Customer enacts petty payback on barista for refusing to let him order off the kids menu: 'So you’d rather I not order anything [...] than give you business because of a silly rule?'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 23, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Why is the kids menu always the best? There should not be an age restriction for eating tater tots, chicken tenders, and pigs in a blanket. Those are objectively great-tasting dishes that all humans are entitled to enjoy, and yet, in this instance, we have a coffee shop that denied service to an adult customer simply because he wanted an item on the kids menu. 

Look, one might assume that there are more important issues than a 29-year-old adult getting denied the right to a bagel because of his age, but shouldn't we be able to walk into an establishment and order whatever food we want off the menu provided that we can afford it and it's still available? Sure, there are plenty of age-related restrictions that make sense, but they should not extend to the concept of food. Here's hoping for some real justice and the end of kids menus. 

Keep scrolling below for this customer's story. For more, check out this post about a group of construction workers and their conflict with their boss.

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    I went to a coffee shop with a friend about a year ago, and I wasn't too hungry but wanted a quick bite. It was early, and I don't eat too
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    heavily in the morning so when I approached the counter I ordered my coffee and a bagel with cream cheese. The barista told me the bagel was on the kid's menu, and therefore I
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    couldn't order it. I asked for clarity, and confirmed it was a regular-size bagel, and asked her "So you'd rather I not order anything (the other options on the menu were full breakfast meals,
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    skillets, etc.) than give you business because of a silly rule?" She gave me a very snide "Yep.", so I laughed and said "Ok." and sat down.
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    I explain to my friend what just transpired, and she said "Nah, I have an idea."
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    She proceeds to put in a DoorDash order for one bagel to be picked up. We keep an eye on the counter and sure enough, I see the bagel ready to be picked up.
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    I approach the counter and ever-so-kindly ask for my DoorDash order for <Name>. The same barista tosses the bagged bagel at me without saying a word and walks away.
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    Very weird hill for them to die on, especially because bagels are such a common breakfast item so it was odd to limit it to children, and I can understand wanting to sell the more expensive breakfast meals instead, but seriously? You're not gonna sell me a bagel, for what?
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    I should've known the vibes were off the moment I walked in and the entire coffee shop was that "Live, Laugh, Love" barndoor aesthetic too.
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    _Tiberius Prime_ . 4 hr. ago I wouldn't have given them a dime.
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    Kathrynlena. 3 hr. ago I would have doordashed a bagel from a different shop to that shop.
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    Salty-Tomcat8641 4 hr. ago. edited 4 hr. ago Wrong! What you do is leave without spending a cent and take your business elsewhere... why would you go out of your way to support a business that treated you like that?
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    MarkVII88. 2 hr. ago With that kind of reply from the barista, I would have said "OK forget my coffee, I won't be having anything." And promptly left that shop to go somewhere else.
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    bellsbliss 2 hr. ago Sorta the same thing happened to me one when I was picking up dinner on the way home. Tried to order a kids burrito but they were trying to tell me I couldn't because I'm not a kid. I know I'm not, but the kid who is waiting for me at home is and wants and kids burrito!
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    Bitter_Trees 2 hr. ago I'm sorry. I'm trying to figure out what coffee shop thinks having bagels be kids only is a good idea. Aren't people's morning runs usually coffee and a bagel??
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    eejizzings 3 hr. ago Lol you overpaid and they still got your money
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    Still-Breakfast-9023 . 2 hr. ago Are kids walking in and buying bagels with their hard earned cash? Probably from working all those hard kid jobs they have. moron barista, your kid could have been chilling in the car or something too
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