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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 10:31 am
I never say "please" when I'm ordering something. You're asking for my fucking order, and I'm fucking giving it to you. I never say "Thank you" either. I might say "Have a nice day", as long as they didn't have a fucking attitude problem.
That coffee would have to be fucking amazing for me to continue going there if I ever went there in the first place. And as a new customer, I'd avoid it.
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 10:43 am
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(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.
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 11:04 am
(June 22, 2017 at 5:34 am)Mr.Obvious Wrote: Can't they just spit in the coffee of rude customers, like normal baristas?
or ejaculate . . . .
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 11:29 am
(June 22, 2017 at 11:04 am)vorlon13 Wrote: (June 22, 2017 at 5:34 am)Mr.Obvious Wrote: Can't they just spit in the coffee of rude customers, like normal baristas?
or ejaculate . . . .
Oh. Sure. You can have Cream with that.
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 12:03 pm
That's all way too involved. Everyone whose made coffee for a living knows that one of those caraffes wasn;t properly rinsed, and at any moment you can feed a shitty customer glass cleaner with absolutely plausible deniability.
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 2:42 pm
I don't say please unless I'm asking for a favour. I always say thank you though. I don't see how not saying please is being rude or impolite at all. That sign telling people to say please is pretty rude and impolite, however, and if I drank coffee, I probably wouldn't go there and certainly wouldn't appreciate being forced to say please.
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 3:13 pm
(June 22, 2017 at 10:31 am)Divinity Wrote: I never say "please" when I'm ordering something. You're asking for my fucking order, and I'm fucking giving it to you. I never say "Thank you" either. I might say "Have a nice day", as long as they didn't have a fucking attitude problem.
How generous of you!
Being courteous costs me 0.0 cents. Just because someone's taking your fucking order is no reason to fucking give it to them without the courtesy you (presumably, though I now have my doubts) would give to others.
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 4:44 pm
(June 22, 2017 at 10:31 am)Divinity Wrote: I never say "please" when I'm ordering something. You're asking for my fucking order, and I'm fucking giving it to you. I never say "Thank you" either.
Lol, you're not a people person, are you.
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 4:58 pm
(June 22, 2017 at 8:29 am)Alex K Wrote: Alternatively, put a 20$ bill on the table and say: small coffee, but pronto you piece of shit asshole.
Could take the Wolf approach "pretty please, with sugar on top, give me a fucking coffee" 
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RE: Coffee shop owner tired of rude customers teaches them a lesson
June 22, 2017 at 5:05 pm
(June 22, 2017 at 3:13 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: How generous of you!
Being courteous costs me 0.0 cents. Just because someone's taking your fucking order is no reason to fucking give it to them without the courtesy you (presumably, though I now have my doubts) would give to others.
That's just it, ain't it? It costs nothing to be 'courteous'. People do it either because they were fuckin' raised to do it, or because it makes them feel better (despite doing jack shit for the person behind the counter). If you really want to thank someone, leave some money in the tip jar. A 'thank you' sure as shit ain't going to help them make their rent or pay their bills.
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