I am not going to interview five people. Part of this reason is because a portion of my goal for the restaurant would be to feed the homless, and they are less-accessible for interviews.
WHO? Yes, there are people that have similar needs but fall outside the boundary of what the restaurant can do. Although I want it to be able to feed the homeless and needy as well as others in the community, sometimes people that live on the street can be unstable and not necessarily safe. If I encountered that with my endeavor, I would like to have a program to be able to refer them to for help. But obviously, if they were dangerous or extremely disruptive we could not serve them.
WHAT? How does the need of the hypothetical person I identified differ? My goal for the restaurant is to nourish people and bring them closer to other people, but the need of the person I identified is that they need help with their mental state and their ability to function properly.
WHY? The need is different because unfortunately many homeless people have serious psychiatric disorders that need to be addressed before they can safely be integrated in with people.
INSIDE THE BOUNDARY OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY
majority of people(homeless and non) potentially violent/unwell patrons
food/connection is not food/connection, it's addressing underlying issue
everybody wants friends and food we live in a broken world that involves suffering
Chase,
ReplyDeleteI admire the way you decided not to conduct the homeless interviews, I agree with your reasoning! However, I still think you need to interview community members to get a gage of whether or not you think the community would be up to the idea.