This spring I find it particularly difficult to concentrate in the afternoons if I am working from home, so I usually head out to one of my local Starbucks for one of those Green tea Arnold Palmer's (refreshing). During these outings I bring my laptop and cell phone to stay connected and actually get tons of work done, by work I mean freelance writing and web design projects, and my full time job of finding a job. What I have observed is an amazing cross section of business and dating going on. I have overheard people discussing new business ventures, meeting with recruiters, advertisers, sales reps, you name it, and I have also overheard at least a dozen "scratch & sniffs" (that's what I call those first coffee dates), I even overheard a breakup..... Coming from LA, this is how business was done in that town, people would joke that many deals got done over a latte, perhaps this is a trend that is spreading across America as we deconstruct the traditional corporate world? I wonder.....I also wonder why doesn't Starbucks capitalize on this? Can you imagine the product extensions and possibilities? I can, and often do on my outings.....maybe I'm just a natural born marketer and can't help it.....
OK I gotta get back to re-writing my resume for the 100th time this year......
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