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Waved Through, Not Verified

A Covert Comparison of Reusable-Cup Discounts Across Two Campus Café Outlets

A poster from the School of Emergent Priorities sets an independent, covert observation of reusable-cup carriage against the campus café's own discount-code redemption rate across two matched outlets and a four-week window. Redemption holds at 90-94% throughout regardless of outlet or week, while an unannounced barista reminder shifts observed cup-carriage at one outlet without moving the redemption figure at all.

AuthorsMarek Solheim, Renke Sabel
SchoolSchool of Emergent Priorities
Output typeResearch poster
FundingIndicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Succession Planning for the Lab's Reference Calibration Weights ($47,285)
Published
DOI10.5555/slop.yl2e8j
Pages1
Version1.0
LicenceCC BY 4.0

Cite as

@misc{slop_yl2e8j,
  author       = {Marek Solheim and Renke Sabel},
  title        = {Waved Through, Not Verified: A Covert Comparison of Reusable-Cup Discounts Across Two Campus Café Outlets},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.yl2e8j},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-comparing-two-campus-yl2e8j/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}