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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Va. coffee shop offers discounts for politeness


WASHINGTON — In Roanoke, Virginia, it pays to be polite — at least that’s what customers at CUPS Coffee & Tea seem to be banking on.

The coffee shop’s latest promotion is basing the price of their coffee on how polite you are when you ask for it. Simply requesting “one small coffee” means your cup of Joe will carry a $5 price tag — add the word “please” and you’ll pay $3.

If you want to best deal, say, “hello, I’d like one small coffee please.” That will bring the price down to $1.75.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love it

Anonymous said...

Very nice. We need more niceness in our days.

Anonymous said...

Roanoke is a great town

Anonymous said...

I try to always talk that way even in a fast food drive-thru.