Remember the old rules of good manners? Saying thank you, good morning, please and please is good for ourselves and others. But there is more. Being polite when ordering coffee saves money on the bill payable at the cashier. It happens in Nice, in a place where coffee is cheaper if you address the waiters or baristas in a polite manner.
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Remember the old rules of good education? Say thank you, good morning, please and per favore it's good for ourselves and for others. But there is more. Being polite when ordering coffee saves money on the bill payable at the cashier. It happens to Nice, in a place where coffee is cheaper if you address the waiters or baristas in a polite manner.
"Good morning, a coffee, please". Here is the magic formula to immediately bring down the price of the well-known drink, from 7 euros to 1 euro and 40 cents. Yes, the rude and rushed will pay for their cup of coffee over four times its normal price. Anyone who remembers to say please, but does not say good morning, will pay at least three times as much for the cup of coffee.
In short, politely addressing those who will have to prepare and bring the much desired cup of coffee to the counter or to our table, allows the clientele of the Nice restaurant - the restaurant The Little Syrah - not to pay the surcharge established for those who have forgotten the good rules of normal courtesy. It is, therefore, a kind of small one fine to counteract rudeness.
It is not the first time that similar initiatives are born in the world. In a local of Sidney, for example, had been given the opportunity to pay the bill with a kiss from 9 to 11 for the entire month of June this year, thanks to the initiative Pay with a Kiss.
In France the novelty of the surcharge on coffee had been introduced for fun, when the owners of the restaurant realized that at lunchtime customers came to order coffee in an evident state of stress, forgetting even to thank.
Currently firewall that the experiment is working. No one has ever been forced to pay the maximum price and those who usually go to the restaurant have learned to behave well and place orders with courtesy and education. Now all the patrons of the restaurant are more relaxed as well they smile more.
Marta Albè
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