Sunday, April 6, 2008

Fair Trade vs. Fair Shake

Dude and Lady just came in asking if we carry fair-traded coffee (we don't yet).
Proceeded to tell me, while I was frothing and foaming milk for his cappuccino, what a pity it was that we weren't supporting indigenous workers and how "unfair"-traded coffee was taking money out of local people's hands.
I gave him his cappuccino, handed him his change, and watched him carefully put his 62 cents in his wife's pocket, avoiding my tip jar entirely, and walk out with an over-the-shoulder "thank you."

Local people, indeed.

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