A thief or a saint?

If possible when in the USA, around 10.30 in the morning a stop is made.
To have a coffee in a Starbucks Café.
A café latté.
A lot of foamy milk and some coffee.

The coffee is good at Starbucks.
And always it is comfortable.
When the weather is nice, there are chairs and tables outside.
When the weather is wet and cool, there are comfortable tables and chairs inside.

Another advantage of Starbucks is that they sell for $ 1.50 the newspaper called “The New York Times”.
A very good newspaper.

Yesterday, in El Cajon a Starbucks was visited.
The usual order was placed.
A café latté and a newspaper.
Most of the time they ask in a Starbucks the name of the customer.
So they can call your name when the coffee is ready.

Often the tendency is noticed to say:
“My name is Beatrice”.
Or “Jacqueline”.
Reflecting this constant urge to have a laugh in life.
But these Starbucks employees, who are not allowed to be members of a labour union and who are paid not much more than $ 10 an hour, usually are not the kind of people who like jokes.
They work fast and furious within the company guidelines so they won’t take no BS from any guy imposing as a Beatrice or a Jacqueline.

A pity because it would be nice to see the Starbucks clientele watch in amazement when a manly guy walks up to the counter when “Jacqueline” is informed her café latté is ready.

In El Cajon’ Starbucks a strange situation occurred.
After the coffee was obtained it was realized that the employee had forgotten to make the customer pay for the “New York Times”.
Moving to a table the thought was spinning in the head that the situation was not fully correct.

Now, what to do?
Nobody was noticing that the newspaper was not paid for.
So, basically nothing was the matter.
A mistake and confusion when paying hence now coffee and a free newspaper.
But if life is love, isn’t this a taint on the sheet of the virgin?
Aren’t we supposed to pay for what we get?
Even if it is a $ 1.50 newspaper?

The decision was made to give Starbucks and The New York Times what they were entitled to.
Not that it would boost their profits in an important way.
But to have things clear and clean.
And that is worth a fortune.

The girl at the counter was busy.
A line of several customers waiting to place their orders.
But a Starbucks man was on the side.
The manager.
Counting the money.
He was approached and informed that a mistake had happened.
And in front of him was put $ 1.50.

He immediately responded negatively.
“No, no, I can’t accept that money!
You must go and stand in line to pay”.

So now the holy and saintly customer, wishing to purify the love in his life, be as correct as possible, not wanting to be a thief, had to go and stand in line for 5 to 10 minutes to pay for the newspaper.
While his coffee would get cold.

What would you do in this situation, fervent and loyal blog reader?
Send your answer as a comment and inform us about your inventivity or diplomacy.




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