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Oh yeah, it's Chris Killabo here. You're host of Side Us All School. Hey, welcome. Thank you for tuning in today.

I'm excited to bring you a new episode like we do every single day, seven days a week, different stories, case studies, tips, all with the mission of celebrating side hustling.

Celebrating entrepreneurship, micro entrepreneurship specifically, just regular people out there who are finding ways, creative ways, often to make extra money without quitting their job, or perhaps to work away from their job.

Like to go from having a job to working for yourself, to working for your job, to work for your dog, to work for your dog.

If that is your vision, we also have lots of people who are very happy in their job, but just want to also make extra money. So all good things there.

And this episode in particular is part of our failure Friday series. And having just said that about helping people create success and so on.

We also like to have a lot of people who are very happy in their job, but just want to also make extra money. So all good things there.

And so it's part of our failure Friday series. And having just said that about helping people create success and so on. We also like to highlight things that go wrong.

A collection of short stories specifically about mistakes, missteps, disasters, and of course failure. So you get to hear directly from a side hustler who has struggled in some way.

They'll tell you a quick story of something that went very wrong.

This is a fun one. It features Benny, the seller of socks. Benny is a sock seller, a sock maker slash seller. He eagerly sets up a trade show or sets up at a trade show, I should say.

Only to realize his credit card processing equipment isn't working. Oh no, that is not ideal. So let's hear this story from him. I'll come back at the end with a quick wrap up.

As an active side hustler selling my own line of socks, I was always on the lookout for new opportunities. So when I heard about a local trade show that was specifically geared towards small businesses, I was eager to participate. I spent weeks preparing for the event, making new sock designs and packaging, and ensuring that I had enough inventory to meet the expected demand.

I even hired a team of sock puppets to help me promote my products. Yeah, that's right. Sock puppets.

The day of the trade show arrived, and I was feeling confident. I set up my booth, filled with colorful socks, and eye catching displays, as well as a stage for my puppet team to perform.

As soon as the show opened, I was approached by a steady stream of potential customers who were interested in my products. However, things started to go wrong when I noticed that my credit card reader wasn't working properly. I'd been relying on it to process transactions.

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