...Jarek Moreschini Black Friday Is black Friday worth it? Is waiting in long lines impatiently in the cold worth the deals that you receive? Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving that starts early in the morning and lasts all day long. This day makes shoppers go crazy and is believed to save you tons of money. Is it really worth it though? Some people say that its not and that they should just wait till Cyber Monday because there are deals just as good on that day. Also if you wait till cyber Monday you wont have to wait outside in lines all night. You can do it from the comfort of your house in pajamas on the couch. In my opinion I think that cyber Monday is a waste of time. I have participated in it before and I feel that it is almost a trick to the customers. I think that they make the customers think they are getting a really good deal and in reality its not that good of a deal after all. I also agree with the article where it says that the customers can just wait a couple of weeks for the item to go back on sale. Some people would rather just spend the time sleeping and couldn’t comprehend waking up that early to go shopping. One more thing that I think you should think about is the worker. They have to be there even before you and have to prepare in days of advance for this day. They also have to work all day long when they could be at home celebrating the holidays with their families. I don’t think I have ever met a worker that wanted to work on Black Friday. Ultimately...
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...decrease at a decreasing rate (3) The reduction in time will follow predictable pattern. (Chase, 2006). In reviewing the simulation for this week’s assignment, this particular Pizza parlor is having difficulties in serving the customers in means of long waiting time and lines. Long wait times may cause customers to eventually leave or stay and not to return based on the learning curve as outlined above. This has been identified as poor customer service and the service is being reviewed to better assist the customers. The simulation showed four tables having the highest utilization at 99.5% and 38 groups of four balked or left the restaurants without being asked. To tackle this problem, the distribution of tables were changed and the distribution of tables and established a priority rule. This decision appears to be a good one. After the decision was made, the utilization of tables for four changed to 93.92 percent and tables for two changed to 92.92%. 13 groups of four and 4 groups of two balked or left the restaurant without being served. The average waiting changed to 5:59 minutes and the average queue length changed to 2.62 and the profits earned were $1,493, but lost sales worth $450. This is the optimum solution as the waiting time has reduced considerably, a...
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...“Anyone who has loved knows how much waiting goes into it – how much waiting is important for love to grow, to flourish through a lifetime.” The homily of Fr. James Donelan is over all a piece about the beauty of waiting. It explains not only about waiting on the simple things in life such as waiting for the meals to be served or waiting for our first job, but it also expounds about waiting as a bigger aspect such as waiting for your true love or waiting to say goodbye. He first explained that everyday is filled with little moments of waiting. Then, he tells us about current philosophies about seizing the day for life is short that would actually have us forget the need for patience and the need for waiting. That kind of philosophy may apply to other people, but he explains that if we never learn to wait, we people will never learn to love any other person other than ourselves. He then connects his homily about waiting to the aspect about love. He showed us the beauty and what we can benefit and what we can lose if we wait for whom we love. He tells us how to find out if someone is worth waiting for through our gut feel. Also, he tells us the difference between “hoping” and expecting” – that hoping means you’re open to whichever side and to whatever happens & that expecting means you’re definitely waiting for something to happen. Lastly, he ended his homily with 2 things: what you can rely on with waiting – your own gut feel, your heart, and your mind & questions to ask yourself...
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...hilarious, unexpected and wise answers to these and other questions. It lends an outrageous, compassionate and indispensable perspective on anything that may ail a book well worth the investment. The author delivers an informative book, accomplished through the fluid use of economic principle to dissect everyday problems, as seen from Tim Harford’s “Dear Economist” column in the Financial Times newspaper of London. He uses fictional type questions that effortlessly lend themselves to his dry English humor, and both the questions and the answers he provides are quite interesting. Harford commonly employs sophisticated economic principles alongside everyday rules, and makes us entertained by his instructive empirical evidence. SUMMARY In this book, one of the letters is from a man who can’t decide whether to propose to his girlfriend on the upcoming Valentine’s Day, or wait until next year. The Undercover Economist discusses and applies the principle of value creation to the situation. He advises that value creating moves should be applied sooner rather than later, because of the limitation of time. However, some decisions are worth delaying in order to acquire more information, or improve upon a situation or thing. In analyzing a decision, the cost of delay needs to be weighed against the value of waiting. Additionally, the decision maker should also strongly bear in mind that the window of opportunity can slam shut, bringing the option value to zero. These principles of value...
