Nice is a resort city located in the southern part of France. In this city, there is a café where they priced their coffee on the menu as below:
- “One coffee” $10
- “One coffee, please” $6
- “Hello! One coffee, please” $2
This café’s coffee price is interesting because it can be 5 times cheaper or 5 times more expensive, depending on how you order it though it is the same amount of coffee. The owner of the café said, “Many customers who came during lunch time were under a lot of stress. They were sometimes rude to my employees while ordering coffee, so we made this menu.” After they changed the menu, some customers exaggerated their politeness and made everybody laugh.
If we train ourselves to be always kind and talk nicely, not only to buy coffee cheap, we will have even better benefits. Don’t you think so?