8A- Solving the Problem

8A- Solving the Problem

Last week I went to Impulse Nutrition, a juice and smoothie bar downtown, to order a tab for a sorority my fraternity is courting. When I went there the owner gave us sample of the drinks because it was our first time there. The drinks were in cups that were covered with a thin plastic sheet over the top of the cup where you would use the straw, he gave with a pointed end to jab into the plastic sheet in order to get to the juice. He explained that many people get his drinks to go and they don’t drink them until after they have scooted home or they save them for later; he said he decided to put the “lid” on these to go orders because then there is no opening until you poke it open with the straw and even at that point it saves a lot on spillage. Transitioning this idea of having a plastic sheet “lid” over the juices to then bringing this idea to bars and clubs to put over their cups, because the opportunity I have found is that the spillage of drinks at packed bars and clubs becomes a big hazard to the club-goers and an even bigger liability to the club and bar owners due to the possibility of slipping on the wet floor covered in ice and other liquid and could also accidentally start altercations because of spilling on someone else. By covering the cups at bars and clubs with this plastic sheet that seconds as a lid would greatly reduce the amount of liquid and ice spilled on the floor and spillage due to knocking into someone else or accidentally spilling on someone else.