View Full Version : they made murgle put together and take apart mr. potato head for 2 hours


ravenguy2000
08-05-2009, 09:15 AM
http://consumerist.com/5329916/starbucks-manager-forced-to-put-mr-potato-head-together-for-two-hours

To help her understand how work can be done more efficiently, Kim Landreth, a member of the lean team, brought a Mr. Potato Head to Ms. Jordan's store and sprinkled the ears, nose, lips and other accessories across several tables.

Using a stop watch, Ms. Landreth timed how long it took Ms. Jordan to assemble the toy and place it in its box. It took more than a minute. Ms. Landreth asked her to think about how she could complete the task faster. Moving items closer together shaved time, as did altering the order of assembly. Over two hours, Ms. Jordan amended the task. Her final time: about 16 seconds. "That really opened my eyes," she says.

:erm:

Eulogy
08-05-2009, 09:18 AM
why don't they just take them into a store before it opens and have them see how they can make drinks faster?

Mo
08-05-2009, 09:43 AM
"That really opened my eyes," she says.

ATS
08-05-2009, 09:45 AM
if people drank less coffee the lines at starbucks wouldnt be as bad. they have it all backwards since coffee is bad for u anyway

murgle
08-05-2009, 09:59 AM
They didn't make me do this, guys.

murgle
08-05-2009, 10:00 AM
why don't they just take them into a store before it opens and have them see how they can make drinks faster?

It's not just about making drinks faster, it's about realizing all of the things we do in a store and trying to streamline that process.

I would not put together a Mr freaking Potato head for 2 hours, though. I would just stare my DM and be like, 'uh no'

ChristHimself!
08-05-2009, 10:03 AM
unless your dm was a naked david tennant

duovamp
08-05-2009, 10:05 AM
I've chosen to read DM as dungeon master.

Eulogy
08-05-2009, 04:40 PM
It's not just about making drinks faster, it's about realizing all of the things we do in a store and trying to streamline that process.

I would not put together a Mr freaking Potato head for 2 hours, though. I would just stare my DM and be like, 'uh no'

well yes. and wouldn't that be easier to realize by being in the store?

barden
08-05-2009, 08:07 PM
would the dungeon master fire you for insubordination?

barden
08-05-2009, 08:07 PM
just put the fucking potato head together.

barden
08-05-2009, 08:13 PM
as it is supposed to be. maybe move the pieces closer together.

murgle
08-05-2009, 09:02 PM
unless your dm was a naked david tennant

then I would do absolutely anything asked of me, you are correct Sir.

murgle
08-05-2009, 09:03 PM
well yes. and wouldn't that be easier to realize by being in the store?

they put the potato head together in the store

waltermcphilp
08-05-2009, 09:19 PM
I've chosen to read DM as dungeon master.


:rockon:

fluxequalsrad
08-05-2009, 09:55 PM
coffee is bad for u anyway

debatable. it has many benefits.

Eulogy
08-05-2009, 10:41 PM
they put the potato head together in the store

ok well my main point was that i don't get why they couldn't use the same strategy but in doing things that they will actually be doing inside the store. will they be putting potato heads together during the morning rush?

ravenguy2000
08-05-2009, 10:43 PM
eulogy thinking like that is never going to get you ahead in business

Dogfighter28
08-05-2009, 10:44 PM
ok well my main point was that i don't get why they couldn't use the same strategy but in doing things that they will actually be doing inside the store. will they be putting potato heads together during the morning rush?

unskilled laborers do not have mental capacity to grasp a concept and apply it to their actual work in one fell swoop so they take baby steps

Joe
08-05-2009, 11:10 PM
eulogy thinking like that is never going to get you a potatohead in business

i did not think i could hate myself more, till i posted this

exactlythesame
08-05-2009, 11:16 PM
I pity the poor managers who have to dismember and recombine a Mr. Potato Head for hours on end under stopwatch. I think that was in the final chapter of 1985, the sequel to 1984.

poor form

Nimrod's Son
08-06-2009, 12:45 AM
we're talking about people with the skills of brewing coffee and steaming milk

of course it took her 2 hours to figure out how to put together a fucking potato head

Joe
08-06-2009, 01:33 AM
and the bad part is after 2 hours she still made and expresso when you asked for a latte

duovamp
08-06-2009, 01:38 AM
just put the fucking potato head together.

I don't know why this completely cracked me up.

Nimrod's Son
08-06-2009, 02:05 AM
expresso
I don't want to hear you belittle someone who makes coffee again, since you're obviously not even fit for that.

Joe
08-06-2009, 02:32 AM
OH GODDAMN I DID NOT SPELL THE NAME OF SOME FUCKING QUEER COFFEE RIGHT.



go fuck yourself

Starla
08-06-2009, 02:41 AM
went to starbucks the other day in town and got a chocolate banana vivianno and it was pretty good. needed more choco.

Eulogy
08-06-2009, 02:44 AM
I don't want to hear you belittle someone who makes coffee again, since you're obviously not even fit for that.

see even nimrod and i can agree on some things

Nimrod's Son
08-06-2009, 03:00 AM
OH GODDAMN I DID NOT SPELL THE NAME OF SOME FUCKING QUEER COFFEE RIGHT.



go fuck yourself

It's not the spelling. I'm sure you even call it "expresso." It's a sign of a massive lack of intelligence.

murgle
08-06-2009, 05:19 PM
went to starbucks the other day in town and got a chocolate banana vivianno and it was pretty good. needed more choco.

I like to use the white chocolate instead of the regular stuff. I don't like our regular mocha.

murgle
08-06-2009, 05:20 PM
ok well my main point was that i don't get why they couldn't use the same strategy but in doing things that they will actually be doing inside the store. will they be putting potato heads together during the morning rush?

no, but it's an illustration tool. I agree that it's dumb to use a potato head thingy to do it, but they were just trying to make a point

murgle
08-06-2009, 05:21 PM
and the bad part is after 2 hours she still made and expresso when you asked for a latte

This doesn't make any fucking sense, you moron.

Joe
08-06-2009, 10:37 PM
fuck you fatty

topleybird
08-06-2009, 11:19 PM
A ten-minute version of this exercise would likely illustrate the alleged point.

The two-hour version described can only be a soul-deadening test of blind allegiance.

murgle
08-07-2009, 06:14 PM
If you read it, it does not say that they made her put it together for two hours non-stop. It sounds like she put it together the first time, then thought about it, tried some things, etc. for 2 hours, and then put it together again the fastest/last time.

I still don't really know how it took 2 hours, but still