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...customer expectations. In creating a systematic approach for Jose’s the service failures became clear. To solve this problem in the short term, the company needs to redesign their processes by hiring additional cooks as well as making sure that these new processes are implemented on a timely schedule. Long term the company should look into adding a proper waiting area where customers are more comfortable waiting for a table. They should also look into adding a bar where those customers who are waiting for tables can purchase drinks. Description Jose’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant is a small restaurant that seats 58 (Krajewski et al., p. 154). The restaurant is located in New England in a business district that is on the edge of a large city (Krajewski et al., p. 154). They offer a wide variety of traditional Mexican cuisine (Krajewski et al., p. 154). Customers are usually seated immediately except for during peak hours on Friday and Saturday nights when they can wait up to 45 minutes (Krajewski et al., p. 154). Customers who decide to stay and wait have to wait outside of the restaurant, because there is no waiting area in the restaurant (Krajewski et al., p. 154). The menu consists of 23 main entrees that are assembled from the basics such as chicken, beef, rice, corn tortillas, flour...
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...Name goes here MKT/551 Professor Joe Zimmerman Marketing Audit Overview May 31, 2011 Table of contents page Case Study: Peace Memorial Hospital: Downtown health Clinic …….………………. 3 Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………….. 3 Environmental Aspects …………………………………………………………….. 5 Demographics …………………………………………………………………….. 5 Politics …………………………………………………………………….. 7 Competition …………………………………………………………………….. 8 Marketing …………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Objectives …………………………………………………………………….. 9 Strategies …………………………………………………………………….. 10 Tactics …………………………………………………………………………….. 10 Four Ps …………………….…………………………………………….. 11 Product …………………………………………………………… 11 Price …………………………………………………………………… 11 Place …………………………………………………………………… 11 Promotion …………………………………………………………… 12 Marketing Information Systems ……………………………………………. 12 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………….. 13 References ……………………………………………………………………………...
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...of art. From the arts class room and outside, art has always been in her mind and she lives art. She joined the AAA Middle School arts club and became the president of the club in seventh grade. In high school, she also joined many art contents and was a participant in a community mural painting. She does not consider herself good though, for she believes that there are a thousand ways to make art and she only knows a few. She considers entering an arts program in a university as a great opportunity for her to learn more about art and to share what she knows to other people as well. For Amy Keller, college is a thing worth waiting for, not just because she’ll be free from her parents but because she will be able to manage and learn to live an independent life. As one of the things she was waiting for, securing a slot for the Arts program is a thing worth her time and effort. Because of Mr. Devaughn, her arts teacher who is an alumnus of XXX University, Amy Keller considers this university as her best shot in achieving a college life that is academic, fun, and worthwhile. It is obvious that she wants to enter the Fine Arts Program of XXX University because she wanted to be an artist since...
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...Cultural factors affect waiting lines. For example, fast checkout lines (e.g.,10 items or fewer) are uncommon in Japan. Why do you think so? When Krispy Kreme donuts entered the Japanese market, people were willing to wait in line for up to three hours to get donuts although another brand of donuts was available. I have tried these donuts and agree that they taste really good, however I would not wait in line for up to three hours for them. The Japanese on the other hand, enjoy standing in line. Japanese people are very patient. If there is no line for a product it may be looked upon as unpopular and of no value. Waiting in line is so common in Japan that it is used as a marketing tool; the Japanese may rent persons to stand in line for them when they are physically challenged or just don’t feel like standing in line but want the product being offered. I feel fast checkout lines are uncommon in Japan because the Japanese are patient people and enjoy waiting in line. They take the attitude that anything of value is worth standing in line for. If there is no line, there is no value. An added benefit of standing in line are the conversations between family members and friends and the memories that they make. Kohlbacher, F., & Holtschneider, U. (2008). Tokyo Queues for You. J@Pan Inc, (78), 24-26. Marquand, R., & Staff, w. (2005, September 27). Japanese queue - gladly - for a 35-foot platypus and falafel. Christian Science Monitor. p....
