Coffee shop bans customers from paying with money carried in their underwear
Owners of Fascine Coffee Lounge, in the Western Australian town of Carnarvon, said the reaction had been positive
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Your support makes all the difference.An Australian coffee shop has banned customers from using money carried in their underwear.
Fascine Coffee Lounge, in the Western Australian town of Carnarvon, placed signs by their tills after a male customer attempted to pay with notes from his underwear.
Owner Robin Weeks said his son, who was serving the customer, felt “people shouldn’t put money there and he shouldn’t have to touch it.”
“We had four or five people that did it,” he told the West Australian. “A lot of women think their bra is the best place for their money because they don’t have pockets.”
Mr Week’s son Corey – who manages the café – added the decision was also prompted by safety concerns. “We're dealing with food here all the time,” he told the Mail Online.
Although the signs have now been taken down, both father and son said their decision had been a success with customers and other shop-owners.
Carnarvon, a coastal town roughly 900 miles north of Perth, averages temperatures of around 30C in the summer months, with February and March reporting highs of 46 to 46 degrees.
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