RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 10:43 am
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2017 at 10:43 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(June 22, 2017 at 10:29 am)Crossless1 Wrote:(June 22, 2017 at 10:05 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I can see a parent showing that sign to their kids. "Being nice pays off!" Heinlein made that point in Podkayne of Mars.
Is that really the message you'd want kids to absorb -- being polite can get you a discount on a fucking cup of coffee?
How about, 'Be polite because it's the right thing to do, even if there's nothing in it for you'? As I recall, the Golden Rule didn't come with self-serving caveats.
I've not read the Heinlein book, so perhaps I'm misconstruing your remark. If so, I apologize.
You did.