22) Pizza

Radio People may be the most cynical lot on the planet but there is still one thing that can stop them in their tracks, the kryptonite to their superman egos, a food stuff that is as close to godliness as any one thing on the planet can be, Pizza.

Radio people will do anything for free pizza. Listen to a General Manager drone on about how they need to take their $20K a year and donate money to whatever charity the GM happens to be sitting on the board of. They will stand in line (another thing they never do) for what seems like hours if there is even the possibility of getting some free pie. Want your Radio People to listen to a speech about a credit union for almost an hour, give them free pizza. Just check out this email to see what I mean:

From: ***********
Date: May 22,
To: “(ALL)”
Subject: congrats to Steven

Steven’s name was drawn as the winner of the Popcorn gift basket from **********. For all those that were inquiring about the maker of the pizza, there are some business cards in the breakroom. There are discounts on the back of the card for pizza!

There is also some info on ****** Bank in the breakroom or I have some in my office if you want to take advantage of their offers.

Thanks!

*********

That Radio Person listened to a presentation just to get the free pizza and since he was probably the only guy who stayed, much like the rigged contests in Radio, he won the free popcorn basket. Banner day for that Radio Person.

Is it the doughy crust? The flavorful toppings? The fact that you can eat it on the go? No, it is the fact that it is free and quite possibly the best of the free food that you will find around a radio station. Chances are that is why it ranks so high amongst the Free Food Pyramid outranking Ice Cream Cake and Chips.

So if you have a Radio Person in your life and they may not be doing what things you need them to do…tempt them with a Free Pizza and watch the productivity start flying.