New Posts For Thread: High street coffee shops - biggest rip off goinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-goingI don’t drink coffee but every now and again I’ll pop into a coffee shop for a hot chocolate or tea. I cannot believe the prices! Today I paid £2.95 for a very poor hot chocolate. Some of the more exotic coffees were even more expensive - almostWe need all the pennies for that 4:00 at Catterick So we can moan when it loses, its what we do innithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556746577#556746577We need all the pennies for that 4:00 at Catterick So we can moan when it loses, its what we do innitSat, 02 Mar 2019 04:50:30 -0600I've had workmen here asking for two spoons, and one asking for three!They get half of what they ask for...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556746469#556746469I've had workmen here asking for two spoons, and one asking for three!They get half of what they ask for...Sat, 02 Mar 2019 04:28:12 -0600Aka - us farmers will take it unhappily on the chinhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556745177#556745177Aka - us farmers will take it unhappily on the chinFri, 01 Mar 2019 17:52:28 -0600Okay Blackbarn I'll apologise to any labourers I've offended.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556745097#556745097Okay Blackbarn I'll apologise to any labourers I've offended.Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:25:39 -0600I used to have 2 teaspoons of sugar in my tea. One day, a few years ago, I worked out that it amounted to 15kg of sugar over a year. Just in my tea. Took me a couple of days to get used to not having sugar in my tea but it was worth it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556744965#556744965I used to have 2 teaspoons of sugar in my tea. One day, a few years ago, I worked out that it amounted to 15kg of sugar over a year. Just in my tea. Took me a couple of days to get used to not having sugar in my tea but it was worth it.Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:50:08 -0600correction *one of two barriers...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556744657#556744657correction *one of two barriers...Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:16:34 -0600Little things certainly do add up!I can't drive east out of the village without crossing two railway barriers.If I only make one trip per day that is 730 times per year....Typically the chance of being stopped is circa 1 in 3 ish....Therefore 243 timhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556744629#556744629Little things certainly do add up!I can't drive east out of the village without crossing two railway barriers.If I only make one trip per day that is 730 times per year....Typically the chance of being stopped is circa 1 in 3 ish....Therefore 243 timFri, 01 Mar 2019 16:11:52 -0600Aka - "onlooker a £4 jar at home is of no use when out and about.I'd imagine the difference in cost v selling price isn't much different for beer and coffee.As someone else hinted at you get a better type of person in the coffee shops.Pubs full of lhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556744299#556744299Aka - "onlooker a £4 jar at home is of no use when out and about.I'd imagine the difference in cost v selling price isn't much different for beer and coffee.As someone else hinted at you get a better type of person in the coffee shops.Pubs full of lFri, 01 Mar 2019 15:30:11 -0600Lybertyne is definitely the go-to man for defaecation related poasts this evening.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556744261#556744261Lybertyne is definitely the go-to man for defaecation related poasts this evening.Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:25:09 -0600£3 x 5 days = £15£15 x 48 weeks = £720£720 = a wad of 36 £20 notes. Little things add up. Same goes for time. 10mins on the bog = 60 hours + 50 minutes over the course of a year (that's 9.50pm Friday night to 10am Monday morning).https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31509293/high-street-coffee-shops---biggest-rip-off-going?post_id=556744231#556744231£3 x 5 days = £15£15 x 48 weeks = £720£720 = a wad of 36 £20 notes. Little things add up. Same goes for time. 10mins on the bog = 60 hours + 50 minutes over the course of a year (that's 9.50pm Friday night to 10am Monday morning).Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:20:44 -0600