What May Be A Strange Question

[Seldon2639]

Let's say you're in a coffee shop. A nice one, with great coffee, or whatever else you drink. Fantastic, comfortable furniture, the kind of place you want to get your drink, and spend a lot of time in. You get to the counter, order your drink, and pay, expecting your steaming cup of goodness in short order. You go take a seat. You see other people served their drinks. Lots of other people. Some people not even paying. You're called up to the counter, where the barista asks for more payment. They really need it, and you've been such a good customer. You pay again, and take your seat. You rationalize that they're just swamped, but you see many other people getting their drinks.

What would you do?

Would you complain, hoping that the establishment will treat you better, even though you would prefer to get your coffee somewhere that even if it doesn't prioritize you higher than others, certainly doesn't prioritize you lower; even though you would prefer a place that does this without having to be asked?

Would you go somewhere else?

Or, would you stay? Would you sit there, hoping that the barista who you've helped so much, given so much to, is going to suddenly decide that you're an important customer?

 

[Gigantor]

I wouldn't pay the second time, and go to Starbucks instead. Does this relate to a real life situation? Do you have an arsehole-ish employer? Or is it lady friend related?

 

[marfoir(IRL)]

1.Refuse to pay a second time.
2.Complain about poor service.
3.If it was my first time in the shop I would probably not return, but if I was a regular customer there with no previous complaints I would let the incident slide.

EDIT: Was this a real-life situation or not?

 

[stompy]

Uh, I'm cheap, so I wouldn't pay above what I owe. I mean, its business. They're providing you with a service/product, and you pay them for it. But if you/I have to pay for someone else, they better be blowing me, or something along those lines...

- A procrastinator

 

[Saskwach]

I'd go into an incoherent rage as soon as I was asked to pay twice. You set the price, dickhole, now live with it and don't ask me to pay for others' free coffee.
Is this a metaphor?

 

[The_Toe_Bighter98]

I would suddenly kill the barista, and use his blood to summon unspeakable horrors to bring the entire establishment down to its bare bones. After I have finished with everyone else, I shall create a secret lair among the ruins, and build a necromatic army of dead coffee patrons to run my nefarious coffee business for those who like to lurk with supreme comfort, muahahahaha.

Or, I would just realise what I was doing and leave, before the drink came my way. =)

 

[Seldon2639]

I wouldn't pay the second time, and go to Starbucks instead. Does this relate to a real life situation? Do you have an arsehole-ish employer? Or is it lady friend related?

Trying to find a good metaphor to explain to a friend (male) how idiotic he's being about a friend of his (female). I wanted to test this one out here

 

[AnGeL.SLayer]

I guess my reaction all depends on how the person asking me to pay twice asked. If they where mean about it and it was a good day I'd stay nice and calm and explain the situation. If it was a bad day I'd get pissed off and ask to talk to the manager. If they where nice I'd just be friendly about it and shrug it off. Though I wouldn't just pay again. If they really pissed me off I'd ask for my money back in the first place. I treat everyone with respect and honesty and I expect to be treated the same way. hehe


^_^

 

[Anarchemitis]

I would simply remain there and enjoy my cup of tea and therefore not be bothered about paying secondly for something no one else has ordered.
Q.E.D.

 

[Seldon2639]

1.Refuse to pay a second time.
2.Complain about poor service.
3.If it was my first time in the shop I would probably not return, but if I was a regular customer there with no previous complaints I would let the incident slide.

EDIT: Was this a real-life situation or not?

Sort of. It's an oversimplification, but my friend is doing the whole self-destructive nice guy thing. He's being the moral support, and shoulder to cry on, for a girl. He's not even trying to get the girl in question (who I'll call the Hateful Selfish Hag) to date him. He's only really trying to be her friend, and she consistently is a hateful, selfish, hag. She, miraculously, never has time to spend with him (since she's so busy), but finds time for other people. Which means either she's lying about her level of busyness, or she prioritizes my friend somewhere in the general vicinity of lichen, maybe kelp on a good day. Since logic and reason aren't working on this guy, I wanted to try metaphor. Metaphorically, the "payment" is him being there for HSH when she needs him for moral support, and the "drink" is some sort of reciprocity from HSH.

I tried explaining the Aristotelean definitions of friendship, but it largely fell on deaf ears. I'm not saying niceness is a bad thing, but he crossed the line from "nice guy" to "bloody idiot" about a month ago.