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Saturday, July 29, 2006

A nickle's worth of free advice

I'm requesting your opinion. I was in Starbucks this morning and bought a coffee an iced venti non-fat light ice caramel machiato for $3.95. I paid with four singles which was all the cash I had on me. What should I have done with the nickle? Should I have kept it and not given a tip or put it in the tip jar? Does one of the options insult the barista's less or more? What to you think?

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posted by Michael @ 11:33 AM

4 Comments:

At Sat Jul 29, 12:23:00 PM , Anonymous said...

Best not to buy coffee at Starbucks...or as we have begun to call it: "Fourbucks"

 
At Sat Jul 29, 03:16:00 PM , Anonymous said...

First off, was it coffee or was it a "drink"? Coffee is about a $1.50.

Second, keep the nickel. I'm of the opinion that tipping is out of control. You're buying a service from them, a cup of coffee. They don't do anything special, so why should we tip?

 
At Sat Jul 29, 09:26:00 PM , Anonymous said...

If a company is charging 3.95 for a cup of coffee, they should be able to afford to pay their workers a good wage, and tipping should not ne necessary.

 
At Wed Aug 02, 06:15:00 PM , Patrick said...

Well, with a nickel, I can't imagine it would make a difference either way; it's like not picking up the penny in change because it just isn't worth the bother.

 

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