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OSE_1310_part1_Layout 1 10/7/13 10:02 AM Page 20 IDEAS That Work REFRESHING RETREAT Something Cold forA Quarter (Yes, 25ยข!) I f your staff works hard, give them something to enjoy in the lounge. We installed a soda vending machine and polled our employees to PAUSE decide what Virginia. FOR THE CAUSE Stopping for a sip at the Surgi-Center of Central to put in it. There were some heated battles over whether to include Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi or Coke Zero, so we included all 3, which cracks me up because to my mind they're all the same thing. Then we set the price at a quarter each, where it's stayed for a number of years. New surgeons always seem to love the idea of 25cent drinks, and the OR manager always has a spare quarter handy for a thirsty doc. Visiting vendors' reps almost always stop by the machine, just because it's there. I mean, come on! Where else can you get a 25-cent soda? People ask me, 'Don't you lose money on that?' I don't even think 2 0 O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | O C T O B E R 2013

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