December 16, 2008
Stopping to refuell on the A303 this morning, Guru noticed a rather unusual aroma in the toilets.
It turned out that the Little Chef in Popham, Hampshire, was piping coffee smells into its bogs in a bid to get drivers to stop and buy a hot caffeine fix.
Presumably this coffee habit then causes the drivers to stop more often to use the toilets, trapping them in a neverending coffee-toilet loop that empties their wallets and fills the roads with wide-eyed maniacs.
Guru likes it. And he wonders if employers could take the idea a step further.
Imagine if organisations piped the aroma of toilets in to their tea-and-coffee areas. All that time wasting making hot drinks and gossiping would be a thing of the past. People would stay at their desks and get on with the work they are paid to do.
In fact, thinking back, Guru has worked at a few places that were ahead of their time on this one...
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Reminds me of a great letter I once read in Viz that went along the following lines:
"I hear that some supermarkets are wafting bakery smells around their stores to encourage customers to spend more money on bread.
"I can only assume my local Netto store is trying to increase sales of toilet paper."
Posted by Rob | December 16, 2008 12:18 PM
Posted on December 16, 2008 12:18