The Author was looking around for something to write about today(a very non-Newsworthy sunshine for Mothers' Day), and decided to run through a little theory. Complement Goods are those Goods which reinforce each other's usage, whether used in tandem, or One facilitates the use of the Other. Products which are seemingly unrelated can express a correlation when external factors create a shortage of one Product, and another Product suffers constriction in normal Sales.
A City, where the Author had lived for over twenty years, has just gone Non-Smoking (the Author smokes, so the Reader can understand all Positions). It simply joined a long list of Cities and Towns. All initial economic Reports assert little loss of Patronage in Public Places from such a Smoking Ban. Later economic Reports do not exist because they present the socially-unacceptable alternate Picture. Bar, restaurant, and Coffee shop patronage has fallen in Number, and in the Dollars transferred per patron. What has been the effect?
Coffee and Cigarettes go together. Folgers or Hills Brothers was sufficient back in the day when Smoke curled through the air. Latte permeates instead of Smoke in the Coffee shops and restaurants today. Customers are significantly less, and they are charged much more (this Author bought his first cup of Coffee for a Dime). Labor Preparation Cost per cup of Coffee ascended to a professional fee Cost, plus the reduced Patronage, has brought a cup of Coffee to an average $3-4, depending on where you have a quick cup of Coffee; Time having quadrupled to get said cup filled. The Author will not expound on Bars, except to say a Bartender looks blank if you ask for bourbon and Branch. He wants a clear American drink demanded, like a Mai Ti or an Excalibur. All part of America today. lgl
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