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May 27, 2008 7:11 PM Subscribe
How can I design a robust system that collects lunch orders and payments, collates them, and then dispatches them to a sandwich shop - all automatically?
I've finally had it with our office canteen. It's dreadful and expensive. But it's also a hike to the nearest shop. Everyone moans about the canteen, but no one wants to have to run an order book every day.
I would like to set up some kind of ordering system where colleagues could place their order and pay by a certain time. Then that order would be automatically sent to a sandwich shop, which would then deliver to the front desk.
All of the ideas I can think of (using a wiki for example) involve me having to collect cash or otherwise getting involved. So I'm turning it over to the collective creative geniuses of the green. What can you think of?
I'm in DC if that helps.
I've finally had it with our office canteen. It's dreadful and expensive. But it's also a hike to the nearest shop. Everyone moans about the canteen, but no one wants to have to run an order book every day.
I would like to set up some kind of ordering system where colleagues could place their order and pay by a certain time. Then that order would be automatically sent to a sandwich shop, which would then deliver to the front desk.
All of the ideas I can think of (using a wiki for example) involve me having to collect cash or otherwise getting involved. So I'm turning it over to the collective creative geniuses of the green. What can you think of?
I'm in DC if that helps.
You could setup a "store" with Paypal with the sandwiches available, as long as your coworkers (or you) don't mind paying the slight fees.
Then you could just e-mail/fax the orders to the sandwich shop.
posted by wongcorgi at 8:53 PM on May 27, 2008
Then you could just e-mail/fax the orders to the sandwich shop.
posted by wongcorgi at 8:53 PM on May 27, 2008
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posted by greenland at 7:53 PM on May 27, 2008