Coffee?
Hangover vanquished, I emerge victorious, perhaps to drink a beer another day.
Walking to work I saw a poster that said “99p For Coffee Before 11am”. It draws me in and I ask for a coffee and a pain au chocolat. A lady patiently explains that a coffee is in fact an “Americano” and I point out that Americano or not, if I want milk I’ll ask for it.
“Two pounds seventy five please,” she says.
I point to the window. “Sign in the window says 99p before 11am.” It’s ten past eight.
“Didn’t I charge you that?”
“Not unless I that’s a very expensive pain au chocolat.”
She gives the till evils before looking up at me. “Sorry,” she says with a cock of her head, “force of habit.”
As if. Like that’s the first cup of coffee she has served all day, or she forgot that in the morning, when she starts her shift, COFFEE IS SERVED AT A DISCOUNT. Or maybe she didn’t read the sign in the window that she had to walk past when she arrived at work to start serving their biggest selling product, the best selling drink in the world - the same sign that got me in off the street - the sign that says 99p for coffee before 11am.
Yeah, I’d say I was back to my old self.
November 12th, 2004 at 4:10 pm
Cliff,
It is the same here in the colonies. One price, the discount price on the window, but the ‘book price’ in the computer or cash register? And us D.A (s) will pay the higher price unless we ask for the posted discount! Oh, they say? Huh? I don’t know what the current rate of exchange is right now of dollar to the pound but I would guess even at 99p, that would be close to $2.00 here.
But ‘they’ know we have to have our kick in pants in the morning, that caffiene rush that holds us up until lunch and another infusing of caffienne laden drink of choice….Have a great day…”Casey, give me a another cup of that French Roast,,,neat!”…Jeff
November 16th, 2004 at 11:03 am
It’s about $1.50. I don’t know which was the bigger idiot, me for paying that or her for charging me.
Cheers Jeff, good to hear from you.