19-02-2025, 08:16
Hey CH - here in Ireland these 'surcharges' and compulsory tipping and all that other crap that restaurants and coffee shops are coming up with are backfiring spectacularly. Most of the people I work with have simply stopped going to these places completely. The end result is that those establishments that are not ripping people off are getting more business. Just love it when Karma kicks in. And I agree - Starbucks is the last place I would go for coffee. BTW I have been to Utrecht myself - a beautiful little town. Went to one of the churches there and they had all these Afrikaans surnames carved into the floor of the church. Many of the original Dutch settlers in SA came from that area.
Somewhere between right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there - Rumi