‘Do you have any suspended coffee?’

[yortbogey]

"We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter: ‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’ They pay for their order, take the two and leave. I ask my friend: “What are those ‘suspended’ coffees?” My friend: “Wait for it and you will see.” Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four ‘suspended’. While I still wonder what’s the deal with those ‘suspended’ coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square in front of the café. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in through the door and kindly asks ‘Do you have any suspended coffee?’ It’s simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm beverage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwich or a whole meal. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have such cafés or even grocery stores in every town where the less fortunate will find hope and support? If you own a business why don’t you offer it to your clients… I am sure many of them will like it. Please

 

[yortbogey]

Suspended Coffee

Suspended Coffee

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/suspended.asp

 

[yortbogey]

it's about more than the coffee

it's about more than the coffee

http://thesuspendedcoffees.wordpress.com/



Mission Statement
Every once in a while an idea comes along with the potential to truly make the world a better place. Suspended Coffee is one of those ideas.

First, it’s simple. You walk into a coffee shop and instead of buying just one cup of coffee, you buy two, or more. You buy one for yourself and one for someone in need.

Second, it’s direct. You do not need to worry if your money is going to actually help someone or just to take care of a charity organization and it’s overhead and expenses. You also do not need to worry whether or not your recipient will use your gift to buy alcohol or drugs. You can directly control which food or beverage you would like to donate.

Third, it’s win-win. You not only support a person in need, you also support your local business and all it’s employees. Your money does not go to another state, country or continent. It stays right in the neighborhood where it was spent.

Lastly, it can be used for more than just coffee. You could buy a hot bowl of nourishing soup, a filling sandwich, water, fruit, bread, or a full meal. Suspended coffee’s simplicity makes it easy to duplicate with other food items.

How It Started
“While wandering a deserted beach at dawn, stagnant in my work, I saw a man in the distance bending and throwing as he walked the endless stretch toward me. As he came near, I could see that he was throwing starfish, abandoned on the sand by the tide, back into the sea. When he was close enough I asked him why he was working so hard at this strange task. He said that the sun would dry the starfish and they would die. I said to him that I thought he was foolish. there were thousands of starfish on miles and miles of beach. One man alone could never make a difference. He smiled as he picked up the next starfish. Hurling it far into the sea he said, “It makes a difference for this one.” I abandoned my writing and spent the morning throwing starfish.”

To get people supporting each other again, to show compassion love empathy. To show you we’ve all been there. To encourage you to keep going. To prove love exists. To get you through the day. To remind you to be strong. To celebrate you. To fight right along with you. And to remind you to be happy & live.

 

[supermanlives]

never heard of that before. good idea tho esp in coldass climates....... save the starfish !!!!!!!!

 

[RicoT]

Wow, got chills when I read "It makes a difference for this one.."

Thanks for sharing yortbogey
Really appreciate heart warming things like this with negativity so prevalent.

 

[Bud Green]

Sounds like a great idea!
Now if only I can find a place for those days
when I could use a suspended joint....

 

[idiit]

i'm in on this.

great idea.

 

[supermanlives]

I got a suspended sentence once

 

[floralheart]

Sounds like a money laundering scheme. They must be shut down.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

I half expected to see some rube goldberg machine.......

 

[wildgrow]

I got a suspended sentence once

You can keep it

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Humanity at it's best. Sometimes it's the little things...

 

[Stoner4Life]

Humanity at it's best. Sometimes it's the little things...

yeah, but just wait until the Republicans hear about this.......

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

I'm all out of rep for today, that sucks, some days it seems you can only give out a tiny bit of rep.

Anyways....

If you give a homeless man a cup of coffee, you will be removing any incentive he has to go out and EARN that cup of coffee... simple economic theory, right?

BTW S4L, holy hell how do you stand the Minnesota winters? My sympathies dude! Was reading an article on Huff-post, and it listed the 10 or 15 coldest colleges in the country. I think about 3/4 of them were in Minnesota, and the others were in states that neighbored Minnesota.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

I bet if I went in and asked for a suspended coffee, they'd give me the drink. A couple of weeks ago, I was sat outside a supermarket waiting for a taxi, and a bloke threw a pound coin to me. LOL

 

[supermanlives]

must be all the hard nipples^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[TheCleanGame]

Start "Suspended Grams" in Colorado.

Keep it Clean!

 

[yortbogey]

bump

 

[Stoner4Life]

 

[supermanlives]

fwiw in my homeless days a lot were vets that had been abandoned by the government they served. something to think about . not all homeless are lazy drug / alc abusing folk and I think it might inspire and give hope to some.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no incentive lost at all.peace