Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Can I persuade others to join this campaign?

Today, I interviewed the manager of Allegro, the coffee shop located on ISM's campus. Allegro is a hot spot for teachers, parents, and students to get their daily dose of coffee, cold drinks, and snacks. The purpose of this meeting was to find out the amount of coffee that is consumed each day by the ISM community. Robert was unable to give me the data today but promised that he could have this data ready for me later in the week.

I know that Starbuck's encourages customers to have their drinks served in their mugs or a travel mug by offering a 5 peso discount. If Starbuck's can do this why can't Allegro. During my meeting with Robert I asked him if this was something that Allegro would be willing to do. He LOVED the idea and is going to ask his boss if this is something that can be started at ISM. Robert wants to implement this plan for several reasons.
  1. It will reduce the waste produced at ISM.
  2. His company will not have to purchase as many paper coffee cups.
  3. It will be easier to know the customer's order because of personal coffee mugs.
Robert felt pretty confident that he will have an answer by next week. I will keep you posted!

2 comments:

Mari said...

I think that you would be able to persuade others. I think that because it could lessen the pollution. It is also a bit simple to do unless you forget your mug.

Unknown said...

I liked the idea that you could vote. The idea of the coffe cup was a very good way of saving waste and also money.