Waiting in Line
Twenty ideas for solving standing in line problem. (In our case, waiting in line at a grocery store)
- Have reading choices (assorted selection)
- Have employees be nice
- Customer engagement via mobile app, which gives discounts
- Beepers, allow people to mill around and be called when there is an opening
- Cheaper Deliver (online shopping)
- Diner / Postal style (shopper picks in person, items are delivered to them in the parking lot
- Trolley System (pay as you put items in shopping cart)
- Conveyer-style shopping
- Portable cashiers / flag shopper
- Discount for waiting
- More cashiers
- Free food samples
- “Sims” style social statuses
- App to tell when in-store traffic is minimal
- Caste system – allotted shopping times
- Group-based ordering
- Disney-style lines
- Do something you normally don’t do
- Deep-breathing / creative meditating
- Play assassins to get in line
Idea to present to client
- Trolley System – pay as you put items in cart
- 3-SLIDE (hosted on google docs)
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