Friday turned out to be a very good day @ the Cafe.....We even sold out of Haddock & Shrimp!.....One not so pleasant moment was when a man came in & asked for a coffee to go......I 'hooked' him up & as I told him where the lids & fixings were to be found I rang up the sale.....Well that's when it turned a little ugly.....Our 12oz to go Paul De Lima coffee is $1.75 & with tax $1.89......When I announced the cost he says "kind of high isn't it!".....I can take a lot & I believe my service to our customers is beyond reproach, so I am insulted & take this very personally, after all it's my name on the door.....I reply that he certainly is welcome to go elsewhere & make the purchase....I know, not very 'cool', but those of you that know me or of my business tactics, know that I have never cheated anyone, ever..... & greed is a word that burns my tongue when I just verbalize it.....So I explain in so many words that everything I sell is @ a fair price which allows for a fair profit, period!.....He was not happy & neither was I, after all I did not roll out of bed @ 5 am to begin the task of prepping & setting up for the day with the sole purpose of arguing with someone & certainly not over the cost of a cup of coffee!.....I will defend my integrity & business against any ones insults & while I wish this would never happen again, I know it will & probably over another trivial thing....If this were another century I suppose we would have dueled it out for our honors sake...& one of us would have died all over the cost of a cup of coffee......!
As always thanks for allowing me to share & for all your support & prayers....
I'm the guy who made the remark. I got up at 5:00am too. I'm a working guy too. I got to your place and ordered coffee and paid 35% more than the place down the street. You say you're fair. But from my view you're not as fair as the guy down the street. I was shocked your price was so high. You want to argue. Way to go, tough guy.
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