Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Generali

LydiaJ wrote: »

I don't think there's much to read into the fact that they're all smiling. Smiling for a portrait photo has been fairly standard every since cameras got fast enough that you don't have to hold the pose for several minutes as the Victorians did.

There's a joke about a French man, a Scot and a US mid-Westerner who all get taken to the morgue with a smile on their faces.

First the mortician asked why the Frenchman was smiling.
"He died whilst making love with his mistress after a wonderful meal" came the reply.

Then she asked why the Scotsman was smiling.
"He found a case of the most wonderful whisky and unfortunately drank rather too much of it".

Then she asked why the mid-Westerner was smiling.
"He was caught in a thunderstorm and thought his photo was being taken".


We've got thunder and lightning tonight, the works. I'll have at least one of the Generalissimos in bed with me and Mrs G before 3am.

Doozergirl

It's $8000 for a liquid nitrogen ice cream maker that will make up to 40 batches an hour.

At £3 a portion, you could turnover up to £960 a day from one machine, but you'd need more than one staff member to produce that many - maybe 2.5 people per machine? I probably have things to do other than build a business plan for an ice cream parlour, but what do the NP think? Potentially profitable? I think it would be hard work, but there are a lot of ice cream millionaires out there.

Generali

Doozergirl wrote: »

It's $8000 for a liquid nitrogen ice cream maker that will make up to 40 batches an hour.

At £3 a portion, you could turnover up to £960 a day from one machine, but you'd need more than one staff member to produce that many - maybe 2.5 people per machine? I probably have things to do other than build a business plan for an ice cream parlour, but what do the NP think? Potentially profitable? I think it would be hard work, but there are a lot of ice cream millionaires out there.

There's a liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour over here. I'm guessing that our peak ice cream season is rather longer than yours though.

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

I had a friend whose work seconded him to a place in Switzerland where he was provided with a furnished flat complete with kitchen equipment. There were no egg cups. He likes boiled eggs. He found that the kitchen was supplied with plenty of sherry glasses that would do just nicely for eating boiled eggs out of.

OMG, thank you......

We have DOZENS of sherry glasses from when half the communists in London used to have sherry and finger sandwiches at ine of my in laws places in the sixties. ( isn't that a wonderful image, the idea of a bunch of left wing people sipping sherry and nibbles talking about equality) . I've used them for teeny tiny posies, digestif glasses, and stuff, but I never really know what to do with them most of the time. We only have a few egg cups and sherry glass egg cups would delight me!

Thank you!

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

But, let's face it - if that phone company were hiring ... I'd not stand a chance. Not even to do their photocopying.

I'd say a food percentage of those women rather ham being innately 'pretty' are attractive because they are well presented. I see no reason you could not do the same.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

It's $8000 for a liquid nitrogen ice cream maker that will make up to 40 batches an hour.

At £3 a portion, you could turnover up to £960 a day from one machine, but you'd need more than one staff member to produce that many - maybe 2.5 people per machine? I probably have things to do other than build a business plan for an ice cream parlour, but what do the NP think? Potentially profitable? I think it would be hard work, but there are a lot of ice cream millionaires out there.

To turnover £960/day you'd need to find 320 eager customers.... every day. 40/hour every hour if you're open 9-5, 7 days/week.

To get that, and more, you'd need a high footfall and footfall of the right demographic too.

Basic staff costs are £10/hour (minimum wage, holiday pay, employer's NI), so that's another 3 sales/hour needed for each staff member.

How much repeat business is there, once the novelty's passed?

Business rates, building cost, insurances, maintenance, fittings.... equipment, supplies, admin time/cost. Advertising, promotions, website/facebook time.

Seems risky for a cold climate.

Ice cream millionaires won't have started from a shop.... they'll have got one ice cream van, then fought with the local M4f14 over turf .... paid henchmen to do some beating up ... then increased their land coverage.

I'd suggest you pack some sandwiches and a flask of coffee and sit at a local car boot sale in your car all day and see how much business a random van in a field does for starters.

I bet kebabs/burgers/pizzas make more money as a shop.

PasturesNew

I just had a second boiled egg and soldiers

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

I'd say a food percentage of those women rather ham being innately 'pretty' are attractive because they are well presented. I see no reason you could not do the same.

Ducking auto correct is shirt!

PasturesNew

You can run kids parties - this outfit charge £12/head, so that's more money, less work - but less turnover per square foot. hapusicecream.co.uk/childrens-parties-on-the-farm/

Mind you, that £12 is a buffet and an ice cream party.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I'd say a food percentage of those women rather ham being innately 'pretty' are attractive because they are well presented. I see no reason you could not do the same.

I've never been well presented in that way. It'd take a lot of money/effort to get to that stage just for interview - and once you've got the job you've then another 20 days' worth of outfits to find .... and all that hairdressing!

Right now I don't even own any makeup except an 8 year old eye liner pencil, a £1 dried up mascara and a 15 year old eye shadow.