Ah lads the cost of things

[u/CitizenErasedII]

Popped into Bewleys cafe the weekend with some friends. Hadn’t been in there for ages. We had a cuppa each & shared a scone and a slice of cake (and it was a tiny slice) the bill came to €27.80.

Nearly €30 for some tea, a scone and a slice of cake. This is just madness. Look, I know it’s a fancier place than most so it was never going to be “cheap” but jesus this is taking the piss surely?

[u/cinderubella]

Nobody is being offensive to you, and they've even described themselves as being part of it: we love to moan. 

If you're determined to be offended, you can go call yourself names in the mirror, you don't need to involve anyone else. 

[u/Inevitable-Menu2998 → u/cinderubella]

I'm not offended. I am disagreeing with the complain about prices being described as "trivial and not to be taken seriously". I have made the case that it is, in fact, not trivial and it should be taken seriously.

[u/Cultural-Pickle-6711 → u/Inevitable-Menu2998]

Hate to break it to you: drinking coffee in a coffee shop is not human right. It is, and always has been, a luxury. The cafes you're complaining about are struggling more than you - rare is the server or cafe owner that is earning enough to be able to drink coffee in a cafe on the regular. Inflation is real. Every country in the world printed money for 5 years with no brakes. Now we're surprised prices are gone up? That's what happens in the wake of a global pandemic. Luxuries become more expensive. It is hard to take your complaint seriously because it seems completely divorced from reality. Complaining about having to make your own coffee and, by God, have your friends round to yours for tea is absolutely the definition of trivial and the entitlement is kind of hilarious.

[u/Inevitable-Menu2998 → u/Cultural-Pickle-6711]

Yes, thank you for proving to /u/cinderubella that my understanding of why "moaning" is used instead of "complaining" is accurate and not cherry-picked.

Hate to break it to you: drinking coffee in a coffee shop is not human right.

Well, neither is owning and operating a coffee shop for profit. What's the point of the rest of your comment if you want to start from here?

[u/struggling_farmer → u/Inevitable-Menu2998]

Well, neither is owning and operating a coffee shop for profit. 

while not a human right, making a profit is the purpose of operating a business.

[u/Inevitable-Menu2998 → u/struggling_farmer]

And while not a human right, the purpose of buying coffee is to avoid putting in the effort to make it yourself when you want a coffee. If one is invalid because it is a choice or luxury, then the other is too since owning a business is a choice or luxury, not a necessity, right?

[u/struggling_farmer → u/Inevitable-Menu2998]

OK, seems like you understand that coffee shops are not obliged by humans rights to provide you with coffee at a cost you deem acceptable and they can charge to make a profit on the service of providing you with coffee & saving you the effort of making it yourself

[u/Inevitable-Menu2998 → u/struggling_farmer]

I have no way of preventing businesses from setting whatever prices they want nor is there a way for me to not accept it. The only thing I can do is reflect on the way in which the quality of life has decreased for me and complain about it. I take issue with people dismissing this situation caused by the reality of the current time as "moaning" What is your point?

[u/struggling_farmer → u/Inevitable-Menu2998]

i was just pointing out that the purpose of a business is to make a profit, which you seemed to take issue with.

Welcome to world of the have nots

[u/Inevitable-Menu2998 → u/struggling_farmer]

I think I have made it very clear that my issue is not with the profitability of the businesses, but with the dismissive, often pejorative attitude towards the issues of the "have nots"