[Noisebridge-discuss] Drink Restock!

[Shannon Clark]

I suspect an issue is that the payment box is seperated from the  
kitchen area so dropping money into it takes a second act & it is easy  
to forget to do so.

A few alternative suggestions:

1. Get people into a habit of dropping a dollar or two into the drinks/ 
food/donation box every time you visit (with expectation of more if  
you consume beers, mate etc). If most people dropped a couple of bucks  
in every visit I suspect we'd collect a fair amount (but someone  
should periodically deposit it to avoid tempting sticky fingers.

2. Put a drinks payment box in the kitchen and very clearly market and  
visible. Ideally placed such that it doesn't get covered up (not sure  
where this would work as the kitchen is getting cluttered)

A bit of a social engineering challenge.

Shannon

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 28, 2009, at 10:36 AM, John Menerick <john.menerick at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Do not take this in a bad way but if there was one put into a  
> hackerspace, it would be hacked and exploited like no other.  :\
>
>
>
> John
>
>
> On Feb 28, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Mikolaj Habryn wrote:
>
>> UCC's solution to this was a soda machine with electronic debit
>> accounts. While attaching a soda machine to the Internet no longer  
>> has
>> the cachet it had 20 years ago, it still solves the cash box  
>> problem -
>> and it's also a fun project.
>>
>> For bonus points, get one with a cash counter, so people can pay
>> memberships through it. The only real downside is footprint...
>>
>> m.
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:15 AM, Ani Niow <avniow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We met almost all of the drink requests on the wiki page, minus  
>>> Honest Ade
>>> that Costco did not have so variety is not an issue, the Mexicoke  
>>> is proving
>>> to be quite popular.
>>> I would have to echo Christie in not putting food in the fridge,  
>>> some of the
>>> things inside of there haven't been eaten in awhile and were  
>>> simply taking
>>> up space to be used for things that not only more people would be  
>>> interested
>>> in but also things that help out the space financially. Someone  
>>> mentioned
>>> that a few of the European hacker spaces sell drinks as a  
>>> significant
>>> portion of their income. A certain amount of non-pay for drinks  
>>> can be
>>> expected but last time it happened it was a serious discrepancy.  
>>> As Christie
>>> mentioned, we calculated the best price for each drink that we  
>>> bought and
>>> put them on the fridge along with a "please support the space"  
>>> statement.
>>> I hope that this second drink run will prove more fruitful than  
>>> the first
>>> and I do hope that everyone enjoys the varied beverages that we  
>>> acquired. We
>>> did make an effort to go for healthier things by avoiding things  
>>> without
>>> high fructose corn syrup (besides the Coke/Sprite) and getting  
>>> things like
>>> fruit juice. Over time we'll get a better idea what people  
>>> actually want,
>>> the Pepsi went unloved last time for example and we didn't get any  
>>> more.
>>> You should all try the Mexicoke if you haven't already, give it a  
>>> shot. Not
>>> only does it have pure cane sugar but its in bottles!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -Ani
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com 
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So Ani and I made a big Costco run for drinks.  We got a lot of  
>>>> great
>>>> things to drink and the fridge is all full up for your hydration  
>>>> pleasure.
>>>>
>>>> People need to stop putting food in the fridge.  I respect people's
>>>> frugality and willingness to share food, but more often than not  
>>>> it just
>>>> sits there and gets gross.  We really need the space for all  
>>>> these great
>>>> dinks, anyway.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to call attention to the fact that the till was  
>>>> short from
>>>> the last restock - not by a little, but by a wide margin.  If you  
>>>> think your
>>>> payment is not being missed, you are mistaken.
>>>>
>>>> We have come up with a new price list that reflects what we paid  
>>>> for the
>>>> sodas.  If you aren't paying that, then you're relying on your  
>>>> friends to
>>>> buy for you.  We're not some faceless corpotation.  I'm personally
>>>> embarrased that my friends are such cheapskates.
>>>>
>>>> Christie
>>>>
>>>> I refuse to put away childish things
>>>>
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