Apple Spice Junction

So, I have a raging case of Olympic fever.  I love them so much;  from the pomp of the opening ceremonies to the life stories of all the athletes to all of the actual events.  As a matter of fact, I am already wondering how I am going to survive the next thirteen days when I keep staying awake until 2 or 3 every night to watch the coverage.  I just can’t make myself turn the T.V. off.

Eight years ago the Olympics were held here in Salt Lake City, Utah and it had an amazing impact on Apple Spice Junction.  At first we thought that there would be no business because the city had planned to practically shut down during the games.  It turned out that while our regular customers did kind of hunker down and wait it out, we were inundated with other opportunities.  Apple Spice got a contract to deliver box lunches to all the red cross volunteer workers and to all the bus drivers from one company who were contracted to take people from the parking lots to the event venues.  We ended up doing about 350 box lunches a day for those two companies but the real kicker was that both of them needed all the lunches by 7 a.m. so that the people could get their lunches and then head to their venues.

We came in at 4 a.m. to make the lunches for 18 straight days and it was quite a test in endurance.  It wouldn’t have been so bad, but if you remember from the first paragraph, I like to watch the Olympics until 2 or 3 every morning.  I actually had the opportunity to attend 6 different events and they were all spectacular!  I had so much fun immersing myself in the spirit of the Olympics and enjoyed rubbing elbows with people from all over the world.  It was an amazing three weeks that I will never forget!