Post #782871 by tikiskip on Thu, Jan 4, 2018 7:07 AM

Well I would guess not EVERY mug was stolen.
They had to sell at least a few.

And a mug wholesale to the bar could not cost $50.00 bucks, damn they need to make something what did they sell for.

They were cool mugs, I would have bought one or more.

And damn they say right there in the article " Lest guests try to pocket the unique cups — as is so often the case at bars"
So it's not like they were blindsided.

Things change in the restaurant everyday and especially at the start so you need to adapt so you don't lose money.
If they were a success would they just go on losing ten thousand a year in mugs.

How does three Dots Do it? they have many different COOL mugs there must be a solution.

"each mug represents dozens of hours of active work and kiln time"
This is a recipe for disaster here as two people could not keep up with demand at some point they would get tired of that.

It's the bartenders that do the real stealing most times, they give the place away in free drinks and heavy pours so that free drink and heavy pour turns into a heavy tip.