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There is a little coffee shop, where two people arrive and approach the counter.
“Five coffees, please. Two for us and three hanging.”
They paid, they took their two coffees and left.
I asked the waiter. "What’s this about hanging coffees?"
“Wait and you'll see."
Some more people came in.
Two girls asked for a coffee each, they paid & left.
The following order was for seven coffees and it was made by three women - ‘three for them and four hanging coffees.’
I was left wondering...what is the meaning of the hanging coffees, they leave.
Then, a man dressed in worn clothes, who looks like he might be homeless, arrives at the counter and asks sincerely...
“Do you have a coffee hanging?"
“Yes, we do, sir.”
They serve him a coffee... I got my answer.
People pay in advance for a coffee that will be served to whoever can't afford a hot drink.
This tradition started in Naples.
Amazingly, it has spread throughout the world’s cities and towns.
It’s also possible to order not only "hanging coffees" but also a sandwich or a full low-cost meal.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all start doing this in the cities and towns where we live?
Small kindnesses like this can impact so many lives, in ways we could never imagine.
Maybe we should all try it.

The whole essence of Western societies is built on this concept, hence their generally good standard of living and quality of life. The rich subsidise the poor. The capable give a helping hand to the less capable. High taxes, layered tax brackets and so on. All to disperse a minimum standard of decent living.

Unfortunately, here in Nigeria and much of the black world, we are too rapacious and self-serving as a people to entrench this kind of supremely civilised culture.

Even if I pay for a 'hanging coffee', the café owner wouldn't waste a millisecond to convert it into his or her own gain by simply pocketing the money and selling the coffee to another customer. Penniless loafers who dare to wander into that space would be shoo-ed away with contempt.

No reason depends on location

SWriter:
No reason depends on location

Remember God created all human same

Same brain, same hands, legs, eyes, and so on...

But some people decided to use their brain for rubbish and underdevelopment

Bigkoko:
There is a little coffee shop, where two people arrive and approach the counter.
“Five coffees, please. Two for us and three hanging.”
They paid, they took their two coffees and left.
I asked the waiter. "What’s this about hanging coffees?"
“Wait and you'll see."
Some more people came in.
Two girls asked for a coffee each, they paid & left.
The following order was for seven coffees and it was made by three women - ‘three for them and four hanging coffees.’
I was left wondering...what is the meaning of the hanging coffees, they leave.
Then, a man dressed in worn clothes, who looks like he might be homeless, arrives at the counter and asks sincerely...
“Do you have a coffee hanging?"
“Yes, we do, sir.”
They serve him a coffee... I got my answer.
People pay in advance for a coffee that will be served to whoever can't afford a hot drink.
This tradition started in Naples.
Amazingly, it has spread throughout the world’s cities and towns.
It’s also possible to order not only "hanging coffees" but also a sandwich or a full low-cost meal.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all start doing this in the cities and towns where we live?
Small kindnesses like this can impact so many lives, in ways we could never imagine.
Maybe we should all try it.

we do something similiar Igboland, especially the village

Ofodirinwa:
■ we do something similiar Igboland, especially the village

Please stop telling these lies!

In Nigeria, the business owner will try to lie to to the said homeless folks that only 5 hanging orders are left instead of 35 so he can maximize profits.

The staff of the business will favor some homeless people over others or simply sell coffee to some customers and take the money off the hanging orders.

The homeless people will exploit it by simply coming back for seconds and third until they finish it.

And some customers will dress homeless and come in for free coffee. They will call it being street smart

Mynd44:
In Nigeria, the business owner will try to lie to to the said homeless folks that only 5 hanging orders are left instead of 35 so he can maximize profits.

The staff of the business will favor some homeless people over others or simply sell coffee to some customers and take the money off the hanging orders.

The homeless people will exploit it by simply coming back for seconds and third until they finish it.

And some customers will dress homeless and come in for free coffee. They will call it being street smart

How is this different from your modus operandi on Nairaland?

Mynd44:
In Nigeria, the business owner will try to lie to to the said homeless folks that only 5 hanging orders are left instead of 35 so he can maximize profits.
The staff of the business will favor some homeless people over others or simply sell coffee to some customers and take the money off the hanging orders.
The homeless people will exploit it by simply coming back for seconds and third until they finish it.
And some customers will dress homeless and come in for free coffee. They will call it being street smart.

I have always wonder what I'm doing among such a large gatherings of dishonest, selfish, unconscientious, and egoistic folks like Nigerians!

SporaD8:
I have always wonder what I'm doing among such a large gatherings of dishonest, selfish, unconscientious, and egoistic folks like Nigerians!

There is a huge chance you will be amongst them

Mynd44:
There is a huge chance you will be amongst them

They sincerely rejected me!
I prefer my private space; but any little opportunity I have to mingle will lead to people(family members not excluded) asking, "You don't act or talk Nigerian - which country are you from?!"
Oga Mynd, I believe at some point, I must have missed a particular Manual on how to act/talk Nigerian!