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...go through the gift shop to get to the actual dining room, and the gift shop is just LOADED with various southern style groceries, gadgets, and games. One cannot help but be distracted by everything that you can buy in this gift shop. Cracker Barrel is usually packed, which usually means that you will be waiting once you get there. However, with everything there is in the gift shop to distract you, the wait-time does not end up being perceived as very long at all. In fact, a lot of the time when people's names are called, they are standing in line waiting on the gift shop cashier to ring them up for whatever they have collected in the store during their wait. * Propositions * Occupied Time Feels Shorter Than Unoccupied Time: While waiting to be sat, there are many things to occupy customers' attention in the gift shop. There are games you can play (which may entice you to buy them), groceries, gadgets, and decorations to occupy your time. * The More Valuable the Service, the Longer the Customer Will Wait: The fact is, Cracker Barrel gives customers a tremendous amount of wholesome food at a very low price. With this being the case, it is worth the wait for a good, cheap meal. Additionally, with the gift shop having volumes of...
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...Waiting for Godot is hailed as a classic example of the "Theatre of the Absurd," Such dramatic works present a world in which daily actions are without meaning, language fails to effectively communicate. The characters reflect a sense of artifice, even wondering aloud whether perhaps they are on a stage. Waiting for Godot begins with two men on a barren road by a leafless tree. These men, Vladimir and Estragon, are often characterized as "tramps". The world of this play is operating on its own set of rules, its own system. There nothing happens, nothing is certain, and there’s never anything to do. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot, a man or perhaps a deity. The tramps can’t be sure if they’ve met Godot, if they’re waiting in the right place, if this is the right day, or even whether Godot is going to show up at all. While they wait, Vladimir and Estragon fill their time with a series of mundane activities (like taking a boot on and off) and trivial conversations (turnips, carrots) scattered with more serious reflection (dead voices, suicide, the Bible). "We always find something," Estragon casually remarks in Act II, "to give us the impression we exist." The tramps are soon interrupted by the arrival of Lucky, a man/servant/pet with a rope tied around his neck, and Pozzo, his master, holding the other end of the long rope. The four men proceed to do together what Vladimir and Estragon did earlier by themselves: namely, nothing. Lucky and Pozzo then leave so that...
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...Waiting for Godot is hailed as a classic example of the "Theatre of the Absurd," Such dramatic works present a world in which daily actions are without meaning, language fails to effectively communicate. The characters reflect a sense of artifice, even wondering aloud whether perhaps they are on a stage. Waiting for Godot begins with two men on a barren road by a leafless tree. These men, Vladimir and Estragon, are often characterized as "tramps". The world of this play is operating on its own set of rules, its own system. There nothing happens, nothing is certain, and there’s never anything to do. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot, a man or perhaps a deity. The tramps can’t be sure if they’ve met Godot, if they’re waiting in the right place, if this is the right day, or even whether Godot is going to show up at all. While they wait, Vladimir and Estragon fill their time with a series of mundane activities (like taking a boot on and off) and trivial conversations (turnips, carrots) scattered with more serious reflection (dead voices, suicide, the Bible). "We always find something," Estragon casually remarks in Act II, "to give us the impression we exist." The tramps are soon interrupted by the arrival of Lucky, a man/servant/pet with a rope tied around his neck, and Pozzo, his master, holding the other end of the long rope. The four men proceed to do together what Vladimir and Estragon did earlier by themselves: namely, nothing. Lucky and Pozzo then leave so...
