Comments on: Real Simple Magazine Hates Small Businesses

By: glass awards

glass awards — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:02:08 +0000

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By: greg

greg — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:41:20 +0000

Wot? No mention of doing your laundry in the bathroom sink to save money?!?

By: namedevil's john galt

namedevil's john galt — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:03:16 +0000

No, I just set my prices at an amount that doesn’t assume my customers are assholes. I’m not going to overcharge people who enjoy an espresso because someone else has decided to be a jackass. I just fire the jackass customer.

By: nameAl

nameAl — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:14:37 +0000

Ethics, Bird. It’s called ethics. What they posted is not ethical, not nice, and Real Stupid.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:11:50 +0000

If you invite people to come over your home are you OK with people raiding your fridge at will?

We don’t run an open bar. We don’t charge more for coffee to cover free milk. If you want to run your shop like that please post your address and I’m sure we will all retweet this information to the populace.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:08:22 +0000

What? Don’t leave milk and cream out for a customer to add on their own. It’s that simple.

By: Bird

Bird — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:10:47 +0000

you guys are seriously stretching to say Real Simple hates small businesses. no where does it say “go to your local cafe, not Starbucks, and take their free milk.” the people who read Real Simple are probably the people who go to Starbucks so really, what are we losing?

and really, Real Simple is there for the consumer, not the businesses. so they are catering to their readers needs.

By: Jeremy Perrine

Jeremy Perrine — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:15:21 +0000

We serve the cream in a small steam pitcher. We keep it in the fridge and only serve it when requested.
Since we’re paying $30+ a gallon for real cream from a local farmer and mixing it ourselves with whole milk we can not afford much waste.

By: Rusty Angell

Rusty Angell — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:44:51 +0000

Chris, I completely agree with the service model of the barista offering it directly to the customer from behind the bar. Taking it one step further is how giants such as McDonald’s ( I think that there is something to be learned from them about managing cash-flow and waste) are now putting the cream and sugar in folks’ coffee for them. Customers see it as a “service” and being taken care of by the barista instead of having their beloved item taken away from them.

By: devil's advocate

devil's advocate — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:19:33 +0000

“They are using more resources than their money covers.”

if that’s true for you, then you’re not charging enough for shots