The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 34, August 26, 2007, Article 21

CANADIAN "COFFEE NAZI" REFUSES SMALL CHANGE

Dick Johnson writes: "There is a trendy coffee bar in Toronto whose
proprietor refuses to accept payment in cents, nickels, and dimes.
All his prices are rounded off in full dollar amounts and quarters
are the smallest coin he will accept. He has been called the 'coffee
nazi' by his regular customers after Seinfeld's 'soup nazi.'

"'I don't deal with that stuff. See,' says Stuart Ross of cents,
nickels and dimes in his Bulldog Coffee bar. A journalist put him
to the test and offered him a stack of ten dimes for his dollar
purchase.  ''Just take it,' he scoffs, pushing a cup of steaming
gourmet java towards me before turning to the next woman in line,
his thin bearded face immediately flipping from a sneer to a smile'
wrote the journalist.

"He has even removed his tip jar. 'So one day I take the huge jug
down to Dominion [bank] to the coin machine. Put it all in and get
$27,' he scoffs. 'When I got back to my car, there was a $30
parking ticket.'

"For sheer pleasure, read the article. There is also mention of
the Royal Canadian Mint's pending report on abolishing the cent,
and a sidebar of cent trivia 'Making Cents.'"

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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