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I visited a new coffee shop in my town and the way they handle their break room for staff is really smart.
I stopped by that new place on Elm Street, The Daily Grind, yesterday. While I was waiting for my order, I could see into their back area. They have this small break space with a whiteboard where the staff writes down what they need, like more oat milk or a new box of lids. The manager told me they check it twice a day and it cuts down on people having to hunt for stuff during a rush. It's such a simple fix, but it seems like it would make the shift way smoother. I'm thinking about suggesting something like that at my office, maybe a shared list on the fridge. Has anyone else seen a good system like this where they work?
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the_alice25d ago
My old job at the library had a dry erase board by the supply closet for that exact thing, and it saved so many last minute panics for printer paper. The real game changer was when they added a cheap digital clock next to it with a timer set for 15 minutes. If you took the last of something, you had to set the timer as a visual nudge to actually reorder it before you got distracted. It sounds silly, but that timer made people actually follow through.
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jones.nancy24d ago
That timer trick is genius, it turns a vague note into an actual task you can't ignore. We tried a whiteboard at my last bar gig but it failed because, like benclark said, stuff just got forgotten. Maybe we needed that visual nudge to actually go check the syrup levels.
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