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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Exactly, especially soft drinks. A Starbucks coffee can be like £3 - yet if you have a coffee filter, you can buy a bag of coffee beans directly from Starbucks for £5 which easily makes 100+ coffees... so 5p a cup, maybe 15p at most if you include milk, sugar and electricity. Doesn't mean I begrudge paying for coffee when I'm out... you're paying for the time and the convenience of someone else making it for you.
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Exactly TS, it's the pleasure and comfort of being waited on that you are paying for. Staff have to be paid.