Now if that isn't inspiration for Office Nomads to sell our lockers, I'm not quite sure what is. Great story, Rick!
Susan Office Nomads officenomads.com On Jan 4, 11:05 pm, Tara Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > I just fell out of my chair laughing at the fact that you sold your lockers > and got drunk. Hilarious. Beats my 'sold my car to buy a pair of shoes' > story. ;) > > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Rick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > > Rick Myers from Strongbox West <http://strongboxwest.com>. We have just > > officially opened and we don't have lockers, but we did have two very nice > > sets of lockers that we sold about nine months ago. > > > Sadly the lockers were ignored for nearly ten years by almost everyone at > > our company, Talent Zoo <http://www.TalentZoo.com>. The concept of > > lockers is fun & was a perfect idea for Talent Zoo, but the lockers saw > > little to no use. With the exception of myself and my partner Amy, I don't > > think anyone really used them. They were brand new when we bought them and > > looked great in the place. After ten years of almost no use though we > > decided to sell the lockers. I was sad to sell them and see them leave the > > joint, but no one used them and I was fairly certain we'd have no future > > use. That is until we decided to get into the coworking biz. > > > When we decided to open Strongbox West, one of my first thoughts was "Damn, > > wish we hadn't sold our lockers." They lockers would have been perfect for > > Strongbox. They were a cool blue and looked brand new, minus the Van Halen > > sticker and a Talent Zoo sticker on the inside of my locker. > > > Anyway, my remorse quickly subsided. As I walked by our empty lockers > > daily, I remember thinking what a shame it was no one really used them. > > Seemingly a great idea, like so many, that never took off. > > > Although I am uncertain, my guess id our lockers would see little use at > > Strongbox, just like at Talent Zoo. For some reason, it seems most people > > like the idea of lockers more than the reality. > > > In the end, I'm glad we Cragislisted 'em traveled to the bar with the cash. > > > Just my two pennies. > > > BTW, you can reach me at [email protected] if you like. > > > -Rick > > > Rick Myers > > StrongboxWest.com > > Twitter.com/StrongboxWest > > Twitter.com/RickM > > > and ten years later > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Susan Evans <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Hey all, > > >> Office Nomads chiming in. Similarly to others, we've got a set of > >> lockers that are never locked. :) Classic. People asked for them a > >> ton when we first opened, and we got them (also cheap from a reuse > >> store in Seattle), and then mostly they got ignored. Every once and a > >> while someone uses one for a couple of days, but more than anything > >> else I think they make people feel more comfortable. They're there if > >> they need them, even if they don't... > > >> For our residents, we provide a small locking rolling cabinet that > >> they can use. That has shown to be a great value to members - we hear > >> more and more from them that the cabinets were part of what got them > >> excited to be a resident. They get to leave their stuff here and feel > >> more at home. We found ours online for relatively cheap, but they > >> were still a pretty significant cost as far as buying stuff goes. But > >> definitely worthwhile. Ours are 3 drawers, locking, and roll across > >> the floor. Pretty simple. > > >> Good luck! > > >> Susan > > >> On Dec 13, 5:01 pm, Muskie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > One thing I've found is people want everything and they want to pay > >> > little or nothing. cowork...@bob is getting looked at and one thing > >> > people comment on is we have a lot of space. This is because we're in > >> > the inner-city, Chinatown, and we have good relations with our > >> > landlord who gets what we're about. > > >> > So even before we buy lockers we have a loading bay, litterally big > >> > enough to park a truck in, we're using this for bike storage and for > >> > events we'll probably move some unneeded furniture back and forth, we > >> > plan to get some stackable chairs so you can do sort of a speaker and > >> > audience type set up in the main room. > > >> > Then in our eating area we have a wall of cubbies as people seem to > >> > call them, then someone asked for lockable filing so I carried one of > >> > our spare filing cabinets downstairs, we also have 7 or 8 big desks > >> > which have lockable drawers and filing. We then have tables, chairs, > >> > a couch, a bay window. Like I said we have space. > > >> > I'm now thinking of charging say 5 bucks a month for a lockable > >> > drawer, 10 bucks for a gym locker which we will buy off craigslist and > >> > place on the wall opposite the cubbies, and of course maybe 15 or 20 > >> > for a dedicated filing cabinet which certain organizations who may > >> > call us home seem to want. The desks have room for files, but by > >> > cubic volume will come out smaller than the lockers or the cabinet > >> > perhaps. > > >> > We're not doing dedicated desks, we want things to be nice and clean, > >> > so we don't want people leaving stuff on "their" desk. In the eating > >> > area is also this Ikea side table I assembled it has several drawers > >> > and shelves too. Then there is more storage elsewhere on the main > >> > floor, such as the loading bay, some people just seem to want > >> > something they can lock and call their own and we're not going to turn > >> > those people away. But we've drawn the lines at private desks, it is > >> > first come first served on the biggest nicest desks on a daily basis. > >> > We hope that by offering a variey of seating options from casual to > >> > formal, from off in the corner by yourself to sitting on a couch with > >> > some blogger people will find a comfortable and productive spot at > >> > cowork...@bob. > > >> > Cheers, > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Coworking" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 514-679-2951
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