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Originally Posted by vid
My work gets its coffee from Van Houtte and it is actually pretty good. It's the only coffee that I enjoy black. And I don't actually like coffee. The deli up the street has a Keurig machine and I only like two of its flavours (out of, like, 9 so far).
I still don't think that most of the people buying Tim Horton's on a regular basis can really afford it, and I am sure most of them would re-think what they're doing if they received one large monthly bill for it instead of 20 small daily bills.
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How lucky you are. I personally haven't worked in too many different places, but if there is one thing my friends always complain about, it's the quality of their office coffee. By the way, I think the "small bill vs. large bill" thing applied to just about every type of service. How many people would opt for the 3 gig data plan they so desperately "need" if they were presented a single annual bill of $960 instead of several monthly bills of $80? How much driving would people be willing to do if they were presented an annual fuel bill of over $3000 instead of weekly bills of $60?
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Originally Posted by manny_santos
I've found office coffee to vary widely, depending on where I've worked. There's no lack of people out there who only drink Starbucks, and wouldn't be caught dead drinking Tim Hortons - not because of taste, but because of the image. They tend to be the overly sophisticated young professionals crowd who go out of their way to spend their weekends in Toronto because whatever city they live in isn't good enough for them.
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So the same kind of people who buy Macs and iPhones at a 30% premium because they wouldn't be caught dead with a Latitude or a Galaxy? Or the ones who spend $36,000 on a gutless BMW 320i with an automatic transmission and cloth interior because they wouldn't be caught dead in an equivalently-priced V6 Camry? I think I know what you're talking about, they're folks who would gladly pay a premium for self-gratifying products that help repress some sort of burning inferiority complex.
You forgot to mention the people who do actually live in Toronto, but never leave because they're convinced every other city in Ontario is some sort of hick town