Suspended coffee.... ????

[Spinney]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22267613

Apparently you can help those 'in need' by paying for a 2nd coffee in addition to the one you will drink, and someone in need can come into the shop and get a free coffee.

Given that the coffees in such places seem to be the same price as a packet of sandwiches, and the blurb mentions 'the homeless', wouldn't it be better to let the recipients decide what they want to spend 'their' £2-3 on? If you really are homeless and penniless, surely food would be more important than a swanky coffee?

/rant

 

[Rob3rt]

It is better than nothing!

Somewhere warm to go for half an hour with a hot drink vs sat out on the street with no hot drink...

 

[ColinJ]

Someone asked me for the price of a coffee once. I told him it was about £2.50 in the cafe opposite, but he could get one for about 70p in the cafe round the corner!

 

[JoeyB]

Hmm if you gave them the cash wouldn't it go towards something Russian?

 

[Theseus]

Personally I think it is a good idea and would put a cup aside if I were to ever go to one of these places. May even pay for a sandwich as well.

When I donate some cash to someone on the street, I fully expect them to decide what to buy with it.
If I had the ability to buy a suspended drink/food, the offer is there for whoever needs one to make use of it. It is not the same as handing a cup to someone instead of the cash.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Hmm if you gave them the cash wouldn't it go towards something Russian?

depleted uranium?

 

[User482]

Marketing, innit.

 

[Rob3rt]

Absolutelly ^^ But at least someone else benefits from this kind of marketing rather than just the retailer. They make a profit, someone "in need" gets a free hot drink!

 

[rich p]

I'd make them drink it in a doorway though.

 

[Aperitif]

I'd make them drink it in a doorway though.

I would if I was in a jamb.

 

[Speicher]

I'd make them drink it in a doorway though.

Or ajar?

 

[Aperitif]

Or ajar?

You'll put the mochas on this thread with your wisedom, you!

 

[Speicher]

You'll put the mochas on this thread with your wisedom, you!

Your comments are grounds for suspension from this thread.

 

[Crackle]

suspended coffee for has beans. We should both go and get one, Rich.

 

[Aperitif]

I'd make them drink it in a doorway though.

Don't forget your loyalty card too, Rich.
You could have a 'Gramp tramp stamp' every time...and it wouldn't costa penny.