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Little acts of rebellion

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 17:42

Sitting in a lovely but overpriced coffee shop today with a friend, and after discussing how overpriced it is, she confessed that when she goes to an overpriced coffee shop, and she thinks it isn't fair, she takes a toilet roll as a little payback. It just really made me laugh. Do any of you have any little acts of rebellion like this? I don't think I have any but I must do.

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Itsonlymashadow · 11/05/2024 18:42

It’s not an act of rebellion. How does she find herself in coffee shops that she finds over priced on multiple occasions? Can she not look at/ask for the prices before hand? Why does she feel the need to go in there if she thinks it’s over priced?

It’s just being an arse.

LauderSyme · 11/05/2024 18:39

To answer your question, I can't think of any acts of rebellion I do, unless not giving the overpriced places my custom counts?

RadRad · 11/05/2024 18:30

Your friend’s logic and sense of entitlement is baffling.

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:24

AgathaX · 11/05/2024 18:20

I hope you told your friend she was a thieving scrote.

Yes course I did, I handcuffed her , put her in the back of the car, then done a 2 hour interview on her in a glass room like in Line of Duty

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AgathaX · 11/05/2024 18:20

I hope you told your friend she was a thieving scrote.

lilyboleyn · 11/05/2024 18:15

I’m laughing at Ponoka’s double standards there

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:02

Ponoka7 · 11/05/2024 17:54

However, we had a staff discount card. The company was partly closing down and decided to stop giving the discount. We wasn't told this, I found out as I was paying. The cashier had made a mistake at the till and had to rescan my shopping. I 'forgot' to give her a small item, which was a similar cost to the discount that I should have got.

Also theft

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:01

I found it funny as it's such a petty response rather than thinking "bit overpriced I won't come here again "
She is normally very upstanding too so it was a surprise

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MonsteraMama · 11/05/2024 17:59

Wild idea, but rather than pointlessly steal and probably just make some underpaid cleaning employee's day a tiny bit more irritating, why not just... Not drink overpriced coffee? Not really sticking it to the man all that much if you're still drinking his bevs are you?

Ponoka7 · 11/05/2024 17:54

However, we had a staff discount card. The company was partly closing down and decided to stop giving the discount. We wasn't told this, I found out as I was paying. The cashier had made a mistake at the till and had to rescan my shopping. I 'forgot' to give her a small item, which was a similar cost to the discount that I should have got.

Mrsjayy · 11/05/2024 17:53

I mean she could just go to Costa and not steal toilet paper what a tool !

TrailOfTime · 11/05/2024 17:52

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MotherFeministWoman · 11/05/2024 17:52

So who is making her buy over priced coffee?

Ponoka7 · 11/05/2024 17:51

I agree that it isn't a act if rebellion, it's theft. So going forward, extra toilet rolls won't be put in and it'll be a extra job for the staff.

Firecarrier · 11/05/2024 17:46

I hope she doesn't do it independent coffee shops.

That is not an act of rebellion - it is out and out stealing. I don't see why you would laugh, what is amusing about that?

No one is forcing her to go In there, check the prices first.

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