Cafe Rental

As I sit here at the Fisherman's Wharf Barnes and Noble I am practicing something I preach to others...pay your table rental. Even though I could have chosen something more low-cal I chose a cream soda and a blondie blast as my space fee...a little crumbly but sugary delicious and in fact an acceptable method of freebie payment. What in the hell am I talking about with this table rental mumbo-jumbo? This is what should be done when using the free services at any cafe, restaurant or bookstore that allows you to plunk your bottom down and use their free stuff. Nothing in life is truly free and although it may be bad manners to ask patrons to purchase something to help offset the Internet, staffing, electricity and any other costs related to using their services, it is even worse for said patron to not comply with this unspoken law of etiquette. The purchase does not have to be large (God knows I bought many a small hot teas and milked them while using net cafes as a broke college student). The gesture and small amount of dinero going to that business allows them to in turn afford to offer such goodies as free Internet and cozy chairs. So remembers little campers in this case it isn't the thought but the action that counts...pony up some dough if you want to browse the web guilt-free at your favorite hot spot.


P.S. To the person that decided to let their frozen dessert melt on the cafe table creating o gooey mess for employees or in this case me to pick up so I could sit and write this blog...berry uncool (not a typo...it was berry flavored). You seriously need to become a follower of this blog and learn to pick up after yourself and you kiddos.