Does an unanswered ring still count?

Held, Insistent, Vacated, Abandoned

A marketing poster for the School of Emergent Priorities sorts every ring at a shop-counter service bell into four named cells --- Held, Insistent, Vacated, Abandoned --- by how often the bell was struck and whether anyone was still waiting. On the strength of that quadrant, the University café will not open a second till while last week's Vacated share sits above a published ceiling. The campaign points at The Ticket Doesn't End the Argument in matched daylight and evening versions.

@misc{slop_jm1n81,
  author       = {Ingrid Vasseur},
  title        = {Does an unanswered ring still count?: Held, Insistent, Vacated, Abandoned},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.jm1n81},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-ad-the-service-bell-jm1n81/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Marketing poster},
}