The other day, a Tuesday to be precise, we phoned a sandwich shop close to the office. The Tuesday thing is relevant because Tuesday is the day that pork sandwiches are on their 'specials'.
It was 11:50am. They were out of pork! This is not the first time that this has happened. One Tuesday it happened when we phoned at 12:30, so we phoned the next time at 12:15 and the next time at 12:05 and 12:00, hence trying to order lunch at 11:50...
Now don't get me wrong, we have achieved pork sandwiches for lunch on the occasional Tuesday so we're not just accidentally ringing a hair dressers but what amazes me is that a sandwich shop, which makes its money from selling food, runs out of said food before the time of day when people tend to buy food!
Its only happened to me in Subway once. They ran out of bread. Enough said.
If you run out of pork one Tuesday, by lunchtime, and have more customers asking for pork, surely, next Tuesday you make sure you have more pork! And you keep buying in more pork on a Tuesday until you no longer run out of pork!
When it comes to stock levels companies should always abide by the 'one left' rule. If you've got one left you're certain that you couldn't possibly have sold any more.
And if you want a pork sandwich on a Tuesday when you're in our neck of the woods just make sure you order it on Monday!
