{"id":87,"date":"2008-07-03T01:29:39","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T15:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=87"},"modified":"2008-07-03T01:29:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T15:29:39","slug":"coffee-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Coffee anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a meal, I usually yearn for a hot cup of cappuccino. It somehow gives me that satisfying feeling of relief. It also keeps me awake. At WestPoint Shopping Centre, I usually go to Gloria Jeans<\/strong> because they give me a ten per cent discount upon presentation of my Seniors Card. I therefore pay a discounted price of only $3.00 for a regular cup instead of the regular retail price of $3.35.<\/p>\n

On top of that, Gloria Jeans has a Frequent Sippers Club Card that gives a Free Regular drink after a customer buys ten drinks. They simply punch the card every time it is presented.<\/p>\n

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Last week, a friend insisted that we meet at Starbucks Coffee Shop<\/strong> in Blacktown. I arrived 20 minutes earlier than the appointed time so I went straight to the cashier to buy a regular cup of cappuccino. I presented my Seniors Card hoping to get the usual 10 per cent discount but no, the cashier said that they do not honor the card.<\/p>\n

A bit disappointed, I took out a $5 note to pay for my coffee. I was given a 25 cent change. I thought \u2013 isn\u2019t that a bit too much \u2013 being charged $4.75 for the usual regular size of cappuccino I always buy at Gloria Jeans!<\/p>\n

I was actually being asked to pay $1.75 more than the $3.00 I normally pay just a few steps away.<\/p>\n

But, sir, \u201cour coffee tastes better and the aroma makes a lot of difference,\u201d \u2013 retorted the cashier.<\/p>\n

I certainly did not notice anything different except for the additional money I had to pay.<\/p>\n

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After a meal, I usually yearn for a hot cup of cappuccino. It somehow gives me that satisfying feeling of relief. It also keeps me awake. At WestPoint Shopping Centre, I usually go to Gloria Jeans because they give me a ten per cent discount upon presentation of my Seniors Card. I therefore pay a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}