Wednesday, April 02, 2008

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A businesswoman drank four cappuccinos in Heathrow's troubled Terminal 5 and was hit with a $750,000 bill at the Giraffe Juice Bar. Terri Patsalides, 59, said: ``When I got the printout I told the waitress that although they were very nice, I thought the bill was over the top.''

FOOTNOTE: Eliot Ness café.

9 comments:

  1. and we thought inflation was bad in the states!

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  2. Aloha David..
    You just have to giggle at a machine on Caffine!!

    groovy post, Peace, Kai

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  3. FOUR cappuccinos?? That seems excessive in itself...

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  4. I used to be a waitress and I once charged someone $2174 for one cup of coffee. You see, we had a pin to access the POS machine, mine was 1366. I entered my pin, walked away for something else, came back, entered the pin again out of habit. Thus ringing up 1366 cups of coffee since I had entered the pin twice. Coffee was $1.59 per cup and frankly I rarely ever double checked any bills that I laid before the customers. This particular customer was really quick to point out the over-charge.

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  5. Well that "new" terminal has just been a terminal pain all round hasn't it?
    Typical.

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  6. Eliot Ness cafe. Ha!

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  7. Anonymous12:50 PM

    Well, perhaps the shop owner thought that anybody foolish enough to down 4 cups of cappuccino in one visit, would be too wired to notice the excessive charges on her bill.

    Eliot's Nescafé?

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  8. Heathrow do seem to be having a few minor problems!

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  9. I think at the moment it must be the last place that anyone would want to be with all the problems, let alone being charged that for coffee!

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