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<p>After a messy breakup, who gets custody of the couple&#39;s favorite coffee shop?</p><p>Could somebody claim &quot;dibs&quot; over a public place?</p><p>A guy turned to <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/sde3ln/aita_for_telling_my_ex_to_get_her_coffee/">&quot;Am I The A**hole?&quot;</a> after attempting to ban his ex-fianc&eacute;e from the coffee shop he works at. Before he was an employee, he was a regular, and they went so often as a couple that he even proposed there. While the relationship didn&#39;t last, the coffee shop is still going strong, and he wants to keep it heartbreak-free.</p><p>He wrote:</p><blockquote> <p>My ex and I dated and were engaged for 4 years before she dumped me less than a month before our wedding. A very messy breakup to say the least. When she moved to my town after our engagement, I introduced her to a small artisan coffee shop I had been a regular at for a few years. We began going on regular dates there (this shop was also the place where I proposed).</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Shortly after the breakup, I started working at that shop because I had a few friends there and it&rsquo;s one of the few places in town that takes pride in quality coffee (I also desperately needed a job since my plans were all screwed because of the breakup).</p> </blockquote><p>He began working at the shop, and now has to serve his ex-fianc&eacute;e and her new boyfriend.</p><blockquote> <p>She still goes to this place for her coffee, and I now have to serve her (and her new bf) regularly. Today I told her that there are 30 other coffee shops in town and I asked her if she could please go somewhere else, that it was insulting and insensitive for her to keep coming.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>She snapped saying that I was being childish, and that I chose to work there and she can come whenever she wants, knowing that I have to be the one to serve her. It really ruined my day.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>AITA for initiating that confrontation and telling her to go somewhere else?</p> </blockquote><p>The majority of commenters sided with the ex-girlfriend and told the heartbroken barista to grow the F up.</p><p>&quot;YTA (You&#39;re The A**hole) dude. Why doesn&#39;t she get to tell you to work somewhere different, if you get to tell her to buy her coffee somewhere else?&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Stay-Mellow/">Stay-Mellow</a> pointed out.</p><p>&quot;YTA - why on earth would you get a job at a place you know she frequents if you can&rsquo;t handle seeing her?&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ChaosNHamHam/">ChaosNHamHam</a> agreed. &quot;Unless you own the coffee shop you have no right to tell a customer they can&rsquo;t come there.&quot;</p><p>Some people insisted that Everyone Sucks Here.</p><p>&quot;ESH (Everyone Sucks Here). It&rsquo;s a public place. Kill her with kindness,&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mis_Bee_Have/">Mis_Bee_Have</a> advised. &quot;Or be petty and get her name wrong on her order every time,&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/coloradogrown85/">coloradogrown85</a> joked.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>After reading the comments, the Original Poster jumped in to defend himself:</p><blockquote> <p>I did not refuse her service (nor will I if she comes in again). This exchange happened after I had taken her order and handed her the drink. I&rsquo;m stunned that they still choose to come here, especially because there is another branch of our shop in town the same distance from her place. I would avoid her workplace like the plague and I expected her to do the same given the severity of the breakup.</p> </blockquote><p>Now that he has barista experience, he should apply to the 29 other coffee shops in town.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Guy asks if he was wrong to tell ex to stop coming to the coffee shop he works at.

After a messy breakup, who gets custody of the couple&#39;s favorite coffee shop?Could somebody claim &quot;dibs&quot; over a public place?A guy turned to &quot;Am I The A**hole?&quot; after attempting to ban his ex-fianc&eacute;e from the coffee shop he works at. Before he was an employee, he was a regular, and they went so often as a couple that he even proposed there. While the relationship didn&#39;t last, the coffee shop is still going strong, and he wants to keep it heartbreak-free.He wrote: My ex and I dated and were engaged for 4 years before she dumped me less than a month before our wedding. A very messy breakup to say the least. When she moved to my town after our engagement, I introduced her to a small artisan coffee shop I had been a regular at for a few years. We began going on regular dates there (this shop was also the place where I proposed).  Shortly after the breakup, I started working at that shop because I had a few friends there and it&rsquo;s one of the few places in town that takes pride in quality coffee (I also desperately needed a job since my plans were all screwed because of the breakup). He began working at the shop, and now has to serve his ex-fianc&eacute;e and her new boyfriend. She still goes to this place for her coffee, and I now have to serve her (and her new bf) regularly. Today I told her that there are 30 other coffee shops in town and I asked her if she could please go somewhere else, that it was insulting and insensitive for her to keep coming.  She snapped saying that I was being childish, and that I chose to work there and she can come whenever she wants, knowing that I have to be the one to serve her. It really ruined my day.  AITA for initiating that confrontation and telling her to go somewhere else? The majority of commenters sided with the ex-girlfriend and told the heartbroken barista to grow the F up.&quot;YTA (You&#39;re The A**hole) dude. Why doesn&#39;t she get to tell you to work somewhere different, if you get to tell her to buy her coffee somewhere else?&quot; Stay-Mellow pointed out.&quot;YTA - why on earth would you get a job at a place you know she frequents if you can&rsquo;t handle seeing her?&quot; ChaosNHamHam agreed. &quot;Unless you own the coffee shop you have no right to tell a customer they can&rsquo;t come there.&quot;Some people insisted that Everyone Sucks Here.&quot;ESH (Everyone Sucks Here). It&rsquo;s a public place. Kill her with kindness,&quot; Mis_Bee_Have advised. &quot;Or be petty and get her name wrong on her order every time,&quot; coloradogrown85 joked.After reading the comments, the Original Poster jumped in to defend himself: I did not refuse her service (nor will I if she comes in again). This exchange happened after I had taken her order and handed her the drink. I&rsquo;m stunned that they still choose to come here, especially because there is another branch of our shop in town the same distance from her place. I would avoid her workplace like the plague and I expected her to do the same given the severity of the breakup. Now that he has barista experience, he should apply to the 29 other coffee shops in town.

After a messy breakup, who gets custody of the couple&#39;s favorite coffee shop?  Could somebody claim &quot;dibs&quot; over a public place?  A guy turned to &quot;Am I The A**hole?&quot; after attempting to ban his ex-fianc&eacute;e from...