In the hospital waiting room, she imagines welcoming new customers.
While waiting for her turn for a checkup, Yunjeong imagines welcoming people at the hospital as customers at her shop.
Yunjeong, who runs a side-dish shop and wants to welcome new customers, talks with a counselor about what she might say to hospital visitors first.
In the waiting room, Yunjeong imagines offering small side-dish sets for hospital visitors at her shop. When she brings up the idea in the counseling room, Haewol asks what might change in the shop’s day if she welcomes new customers. Still unsure which way to go, Yunjeong opens the note she wrote in the waiting room again.
When you’re unsure about bringing in more customers
When you think about welcoming new customers, also consider what that would add to your current workload.
When you think about new customers, what scene comes to mind first?
What stays with me is how Yunjeong imagined welcoming new customers in the hospital waiting room while also thinking through the shop’s daily routine. If more customers come, it could mean more than adding a menu item; the familiar rhythm of the work could change too. If you’re at a similar crossroads, you can tell me about it. I’ll listen as we slowly unfold the story together.
Scenes
- 01 · The waiting-room idea The waiting-room idea — As she waits her turn in the hospital waiting room, Yunjeong writes in her notebook about side-dish sets for hospital visitors, hoping to bring in more customers.
- 02 · The notebook closing Her number is called — When the receptionist calls Yunjeong’s number, she closes her notebook and gets up. Receptionist: Ms. Yunjeong, please come in. Yunjeong: Okay, I’m coming.
- 03 · A day at the shop What the shop would take on — Yunjeong shows Haewol the notebook with her plan for side-dish sets for hospital visitors, saying that welcoming new customers could change the shop’s daily routine too. Yunjeong: I was thinking, maybe I could sell small sets to people coming to the hospital. But that would mean more to prepare, wouldn’t it? Haewol: If you make room for new customers, what would change first at your shop?
- 04 · The blank space left Facing the blank space — Yunjeong stops her pen over the blank space in her notebook. Just below the line about new customers, she has written that taking hospital visitors would mean more to prepare. Haewol: What comes to mind first for that blank space? Yunjeong: I’m not sure yet. I’d be glad to have new customers, but I don’t know if the shop could keep running the way it does now.
Stories by Haewol
- Haewol
- Even while shopping, I can't bring myself to say it.
- By the rainy window, I’m unsure whether we should manage our money together.
- Even while folding laundry, I weigh whether to go into business with someone or go it alone.
- When I’m alone in my room, I wonder if it’s okay to rest today.
- I spent the whole afternoon staring at the guarantee form.
- When I’m alone at lunch, it feels like I’ll be responsible no matter which way I choose.
- After I put my child to bed, I wonder again whether to leave the work I know.
- Should I tell my family a secret?