A common cliche in advertising is anyone can come up with a good idea. There is something to the old adage. I personally believe anyone can come up with an idea, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be good. However, if the person has insight and passion there is a better chance for success. A chance they will come up with something clever — original — an idea to make a product or business better. Which brings me to coffee and crowdsourcing.
Okay, initially I thought grilled cheese would have as much enthusiasm as the straw hat. However, the more I researched the grilled cheese, the more I found an enthusiastic undercurrent sandwich (or “sammich” per the grilled cheese enthusiast). As you can see from the YouTube video (1st 6th Annual Competition on YouTube), attendees really get into the event. A lot of the enthusiasm comes from the creativity of sandwich assembly. For example, there are three categories in the competition:
Where Pennsylvania has Punxutawney Phil to predict spring, Michigan has Pothole Pete. Sure Pete doesn’t predict spring, he just makes Michiganders count the days until spring. Potholes are so common, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has an illustrative guide to pothole creation (The Birth of a Pothole).