The sandwich board reads:
“One small coffee”
$5.00
“One small coffee, please”
$3.00
“Hello, I’d like one small coffee please.”
$1.75
$5.00
“One small coffee, please”
$3.00
“Hello, I’d like one small coffee please.”
$1.75
Each phrase indicates what a
customer should say to receive the most inexpensive price. The less rude the
better. Sometimes we’re so busy when we order our morning cup of joe
— or barely awake — we forget that the person serving us is in fact another
human being.
There’s no need for being short with someone during a
transaction and the sign is a firm reminder of that.
“I decided because I need to solve all the injustices of the
world to start charging more for people who didn’t take the time to say hello
and connect and realize we’re all people behind the counter,” Simms said.
He wrote the sign one day and by the very next day a photo
of it appeared in a newspaper in England, then went viral on the internet, and
eventually a swarm of news cameras showed up at the store.
One thing is for sure, at CUPS, there will definitely be service
with a smile.
Please SHARE if you think this is a great way to
encourage politeness!
Source : Little Things