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...Is there a market waiting to be conned? Most of you must have received messages like “A billionaire has passed away in London & has left behind his fortune worth billions of dollars in your name” or “your mobile number has won an award worth billions”. The next step in the well conceived fraud is a request to pay an amount to claim the fortune or pass on your bank account details to deposit the willed amount. You must have ignored these messages and moved on, but the truth is that a sizeable population, even well educated ones, respond to these messages and fall prey to the fraud. In a recent incident in my office one of my colleagues holding a managerial position has received a call purportedly from his bank. The caller has asked for certain details, on the pre-text of upgrading his debit card, like his account details, date of birth & the information sought was promptly provided. The caller then moved on to ask the pin number of his existing debit card which the person almost gave away, but for a sudden thought which sent shivers down his spine, that this a spam call. There was also an incident in Mumbai where, a director of a company in the middle of a meeting started getting a series of SMS alerts from his bank that so & so amounts are withdrawn from his bank account. Before he could react around one crore rupee was withdrawn from his account. Up on calling the bank he was asked to go to the police since the bank could not ascertain the veracity of the complaint...
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...”Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” The text ”Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” written by Thomas Wolfe is a story about a narrator helping a guy that is waiting for the train in the subway in Brooklyn. Wolfe starts his novel in this way “DERE’S NO GUY livin’ dat knows Brooklyn t’roo an’ t’roo, because it’d take a guy a lifetime just to find his way aroun’ duh f --- town” . In the novel he portrays the life in the streets of Brooklyn and in which we follow the unknown narrator, who is waiting for his train to come. While he is waiting he overhears a conversation between a big guy and a little guy. The big guy wants to go to Bensonhoist (Bensonhurst without dialect), but he does not know how to get there. Getting no help from the little guy, the big guy asks the narrator for help. After giving guidelines to the big guy about going to Bensonhurst another guy comes and interferes in. Despite the narrator’s guidelines, the so-called ‘wise guy’ gives the big guy new instructions in the belief that his guidelines is the correct. That leads the narrator and the ‘wise guy’ into a discussion about what the idea of wisdom actually means. Luckily the arrival of the train saves him from a possible fight and instead he gets on the train with the big guy. During the ride the conversation takes a twist when the big guy tells the purpose of visiting Bensonhurst. The fact that the big guy only wants to visit Bensonhurst because of his wanderlust and attempt to see all parts of Brooklyn makes the narrator...
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...week now a day. Gas prices also vary from gas station to gas station which causes us to look for the gas station with the lowest prices. The question is: Is it really worth driving around to the gas station with the lowest price per gallon? Like most I am a working student who does not have time to find other means of transportation other than my car because I can not be late to school and I most definitely can not be late to work. Having a vehicle for transportation is becoming more expensive as the days go by. No one can ever expect to know what the gas prices will be like tomorrow. One day they go way up high to about $2.64 per gallon and the next day they are back down to about $2.41, of course that's just an estimation of what I have seen. It is very frustrating since the price is always changing managing money becomes a little more complicated because you never know what to expect. Everyone thinks that because gas is about $0.03 cents less at the gas station down the street that they are going to save a lot more money. For example, I live in the northeast side of town, and sometimes I drive to the east side to do run errands, gas always seems to be lower on the east side of town. It is not too much lower approximately $0.06 cents my argument though is that of course it is not worth trying to find the gas station with the lowest price because it wastes time, along the way after pumping gas there will be a gas station with a lower price, and it also wastes...
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...and broadening your mind, of taking what you read and applying it to yourself, and also, most of all, the importance of taking time to share that love of reading with someone. “What direction will you go?”, she might ask. “UP!”, I would say. With every question she would ask, I would have to think. I always wanted to give a different answer, because I never knew where it might take me. The hows, the whys, the wheres were all ways that she would teach me to think about what we were reading. “What could happen?” was always one of my favorite questions. This one would make me think harder, to broaden my mind to the possibilities of something new that could happen on my journey. The question of “What will you do if you're in The Waiting Place?” was one that, as a little girl, I didn't really understand. My answer for that was usually “I don't know!” and my mom would say, “Think about it! Maybe next time you will know”. This is a...
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