I do not normally post reviews on these types of sites, but I had to for this one - I have NEVER been treated so rudely at an establishment before!
I discovered this place a couple of months ago, as it's right near my work, and have been going about once a week for an afternoon drink. Up until today, I enjoyed this place - the people at the counter were perfectly friendly, and the Chai latte (which I normally would get) is pretty good. I try to support the local coffee shops, as opposed to going to large chains.
However, today they lost my business for good. I walked over during my afternoon break, sat at one of their outside tables and took out my book, with the plan to order in about 15 minutes, so I could take some back to my office (if I ordered right away, I knew I would drink it all). A minute later a man came out and asked if he could take my order. I told him I was going to order in a little bit. He seemed to misunderstand, and he said there are public seats over on the other side of the patio. I said no, I am going to order something. He asked again to take the order. I said I didn't want it yet. He gets angry and goes inside, calling a lady's name.
A few minutes later, a lady comes out. She sits down and starts telling me that I did this last week (I had NO idea what she was talking about). I told her that that was not me. She proceeds to ramble on about how people sit down and have meetings, and they have to clean up their mess, and that it makes other customers not end up buying anything as there is no seating. I told her that I understand they don't want people who aren't buying anything to sit here, but that I really was going to order something. She then tries to tell me again how I did this last week, and I again told her that that was NOT me. I told her I come here about once a week, and she said ""well I have never seen you before."" (Who cares? You remember everyone who walks in?) I pointed to the lady inside and said well I know I have ordered from her before. I again explain that I was planning on ordering soon, and that if I were not going to order something, I would have sat at the other tables to begin with.
She gets up and I believe she is just going to leave it alone, and the man comes outside and says something I did not hear, and she said forget about it, and he said ""well call the police then."" I am already very irritated at this point, but am still planning on getting my drink, as I thought the issue was being dropped. But after this comment, I get furious. I again repeat for the umpteenth time that I was going to order a drink, and that this is ridiculous. He continues to be rude so I tell them that they have just lost business for good, and he just mumbles ""that's fine.""
I am very disappointed in this, as it was the closest coffee shop to my work, and the next closest are Starbucks and Dazbog. But I guess I will be supporting the big chains during the week from now on!
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