Costa... do I take it further?

FoxFace

Thank you for the replies, particularly Esqui who seems to be the only person to offer reasonable advice without being completely rude :eek:

No it wasn't a joke, and a simple YABU would have sufficed, without all the p!sstaking, thank you

Elle7

As someone has already said, it is VAT - they have to charge it if you are eating in.

As for the Costa experience...there isn't one. Most of the people in my local one are in every day, and as such see it as just another place...I haven't seen anyone eating meals they've bought from elsewhere, but many expect the baristas to remember their order by heart, and think nothing of waiting for their 'usual' table and making the present occupants feel uncomfortable enough to move. There is also usually kids running round, business meetings, loud phone calls and a couple arguing.

Were there other places you could have moved too so that you didn't need to see the family eating?

hcb42

I cant imagine a pleasurable costa experience no matter who was in there eating whatever....

but no, even with a complaint at the time, there is no compensation situation here.

pcombo

FoxFace wrote: »

Thank you for the replies, particularly Esqui who seems to be the only person to offer reasonable advice without being completely rude :eek:

No it wasn't a joke, and a simple YABU would have sufficed, without all the p!sstaking, thank you

What do you expect with such a ludicrous complaint.

So would you complain if YOU bought popcorn and pepsi from odeon, yet some family brought juice and crisps with them.

MamaMoo_2

I'm still struggling to understand what you're wanting compensating for.
They came, they are, they drank, they left.
I think it's a little bit of an overreaction that seeing someone eating a meal purchased elsewhere "ruined" your meal.
IIRC, Costa have a pretty pi*s poor selection of overpriced food, so I can't blame people for bringing their own in.
There really is no reason why this should bother you so much. I'm not trying to be rude, I just genuinely don't understand it.

steven504

pcombo wrote: »

What do you expect with such a ludicrous complaint.

So would you complain if YOU bought popcorn and pepsi from odeon, yet some family brought juice and crisps with them.

I always sneak popcorn into the cinema and a drink. I refuse to pay £6.00 for popcorn and coke.

pcombo

steven504 wrote: »

I always sneak popcorn into the cinema and a drink. I refuse to pay £6.00 for popcorn and coke.

oh no im complaining to head office.

texranger

bris wrote: »

Do you take it further, i'm surprised you took it this far. Pretty petty worrying about what someone else is eating.

I am getting really worried now as i thought i was the only person allowed to eat :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

arcon5

steven504 wrote: »

I always sneak popcorn into the cinema and a drink. I refuse to pay £6.00 for popcorn and coke.

The odeon actually allow you to do this anyway (atleast they said they did when I enquired via email about a year ago)

hcb42

I always sneak in coke cola and sweets