assignment
on Wednesday we got an assignment. we were given money, and told to go to the Starbucks downtown and sit and observe customers and staff for an hour. we weren’t to talk to each other. well, that was fun. and first chad and i hit up a kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi place that was 100yen a plate (less than $1). there were definitely some interesting things going around the belt. pictures below.
afterwards, i had a drink from starbucks that cost more than my lunch at the sushi place – a marshmellow mocha – and did my homework like the good student i am. we still haven’t done any debrief so i’ll let you know when i find out what the point of that was.
actually, let’s make this a contest: whoever can correctly guess *why* we had to sit and observe in starbucks for an hour wins a prize!
February 4th, 2006 at 12:27 am
your boss is so trying to steal the secret of the “perfect temperature for steamed milk” that Japanese Starbucks so secretly hoards.
either that, or the people in starbucks are ordering in english, or something stupid like that.
February 4th, 2006 at 2:24 am
God — this one is too hard.
I have no clue at all.
Hrmph.
February 4th, 2006 at 4:47 am
based on careful research (such as reading the writing in jenn’s notepad in the picture), i will say that one of the things that she observed was whether more people were buying hot drinks or cold drinks, and i do believe given the weather more people were buying cold.
using this invaluable clue to figure out why they were at starbucks, i can only come to this conclusion:
your boss really wanted you guys out of the office because you were giving him a headache with all the racket (people searching for pencils, etc).
February 6th, 2006 at 4:37 am
Whatever the reason, it sounds like fun! Is your boss looking to hire anyone else? Seriously.