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Personas Steve Thomas , 38, is an English instructor for Prince George’s Community College . He has been teaching there for eight years. He lives in Riverdale Park, Maryland , about 10 minutes from Banana Blossom. He wants to order a cup of cold Vietnamese coffee online from Banana Blossom and pick it up in about 30 minutes. He is getting ready to teach his class for the evening, and he would like to pick up the coffee to go to give him a n energy boost as he heads on to class. Steve has never or dered on Banana Blossom’s website before, although he was at Banana Blossom two months ago with friends. He has ordered food online from other establishments in the past. He does not want to create an accoun t, a s he thinks he will not be ordering food r egularly from this restaurant. He wants to pay with his Visa card . Melanie Johnson , 42, is an analyst for the General Accounting Office in Washington, DC. She is at work now in her office in Washington, DC. She plans to have dinner with her friend, Sharon, this evening at Sharon’s home in Beltsville, Maryland. Melanie will be leaving work in about three hours, and she would like to order two meal s online from Banana Blossom to take to Sharon’s house. Sharon specifically told Melanie to order one of the dish es from the list of entrée specials on the menu. It will take Melanie about 30 minutes to get to Banana Blossom, so she will need to order her food for pickup in about three and a half hours. She would like to set her pi ckup time at 5:30 pm. Melanie would like to create an account because she anticipates ordering online from this restaurant several times in the coming year. Melanie has ordered food online before, but never at Banana Blossom. She will be using American Express to complete her order. Jared Sampson , 23, is a dog trainer for Pets Paradise in Lanham, Maryland. He is meeting with some friends later this afternoon for a quick dinner in the parking lot of Prince George’s Stadium before they enter the stad ium to see a Bowie Baysox baseball game. One of his friends , Suzanne, gave Jared a gift card for Banana Blossom four months ago for his birthday. Jared will order food from Banana Blossom and pay for it with the gift card. Suzanne told him that he has t o order online in advance. If he tries to order in the store, his food order will take too long, and he and his friends will be late for the baseball game. Jared has never ordered food online from any establishment in the past. He orders his food onsite when he gets carryout . He is a bit nervous about ordering online from Banana Blossom because he does not want to risk giving out his p ersonal information . He is glad to be paying with a gift card to avoid putting his credit card information online . Still, he prefers not to post any personal information online to a local establishment with which he is unfamiliar. He thinks that if he orders online from Banana Blossom now, he will be harrassed in the future with emails or texts from the restaurant as king him to order more in the future. He is anxious about ordering online for this reason.