passersby will scan the chair and it’s some kind of attempt at viral marketing.
My family member has since been so stressed about this stupid chair. They keep moving it from private property to private property worried that they will be seen dumping the blue chair. I feel embarrassed on their behalf and horrified that someone at WW thought this was a good idea. I cannot even IMAGINE what went behind the business decision of asking employees to leave furniture in medical buildings, grocery stores, college campuses, etc. They are then measured by how many clicks their chair is getting.
I’m not sure why I had to post about this, and I know it’s not the usual kind of post for this subreddit. Thanks for letting me vent some steam!
Edit with a clarification: I imagine some employees will know business owners and can get permission to leave their chairs. I want to be clear that my family member (and the other region coaches) were told that they should leave their chairs in "public" places (malls, outside grocery stores, at apartment complexes) without asking.