Missed opportunity

I mentioned earlier that Taipei seems to have a 7-Eleven every 3 blocks, but that there's another store even more common. On just about every block, there's a small storefront or shack that sells what some people call "Taiwan chewing gum." It's actually a betel nut product that acts as a stimulant.

Anyway, I was going to visit one of these places and write about how the usual sales tactic is to employ attractive women to sit on a stool in the window. I say "usual" because I noticed that the people who work during off hours or at less-desirable locations are often neither attractive nor female. So maybe the product just sells itself.

So I don't have much of a post here, regrettably, but I did notice this sales tactic seems be be creeping its way into an equally competitive sales arena, the espresso market in Seattle. It seems stimulants and sex go together well everywhere.