[Noisebridge-discuss] So disappointing...

[Paul Böhm]

things that have helped drink payment morale at metalab:

1) making prices MORE visible (having the list on the refrigerator
where you have to kneel to read them is not good enough),
2) having payment make a noise (so if someone gets a drink, you know
you should have heard a noise before they come back to the
table/couch, or you can politely remind them)
3) putting up a picture of an eye saying smtn along the lines of
"Protip: stealing from friends is not cool.' (see
http://fridge.metalab.at/)
4) putting up a container and getting a few people to be responsible
for emptying the cash into that container when too much accumulates.
only the treasurer should be able to empty that central container.
reason: though less likely (if people are cool - and we are
excellent), cash theft is worse than people not paying for drinks.
5) putting LEDs on the fridge that can be programmed via the web
(well, that didn't really help, but it was fun - again see
http://fridge.metalab.at/)

that said, having the money around isn't a longterm solution we've
noticed. current metalab consensus is to go with prepaid barcode cards
or something along these lines and play a oneup supermario sound
whenever someone pays. the implementation is like 95% done - i don't
know why this never got finished. if someone wants to play with it, i
can summon the code (very pretty web interface with supermario gfx and
stuff - just needs a database backend).

enki

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com> wrote:
> I did an accounting of the monies taken in thus far for the drinks we
> restocked.  As anticipated, the new drink selection is pretty popular.
> Restock was Friday evening, and with what's missing, we should have taken in
> well over $100.
>
> We didn't.  We only took in about 3/4 of what we should have, just for
> what's missing, not counting the stuff that was leftover from before the
> restock (which is gone too).
>
> Now, I hate haranguing people about this, but I find it really depressing
> that with all this attention I've been bringing that this is the best we can
> do.  I have to ask:  Is there any reason why people aren't paying?  Are the
> prices not clear?  Do you find the prices too high?  Do you think there's
> something wrong with the system?
>
> If you have issues, by all means bring them up.  Even if you have just heard
> reasons people have given for not paying, it'd be good to get them on the
> table so we can get them resolved.  Please don't depend on your friends to
> buy for you when they believe they're supporting Noisebridge instead.
>
> Christie
>
> --
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> ~ Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi
>
> If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what
> they do not want to hear.
> ~ George Orwell
>
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> ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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