Re: Quick coffee price survey

Marshall <mrfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 04:52:31 GMT, ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (D.
| Ross) wrote:
|
| >| Martin (who, at age 63, recalls stories of his grandfather's
| >| depression-era restaurant--OK, lunch counter--where the down-and-out
| >| would ask for "just a cup of hot water," add ketchup, and pass an
| >| afternoon out of the snow.)
| >
| >For my father, it was ordering "two cents plain", then asking for a free
| >shot of chocolate syrup, and maybe a bit of cream...
| >
| >Since modern coffee shops are really in the milk delivery business, maybe
| >dairy should be more explicitly part of the pricing structure. maybe "build
| >your own drink," something like the following:
| >
| >Espresso: $1.25 for the first shot, .50 for each additional shot
| >Milk (unsteamed): 1st 2 oz free, .20 each additional 2oz
| >Milk (steamed): $1.00 first 4oz (steamed, includes labor), .25 each
| >additional steamed 4oz
| >Cream: (unsteamed): 1st oz free, .20 each additional oz
| >Hot water (for Americano): Free
| >Ice: Free
| >Set-up charge: First ingredient free, .25 per each additional _different_
| >ingredient
| >
| >So, an Americano would be $1.25 (espresso) + 0 (water) + .25 (2
| >ingredients), a double espresso would be $1.75 (2 ingredients but not
| >different), a 20oz quad Latte would be $2.25 (espresso) + $1.75 (milk)+.25
| >(2 ingredients)=$4.25
|
| Only if there's an express line for simple orders!

Typical lawyer, you want every field *other* than your own to be
simple...:-)

I do something like the above when computing student grades; the actual
algorithm is fairly complicated, but what I tell the students is a simple
summary - if asked for more details, I give them a copy of the program (and
tell them where they can find an S+ reference guide).

- David R.
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