My source of entertainment yesterday evening was somewhat unusual… to say the least. I had sent an email to the k-krew at around 7pm…. And check my email later, to find numerous comments…

A snippet of my email:

“Can we all please, at the very minimum, tidy up after ourselves to ensure the freshness of food in the kitchen? I have seen ample times when croissant containers/muffin containers/cookie boxes are open… these things go dry and then are pretty much useless after that.”

Snippets of everyone’s comments below:

“I confronted Vijay and what did he say
I claim he messed up he said no way
The mess on the counter, said wasn’t he
Spilled milk on the counter, said wasn’t he
The bagel in the drawer, shouts wasn’t he!”

“The other day I saw a banana peel on the floor .. ? The risk it poses (and I am told we are not insured against it) is significant. So I did some modeling using decision trees and the finest brew of data mining mixed with a shot of machine learning and built a gigantic graphical tree to assess the risk. The results .. two employees cannot both be in the kitchen at the same time .. how simple and yet how much analysis did it take .. occam’s razor .. that’s all there’s to it ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam’s_Razor ). But there’a a catch though .. how can we catch all those who are not closing the jars … if two employees can’t be in the kitchen at the same time. How can we catch the culprits red handed .. catch 22 you say … that’s what we’re all about .. we solve tough problems ..”

“I’m a firm believer in making the best of every possible situation. We can show consumers how to use protection against staleness: always remember to close containers, use bag clips, and always carry a battery-powered vacuum sealer and extra vacuum sealing bags with you. I think our target market for this is huge. For instance, annually, 20 billion pounds of bread are produced – of which 3% (600 million pounds) is returned and an unknown additional amount is thrown out by consumers battling staleness. Assuming a price of $2/lb, we could save the bread industry over $1.2 billion annually. This is an opportunity which cannot be missed.”

So I tell our krew, who needs tv when we have each other……..