After reading about those weird pay it forward chains it seems like a completely idiotic thing that just puts social preassure on the person behind you.
I am glad we don’t have those here in Sweden, and if I am ever in the US and happen to be forced into one, I’ll ask them to skip me and pay for myself instead
They can’t skip you though, because your ticket already got paid. They can’t just move the payment, that looks like criminal activity. They could void the payment that happened and let you pay, but it breaks the chain.
as a non American if someone else bought my drink I’d just think… wow, cheers mate. and probably wouldn’t think about doing it to the person behind me. isn’t that the point though? if I’m obligated to pay for someone else, it’s no different to just paying for myself
As an American who doesn’t go to Starbucks (why does anyone? The coffee is shit.), I also think this is really dumb. If I ever get coffee, I usually just get plain black coffee, which is probably less than half the price of any of the other crap. Why should I pay for the overpriced junk someone else gets. I assume that’s the point though, and it’s designed by Starbucks to get people to not care about the price and get the most expensive things, because someone else is picking up their tab.
After reading about those weird pay it forward chains it seems like a completely idiotic thing that just puts social preassure on the person behind you.
I am glad we don’t have those here in Sweden, and if I am ever in the US and happen to be forced into one, I’ll ask them to skip me and pay for myself instead
They can’t skip you though, because your ticket already got paid. They can’t just move the payment, that looks like criminal activity. They could void the payment that happened and let you pay, but it breaks the chain.
as a non American if someone else bought my drink I’d just think… wow, cheers mate. and probably wouldn’t think about doing it to the person behind me. isn’t that the point though? if I’m obligated to pay for someone else, it’s no different to just paying for myself
Exactly, it is just extra social preassure to pay.
Terrible concept
As an American who doesn’t go to Starbucks (why does anyone? The coffee is shit.), I also think this is really dumb. If I ever get coffee, I usually just get plain black coffee, which is probably less than half the price of any of the other crap. Why should I pay for the overpriced junk someone else gets. I assume that’s the point though, and it’s designed by Starbucks to get people to not care about the price and get the most expensive things, because someone else is picking up their tab.