Salespeople have to know their product, whether they’re selling cars or selling marijuana.
To make sure its staff are knowledgeable about its wares, one recreational marijuana store in Kitsap has been providing employees with free samples.
According to a blogpost on Forbes, Bainbridge Island’s Paper & Leaf provides “budtenders” with samples of the cannabis strains and edibles the store carries. Employees try the products at home and report back. The store even set up a private Facebook group where workers post their reviews.
“They post about the scent of the product, the potency, how it makes them feel,” said Hill.
“Most of our employees have been with us since we opened last June, so they know the information that customers are looking for,” he said.
Staff reviewers will use lingo like “gave me couch-lock,” “relaxing,” “euphoric,” “uplifting” or “made me kind of nervous,” in their reviews for each other.
According to the blog post, the state’s rules regarding free employee samples are murky. You can read the full Forbes story here.
