Althouse: Nudging etiquette, French-style.

१२ डिसेंबर, २०१३

Nudging etiquette, French-style.

"A blackboard outside the cafe advertises advertises 'Un cafe' for seven euros (£5.90; $9.6) - but 'Bonjour, un cafe, s'il vous plait' costs just 1.40 euros."

८ टिप्पण्या:

Steve म्हणाले...: "Coffee Now".......$10
"Venti"............$15; १२/१२/१३, १:४४ PM
Matt Sablan म्हणाले...: That is awesome.; १२/१२/१३, १:५४ PM
traditionalguy म्हणाले...: Merci.; १२/१२/१३, १:५६ PM
Gahrie म्हणाले...: A Frenchman complaining about people being rude? That's almost as funny as a Scot complaining about someone being stingy!; १२/१२/१३, १:५६ PM
traditionalguy म्हणाले...: Merci.; १२/१२/१३, १:५६ PM
fivewheels म्हणाले...: I'm of two minds on this. At a cafe, speaking to a server, I would not just bark "coffee."

But at a fast-food style place like Starbucks? If people are trying to hustle through and get their joe, I'm kind of annoyed by chitchat. Skip the hihowareya, place your order, pay and move the line.

I do add the "please" at the end of the order, but it's just reflexive, which it apparently is not among the French.; १२/१२/१३, २:४४ PM
rehajm म्हणाले...: Seems like a very steep discount just to get someone to say the magic words, though perhaps this being the rich and rude French Riviera demand for the pricier plain 'Un cafe' is fairly inelastic. I would also suspect this pricing is not a profit maximizing strategy. Perhaps they should add the 15 Euro 'CAFE MAINTENANT, ASSHOLE!'?; १२/१२/१३, २:५७ PM
ErnieG म्हणाले...: I have never been there, but I am told that French waiters, especially the ones in Paris, are famously polite.; १३/१२/१३, ९:१२ AM