The coffee shop charges customers to use the toilet. Netizens: last time, the toilet was more expensive than eating.

As the saying goes, "there is no free lunch on the road of life." Dining out charges table fees, and tea fees are very common in the catering industry, but it is a bit rare for a Guatemalan coffee shop to be exposed by customers to go to the toilet and charge for space, which is more expensive than its meals.

A consumer posted a record of spending at the coffee shop on a social platform and was shocked when he checked out the bill. in fact, in addition to eating in the coffee shop, the consumer also went to the toilet. the use of the toilet is also spent separately on the bill, charging consumers 25 Guatemalan gechaels for "space occupation". (as of September 5, 2022, 1 RMB ≈ 1.12 kechaer)

What's more, a can of soda costs 8 quetzales and a serving of cheese and potatoes costs 20 quetzales. The cost of using a toilet is even higher than that of a serving of food, and consumers think it should not be so, so the coffee shop was exposed.

Netizens are angry about the "space occupation" consumption caused by the use of toilets. Because the coffee shop's name "La Esquina Coffee Shop" and its address were shown on the receipt, its otherwise calm Facebook page attracted a lot of angry comments.

Some netizens commented that they were surprised that they had not yet let consumers pay for the air in the coffee shop; another netizen said that he had been there and was always empty, but now he knows why.

After the matter was hotly discussed, the coffee shop finally issued a statement saying that they regretted the incident, that it was a serious mistake that should not have existed, and that the wrong consumption item had been corrected in the system. At the same time, efforts are being made to contact consumers who are troubled by the charge and compensate them for their losses.

However, many netizens did not buy this statement of apology.

Of course, a few netizens expressed their understanding of the practice of charging "space occupation" fees for coffee shops. Many consumers go to coffee shops to connect their computers and mobile phones. The original intention is not on coffee, and the rents in some places are very high, and the shops just want to survive the epidemic.

The rising inflation rate and soaring costs are a reality that people all over the world have to face. No matter how much the price of a single cup of coffee rises, it may not make much money for small coffee shops, and not only that, they may have to face huge bills. A small coffee shop has received a huge electricity bill of 9000 euros after using electricity for only 73 days, according to the Irish Times.

Interestingly, paid bathrooms are more common abroad, especially in Europe. The reason why these bathrooms need to be paid by users is usually for the maintenance of the equipment. Many coffee shops already provide consumers with free use of the bathroom, but this coffee shop charges not only a fee, but also a higher fee than food, which has caused controversy.

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