How perfect for an art school. a 2006 lithograph by Mel Ramos lifted from http://www.rogallery.com/Ramos_Mel/Ramos_Mel-DunkinDonuts.html
In 1991, one of our students at the Montserrat College of Art was working at Dunkin’ Donuts. He would bring in doughnuts from time to time, and this surprise was a great treat, shared with everyone around. He’d usually bring in a large quantity.
As time advanced, he came to me and asked if we were interested in all of the doughnuts, all the remaining doughnuts at the end of each day, whatever they were.
Of course we were, and his boss was willing to let us have them for a letter, making it a tax deductible contribution. I don’t understand how this would help as they were an inventory loss anyway, but this looked like a great gift and I try not to “look a gift horse in the mouth”.
Starting the next week, we began to receive whatever inventory was left at the end of a day. Pumpkin, Apple Crumb, Apple ‘n Spice, Bavarian Cream, Blueberry Cake, Blueberry Crumb, Boston Kreme, Chocolate Coconut Cake, Chocolate Frosted Cake, Chocolate Glazed Cake, Double Chocolate Cake, Glazed Cake, Glazed Donut, Jelly Filled, Maple Frosted, Old Fashioned Cake, Powdered Cake, Strawberry Frosted, Sugar Raised, Vanilla Kreme, French Cruller, Apple Fritter, Chocolate Frosted Coffee Roll, Chocolate Glazed Cake Stick, and Munchkins etc.
We had about 400 students plus a faculty and staff, and this was the daily remainder of one store, so it sounded like a great idea.
Every day, Monday through Friday, we had a bakers dream! It was awesome!
Beware of what you want! It may come to bite you in the rear!
After many months of such a gift the newness had worn off. It was hard to look at them in the morning, and we had to get rid of them every evening.
They began to appear in odd places, and the day I saw two chocolate glazed sticks floating in a toilet, I decided to call the whole thing off!
It was a great idea, it would have worked if we had thousands of students, perhaps, but we sent a nice letter to the franchise owner thanking him for his gift.
We had decided to end this luxury as it had become too much of a problem for us to deal with.
As time advanced, he came to me and asked if we were interested in all of the doughnuts, all the remaining doughnuts at the end of each day, whatever they were.
Of course we were, and his boss was willing to let us have them for a letter, making it a tax deductible contribution. I don’t understand how this would help as they were an inventory loss anyway, but this looked like a great gift and I try not to “look a gift horse in the mouth”.
Starting the next week, we began to receive whatever inventory was left at the end of a day. Pumpkin, Apple Crumb, Apple ‘n Spice, Bavarian Cream, Blueberry Cake, Blueberry Crumb, Boston Kreme, Chocolate Coconut Cake, Chocolate Frosted Cake, Chocolate Glazed Cake, Double Chocolate Cake, Glazed Cake, Glazed Donut, Jelly Filled, Maple Frosted, Old Fashioned Cake, Powdered Cake, Strawberry Frosted, Sugar Raised, Vanilla Kreme, French Cruller, Apple Fritter, Chocolate Frosted Coffee Roll, Chocolate Glazed Cake Stick, and Munchkins etc.
We had about 400 students plus a faculty and staff, and this was the daily remainder of one store, so it sounded like a great idea.
Every day, Monday through Friday, we had a bakers dream! It was awesome!
Beware of what you want! It may come to bite you in the rear!
After many months of such a gift the newness had worn off. It was hard to look at them in the morning, and we had to get rid of them every evening.
They began to appear in odd places, and the day I saw two chocolate glazed sticks floating in a toilet, I decided to call the whole thing off!
It was a great idea, it would have worked if we had thousands of students, perhaps, but we sent a nice letter to the franchise owner thanking him for his gift.
We had decided to end this luxury as it had become too much of a problem for us to deal with.
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