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> I am not paying for the 0.1 dollar that the coffee actually costs to make, I am paying for a place to sit true > I am paying for a place to sit as well and

by noptic 13y ago

> I am not paying for the 0.1 dollar that the coffee actually costs to make, I am paying for a place to sit true > I am paying for a place to sit as well and do something with my time. Be it 10 minutes or 3 hours 3 hours for 6$. This is 2$ an hour for your table. At this rate the coffeshop is loosing money. It all boils down to the question: Do you really think this is fair?

ekianjo 13y ago
> Do you really think this is fair? It's not for me to decide. Last I know, the coffee shop is still making tons of money, and that system works for them as well.
- sigkill 13y ago
  You're basically saying "I know it's not fair, but screw you I got mine." You're not being asked to decide on a corporate policy that you need to weasel out with such statements. The god damn question is simple, "Do you think this is fair?"
  - ekianjo 13y ago
    Personally I don't see any difference between this and paying for a train ticket and being unable to sit during the journey. So yeah, I think it's fair. Whoever comes first gets the seat, and keeps the sit if they want to. It's not like you are renting the seat per x minutes or something. When you are in park do you bitch about people sitting on benches for too long?
    - sigkill 13y ago
      >So yeah, I think it's fair. I'm not asking for justification. You think it's fair, and I respect you for that. I may have a different opinion, and that's fine too! It's just that it seems dishonest to deflect a question like the politicians do.
    - noptic 13y ago
      Not yet. But nice people like you might change that. BTW: Where do I get a 3 hour train ride for 3$ ;)
      - locopati 13y ago
        NYC - ride all day for $2.25 as long as you don't leave the system :)
      - ekianjo 13y ago
        You can get an unlimited ride (almost) on the Yamanote line in Tokyo (it's a loop line) for 100 yen (about 1 dollar :))
- noptic 13y ago
  Well the topic of this article is that it is not working out for many coffe shops...
  - ekianjo 13y ago
    Well it's probably that they have other issues to figure out, because it's working damn well for Starbucks.

by noptic 13y ago

ekianjo 13y ago

> Do you really think this is fair? It's not for me to decide. Last I know, the coffee shop is still making tons of money, and that system works for them as well.

sigkill 13y ago
You're basically saying "I know it's not fair, but screw you I got mine." You're not being asked to decide on a corporate policy that you need to weasel out with such statements. The god damn question is simple, "Do you think this is fair?"
- ekianjo 13y ago
  Personally I don't see any difference between this and paying for a train ticket and being unable to sit during the journey. So yeah, I think it's fair. Whoever comes first gets the seat, and keeps the sit if they want to. It's not like you are renting the seat per x minutes or something. When you are in park do you bitch about people sitting on benches for too long?
  - sigkill 13y ago
    >So yeah, I think it's fair. I'm not asking for justification. You think it's fair, and I respect you for that. I may have a different opinion, and that's fine too! It's just that it seems dishonest to deflect a question like the politicians do.
  - noptic 13y ago
    Not yet. But nice people like you might change that. BTW: Where do I get a 3 hour train ride for 3$ ;)
    - locopati 13y ago
      NYC - ride all day for $2.25 as long as you don't leave the system :)
    - ekianjo 13y ago
      You can get an unlimited ride (almost) on the Yamanote line in Tokyo (it's a loop line) for 100 yen (about 1 dollar :))
noptic 13y ago
Well the topic of this article is that it is not working out for many coffe shops...
- ekianjo 13y ago
  Well it's probably that they have other issues to figure out, because it's working damn well for Starbucks.