{"id":7781,"date":"2025-02-24T11:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7781"},"modified":"2025-02-24T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:19:15","slug":"the-life-of-a-hotdogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/the-life-of-a-hotdogger\/","title":{"rendered":"The life of a Hotdogger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/om-2-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7782\" style=\"width:711px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/om-2-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/om-2-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/om-2-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/om-2-1536x1155.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/om-2.jpg 1993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Oscar Mayer WienerMobile is shown parked outside of the Student Union on the Edinburg campus.<br>Celeste Cruz\/Vaquero Radio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hotdoggers.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Oscar Mayer Hotdogger role lasts one year, where employees learn to operate the Wienermobile, manage PR, interact with consumers, appear on camera and organize events as they travel across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Bailey, known as Grill Master Matthew at Oscar Mayer, explained what a week of being a Hotdogger is like.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cSo typically, we drive on Mondays, that changes a little bit \u2026 That can be from a couple to quite a few hours just going from city to city, state to state, trying to go from market to market,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cAnd then, we\u2019ll have a couple off days every single week and then we typically work through weekends. So we\u2019ll contact all of our events, make sure that all of our timing is in line, addresses are correct, and then we\u2019ll go, and that can be festivals, farmers markets, parades, fairs, grocery stores, birthday parties, grillouts, anything and everything in which we\u2019re gonna find people, we are gonna make them smile.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said his job gave him a unique experience of making people smile while traveling across the country in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s high energy,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cIt\u2019s lot\u2019s of travel, which is very engaging for many people around my age. You know having that backing that allows you to travel across the country, which is an incredible thing, but you go to so many different kinds of events. You meet so many different kinds of people. It\u2019s such a unique experience that you\u2019ll never get in any other way because you\u2019ll never drive a vehicle like the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, so it\u2019s truly unforgettable.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted several states that left him amazed within his first month behind the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI am from Georgia, so I\u2019m very much used to southeastern forests as well as the Appalachian Mountains,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cWe went to both the state of Colorado and the state of Utah and I think those were the most jarring differences on the road. 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