Comments on: Homebrew from now on

By: Can I come over? | Life on Avenue Z

Can I come over? | Life on Avenue Z — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:19:10 +0000

[...] friend Jenny has been busy with her new business, and we used to see each other often at the coffee shop that I rarely visit anymore. Some of my friends are busy with their own new significant others, and I’m very much to [...]

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:15:49 +0000

Well, at least we’re all in agreement that yes, “she’s that woman.”

Haven’t been back since. You’re welcome to join me for a cup here at the new Avenue Z Cafe.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:09:02 +0000

Hey Beth:

I just got a heads up from a friend that you posted regarding an incident at our “favorite” coffee shop. I had a caffeinated altercation with the same person last week. And coincidentally it also involved a gift card. Here’s the semi-abridged version:
I ordered my usual coffee in a to-go cup with a muffin to-stay. She said, “Oh, you’re the guy that always gets his coffee in a to-go cup but has his muffin on a plate.” I playfully replied, “Yeah, that guy.” As she took the gift card, she then asked me if I wanted to put a tip on the gift card. On the surface it seemed like an innocent, innocuous question, but no one had ever “asked” me for a tip in my entire life. I very awkwardly said, “no, that’s alright.” Her reply? “Oh, you’re that guy.” Some cooling off home brewing could be in my future too! Always a pleasure to visit Avenue Z…

By: I told you NO CUPCAKE | Life on Avenue Z

I told you NO CUPCAKE | Life on Avenue Z — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:29:04 +0000

[...] suppose heading across the street to my former favorite coffee shop would not only break my boycott in a pathetic way, but it would also blow my calorie count and [...]

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:40:21 +0000

Oh my god!! I feel that I should support your boycott on our good ol’ coffee shop That sucks they are being so crappy! I’m anti that!

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:45:29 +0000

Kurt, I kinda figured they were breaking the rules for me because I was a loyal regular. And that made me feel kinda special and increased the loyalty.

But, oh how hard it was to NOT go to the cafe this morning. I miss my morning ritual. Sigh.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:17:59 +0000

I’m of the opinion that regular customers should get *ahem-pardon-the-pun* perks, and your refills should be counted among them.

You can probably rest assured that the owner-wife is one of those short-sighted penny pinchers who thinks the world beyond her shop’s wooden porch contains an endless supply of happy customers with money to burn.

How does that saying go? “A happy customer will tell a friend; an unhappy customer will tell TEN friends”?

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:43:13 +0000

Yeah. I was steaming as well. She probably thought I was just acquiescing as I turned away, but I was simply done.

I had always suspected that I wasn’t really supposed to be coming back to the cafe for refills, but no one said anything different for 4 months.

By: steph

steph — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:13:55 +0000

Ohhhh, I’m steaming just reading that! I HATE when people put policy before good customer service. It’s JUST PLAIN WRONG!!!

I can’t believe she never told you that beforehand, or that it’s not marked somewhere so that customers would know. If you politely wrote that refills were for staying customers only, that might actually encourage drinkers to stay!