I suppose it would depend how much i could afford to spend at the time. Ok, so $3 isn’t so much, so i probably would find something extra if i really wanted that drink. But i hate that rule (although i can understand it, because of credit card fees the owner of the store has to pay).
This is totally unrelated really, but it makes me think of this one time in a stationery store, where i bought a folder for an A4 notepad. When i got home i noticed that the note pad didn’t even fit in the folder, it was just too small, but they sold it to fit with an A4 notepad. So anyway, i went back to the store to return it – i didn’t exchange it because that was the last one on the shelf. They wouldn’t give my money back, and said i had to buy something of equal value. I was miffed, and was not about to waste $28, so i was wondering around in the store for AGES trying to find stuff that i could actually use and that i wanted to buy. They finally noticed that i wasn’t getting done, so they said i could take the stuff i already had, and they’re refund me the difference. I thought they had a cheek, because they sold a defective product and didn’t want to give my money back, so i ended up having to buy stuff i didn’t really want.
So, i don’t like being told to buy stuff i don’t want. RE the $3 minimum again…if the staff were unfriendly and annoyed me, i’d just leave and tell them “nevermind”. If they were friendly and i was in a good mood, i’d probably use this as a good opportunity and excuse to buy some chocolates or something to make up the $3, hehe.