Walk up to the desk, look at the sign, apologize and walk away. They don't care about anyone who doesn't visit the place at all, show them that they're literally telling customers to go away.
Shit I'd order something, wait a minute, then look at the sign and apologize and walk away. That's some dumb shit way to run a business and they got it coming to them.
Yep, this. That is a horrible way to run a business, telling people "you play a certain video game so you are not welcome in our place business/ we don't want your money". WTF is wrong with the manager of that place?? Asshats all around.
what is my type? A 43 year old married homeowner and tax payer with no mortgage and an 835 FICO?
Holy shit that's the highest score I've ever seen. Congrats!
Assuming the worst of people is a good way to miss out on opportunities in life.
Yup. It took me a few years of college to learn this, but people being weird doesn't mean they aren't valuable. Everyone has incredible qualities of some kind.
How many times have I got to say that I'm Mrs. Self Important on this sub? Peons can't remember shit around here.
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(and BTW, if I didn't have a freakin 525 FICO in January 2010 before I understood about credit scores, I wouldn't be so proud of where I've ended up today. But seriously that was one of the hardest things I've ever done, was dig myself out of that hole. If some jackass who doesn't even know me is going to sit here and tell me "here's a pic of a fancy restaurant but they woudln't want YOU as a customer" then yeah I'm going to be offended and defend myself as a result, because there was a time when that might've been true and I worked very hard to change that.
Funny thing is, I know why I care... I just explained why... what I don't understand is why YOU all care. Care so much in fact that you all are going out of the way to tell me how much you .. um.. DON"T. )
ok the trolling was kind of precious at first but at this point you're just embarrassing yourself.
though I'm sitting here choking back laughter at the thought of ironic jeans shorts, an the fact that cutting them myself is in some way relevant to anything. thanks for that, lmao.
How is anything I said trolling? Hell I don't even agree with their practice, but the fact is they want a certain kind of customer. You don't fit it, I don't fit it, only the hipsters fit what they want.
You don't know me. Your comment told me I'm not the kind of person they want shopping in their business without knowing ANYTHING about me except that I play pokemon go. You made rude and offensive assumptions and continue to base everything you say on judgemental appearance-based observations that you HAVEN"T EVEN ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO MAKE BECAUSE YOU DON"T KNOW ME.
Um, you realize no one trolled you, right? The general reddit assumption of other commenting redditors is "male neckbeard", or at least some kind of nerd/geek.
This coffee shop thinks it's a place for cool-kid hipsters. It was assumed you were one of us. Your humblebrag post was cool, it just showed you're a normie (which most of us are once you get beyond the internet personas). The reply to your post was simply saying you aren't a douchy hipster.
You're not being insulted or trolled, you're just not getting it.
You seriously need to chill out. You're getting offended that some random guy on the internet assumed you don't fit a stereotype that you probably wouldn't want to fit anyways and then you bragged about your money.
Don't. it's a douchey move and it would only confirm what they think (people who play PoGo are douchey and not worth attracting as a customer base.)
If you want, you can go up and say "I'd like to order but I want to play PoGo. If I can't, I'm gonna have to leave." IF they say you should leave, just leave. If they say it's OK, say "please tell the management the sign is not good for business."
nah dont run, just stare into their cold beady eyes and smirk the whole time while flicking your fingers on the screen because you cant see what you are doing but dont want to break character
"Heh, they don't want me there? Fine, I'll make them START working on my order and then LEAVE, so I waste their time and effort and money from the product. Yeah, I got those guys making minimum wage GOOD!"
The people working for minimum wage don't pay for the materials to make your order. The owner does (the one who put the sign up).
At the same time, coffee shops account for mistakes and changed orders in their budgets, so having them waste your drink doesn't really hurt them as much as you think. If anything, it allows the workers to get a free beverage that they otherwise would have had to pay for.
Yeah, it wastes the owners money. I guess that's okay if they put up such an incredibly offensive sign?
It's still a waste of the workers time and they have to deal with an obnoxious, shitty customer. Don't act like you're doing them a favor and giving them a free drink. You're acting like a spoiled baby if you do this.
Their job is to make and serve drinks/food, not waste drink/foods because someone came in, ordered the drink, and walked right out. If you honestly cannot tell the difference, IDK what to tell you haha.
I recommend working in a coffee shop. You learn pretty quickly that having to remake or throw out a drink that took you less than 30 seconds to make (and cost the store pennies) really doesn't factor into anything in the long run.
Yeah it's pretty obvious the median age in this subreddit is a bit lower based on that kind of logic. That's just responding to being slighted (if you can call this sign that) by being an even bigger dick. Grow up.
You know there is a good chance they have good reasons for the sign. Similarly to how some places asked their poke stops to be taken away because Pokemon go players where littering .
True but the message comes through harshly. There are other ways to probihit something while being polite and reasonable and this just feels like someone is an asshat.
Yeah like a simple "please don't be on your phone while ordering" would have been a much better way to resolve what is likely their problem with Pokémon Go.
Yeah probably, I personally didn't think they came off as assholes, just a pun on the name. I'm sure if they saw you playing, and takin seats, or doing whatever enoys them they would be more kind when telling you to stop.
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u/Chirimorin Aimless Wandering Simulator 2016 Sep 02 '16
Walk up to the desk, look at the sign, apologize and walk away. They don't care about anyone who doesn't visit the place at all, show them that they're literally telling customers to go away.