Coffee shop gets roasted for refusing to serve customers unless they smile at the door: 'They will go bankrupt and that's when I'll smile'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Jul 28, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

I don't know about you, but for me, few things can make a bad mood worse than being told to smile. No matter what is troubling you, it's rarely something a forced change in facial expression is going to fix. 

Nonetheless, there is a certain brand of annoying person who still thinks this is helpful and/or funny, and now, apparently, businesses are getting in on the act as well. A video of the front door of a coffee shop caused controversy on Twitter recently after it was revealed that customers had to smile to open the door and enter the establishment. 

Naturally, the notoriously cheerful folks on the former bird app had some choice words to say about that. Life is brutal enough without having to perform for your morning coffee. At least it could encourage you to save money by making it at home instead of buying it.

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    Figen @TheFigen_ Subscribe A cafe has developed a sensor whose door only opens to people who "smile"! This should happen all over the world.
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    1.560 00 02 2.3 0.12 What's Updog? @updogtoken ⚫ 18 Jul Replying to @TheFigen_ I'll smile! → where's my coffee? •
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    Asonof Odin ❤ @asonof_odin - 18 Jul Replying to @TheFigen_ I'd never get in then
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    Christian C. @omorogiec 18 Jul .: Replying to @TheFigen_ This cafe is going to lose a whole lot of customers if they are looking for only people ready to smile at their door. Poor business decision!! Abood З
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    Sue Just Trying To Ma... @MakeupFaded Replying to @TheFigen_ I would never go there. Follow I hate when people tell me to "smile." What kind of person believes they have the right to tell a stranger to alter their body language? In reality, I know it's not a big deal but...it's a huge pet peeve of mine. Picked-up when I was a child.
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    . cami @oasisraindrops 6d Replying to @TheFigen_ they will go bankrupt and that's when i'll smile
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    Noriil @NoriilETH. 6d Replying to @TheFigen_ Makes no sense... Why would people smile by default with no reason? It's like saying you open only to those who frown
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    Smiley@smilessmileyy. 6d Replying to @TheFigen_ Imagine going through a rough day and having to smile before getting coffee
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    S.R Mcleod @SRMcleod1.6d Replying to @TheFigen_ Its a novelty until they realise they do the books at the end of the month and take stock of how many potential sales they lost
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    Lanie Vaughan @lanie26043.18 Jul Replying to @TheFigen_ Why stop at smiling doors? Next up: toilets that only flush for people who've had enough fiber.
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    Feathers in Wild Hem... @kirola hemant Follow Replying to @TheFigen_ I beg to differ.. It should open for all
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    SL @Instinct Will . 5d Replying to @TheFigen_ Excellent. More reasons to not leave the house
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    redhead ophelia @redhead_ophelia Follow They've invented yet another way to show their hatred towards Eastern Europeans
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    bonky @shesbonky .4d Me new level of ableist unlocked the way this door would have absolutely destroyed my soul during the 2 1/2 years my toddler was in cancer treatment depressed people deserve coffee grieving people deserve coffee unhappy people deserve coffee
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    dandy@daxdives • 5d This is really insensitive. What if the person trying to open the door was German :(
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    hi @CoolDotCom___ • 5d no thanks 0100100100 30 Times The Glass Was Not Strong Enough MAD LAB 3.5M views 6 months ago 9:00
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    Chantal Spokespe... @AquafabaMcGee Follow The men who tell random women to smile probably came up with this concept
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    Pander Shirts @PanderShirts - 2d I can only see this as scary new technology forcing us all to smile during the impending dystopian future
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    Kaylani Juanita @kaylanijuanita • 5d Techies are so annoying bc its actually unhinged to use surveillance to control people smiling??
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