Sure, maybe you're a little cranky because you have yet to get your morning caffeine fix. But is that a good reason to treat everyone around you really terribly? No!!! That's why we salute this (presumably Italian) cafe for charging rude customers more for their coffee. Great idea or the greatest idea? Check it out below:
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Not entirely sure how "a coffee" is rude. I don't consider "Could I have a coffee?" as being rude just because I don't say please. "Get me a coffee" is rude because it's a demand instead of a question.
Basically I see this as an incentive to be pleasant and polite instead of a punishment for being rude.
Posted by: Nomnom | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 06:07 AM
Well, it's a different country. So different things are considered polite and rude. For example, saying "Make me a coffee" would be considered rude in the USA, even if you do tack on the greeting and the please.
Going up to the person at the counter and just saying "A coffee" and thats it is actually quite rude.
Posted by: MahiMahi713 | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 09:30 AM
I think the translation should be less literal. Let's try it this way:
1: Coffee.
2: Coffee, please.
3: Good morning. May I please have a coffee?
Sometimes translations need to take into account the culture of the reader.
Posted by: MouseMastered | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Sometimes it was nice when people would walk up and say " Hi, could I please have a coffee?" or "Good evening, can I have a cup of coffee?" instead of the usual "coffee!!" Maybe that's what they were getting at? :/
I know I liked it when people were polite.
Posted by: Bagel Bat | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 01:30 PM
I know several places with signs up that say things like "$20 charge for being an a**h***".
--AT
Posted by: AmigaTech | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 04:46 PM
And legally binding--they ARE the prices posted in plain view.
Posted by: Jason Thorn | Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 04:05 AM