The following email exchange took place at work today. It starts with a mass email from the receptionist.
We've had the same type of coffee for a long time, and people have been suggesting it's time for a change. The good news is Portland Roasting coffee is now available in the size packets we use, so we got three samples: French, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Tomorrow (Friday) morning we will brew these samples and label the thermos so you know what you're sampling. Please note your opinion on the comment sheets, and our next order will be determined by your input.
It's true that this coffee is a little more expensive than what we have been using. It has been calculated that if we switch to Portland Roasting coffee, we should start putting in 35 cents per (12 oz) cup instead of 25.
My Reply:
You should do a blind study, labeling the thermoses with random numbers, each of them like 4 digits. Excel can generate random numbers for you. Then, after everyone indicates their preferences, you can reveal the unbiased winner!!
Her Reply to me:
why I hate working with economists
4 comments:
Nerd POWER!
Hunh. Interesting.
I also work in an office full of economists, but most of our internal emails relate to barely-safe-for-work youtube videos.
I don't know what to say, Scott. Maybe if you lived and worked in a more interesting city, you know, one where they let homeless people hang out, your internal emails wouldn't stoop to the lowest common denominator.
Very funny.
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