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I should probably blog something, so I'll post about what's eating me at the moment. I just ordered a black cup of coffee for here and gave the barista two bucks for the $1.46 coffee. She put the money in the register and moseyed away to talk to a coworker. I was a little embarrassed to ask for my fifty-four cents, and then she was all, "Did you see that?" Was she trying to drop a hint about tipping? I tip from time to time when I just get coffee, but it seems ludicrous to tip a dollar for each plain cup of coffee when it takes all of ten seconds for her to grab a cup. If I was ordering an ornate espresso drink, I would feel obliged to tip, but come on! When I've talked to coffeeshop workers in the past, they agreed with me that espresso drinks merit a tip, but tipping on plain coffee is optional. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

Posted by McChris at October 25, 2004 12:59 PM
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You are NOT paranoid. I am very anti-tipping for a cup of coffee. I mean it's already $1.50 and a whole thing of coffee at the store is only a little over $2.00. Those folks make their money, give me my change!

Posted by: charlie at October 25, 2004 07:19 PM

I think tipping one out of four on black coffee, one out of two on espresso, is adequate. Tip better at Little City and the like, though...suprisingly, they get shafted more than the Starbucks folks. But I also found them to be more stand-offish. Why can't the cool kids just serve me coffee and smile?

Posted by: Rolin at November 3, 2004 04:15 PM
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