You Look Familiar
People all over the world could (at any time) come up to you and say you look familiar…or, you could say it to them in turn. It is possible that they are familiar as there are a lot of physical Read More …
Category: retail
Seriously
Seriously, there is a difference between reality and what people think. They can think whatever they want but it doesn’t change reality. Seriously. ~ Dawn aka Hat Girl
A Little Upgrade
When there is just a little upgrade, you don’t think of the sunk costs when you say yes. $10 to try the higher flight height, on top of the virtual skydiving you already paid more than you would think it Read More …
All In One Sitting
Today, the woman at Target told me that I was going to be (not that I was already) really fresh…as if I was going to finish two containers of Altoids all in one sitting. I laughed, thinking, wow, that was Read More …
Bad Parking
How much does a bad parking lot design affect your willingness to go to a business? It matters. It matters a lot. If it didn’t, we (the designers, the architects, the engineers and the project managers) wouldn’t spend countless hours Read More …
Poorly Designed
It is really a shame when someone develops a new idea, a device, or even a new feature, but it is poorly designed. If they’ve had past success, and people like them, there might be support. It might make its Read More …
Can I help?
The toughest position in any company is the person whose job it is to say (over and over and over) “can I help?” Inevitably, someone will say, and not in a good way, “NO.” Instead, they could just be nice Read More …
Bright Tropical Prints
Spent a short visit today to our favorite little, off the beaten path grocer, where everyone is so festive in their bright tropical prints. It is a shame that they are just not “everywhere” in suburbia. Their prices are great. Read More …
In Search Of the Perfect
We can win or lose when we are constantly in search of the perfect… Jelly beans (of course,) the obvious choice, given the photo, but, what if that is all we have and we can’t find the right ones? Should Read More …
Snow Business
There is no business like snow business…as in the lack thereof. The forecast for today was terribly far off in timing and businesses across the region closed, too early some might think, considering the lack of significant weather impact until Read More …