My cafe has been open 24 hours so far here....

Looks like you made the right decision to keep the cafe open 24 hours. I'm sure you could use all that business. Do you offer wifi to your customers that come in for tea and coffee? Like a starbucks or Caribou Coffee shop? We have a coffee shop like that here. It's a flower shop, coffee shop and they also offer wifi for the customers. I have applied for a job there, but have never had coffee from there.

Keeping a café open for over 24 hours must be a very demanding task for someone running a small business, as opposed to the large national concerns that can organise a realistic staff rota system. especially with a constant flow of customers which will disrupt attempts to prepare for the next period of activity. I am pleased to hear that the endeavour has been such a success because at least you will be appropriately rewarded for the effort required. The main plus factor is that at this time of year the customers will tend to be in a very friendly state of mind, which does make the experience more enjoyable.

Business really good in new in holidays, where many people have money to spend. That's good for you friend, because you earn a lot in these days.

Wow! You are always open arn't you. I am glad you are getting the business, and doing do good at it. But hope you don't over work yourself.

It is so great to hear that.You would also have fun during be busy with the business of the bar.Take good care of yourself.I wish you have a prosperous business in the year of 2013. Cheers.All the best.

So this time your brother is there for you to help. Thats great I hope you have cashed out new year successfully. Is there a large difference between christmas earnings and new year's one ? May be you should give some discounts on these special occassions. That can really help in attracting customers.

Hello mariaperalta. Happy New Year to you. I am glad to know that you have continuous business in your cafe twenty-four hours non-stop. It is a good business you are doing, but it is really a hard job to work that long for those customers. Make sure that you have enough sleep for more energy in your work. Take care, friend.

Looks like you've had a pretty successful 37 hours. Sometimes it does take a little extra effort to make the customers happy. You might even try that during a few other holidays throughout the new year. But having the cafe open for 24 hours every day of the year would not be all that great because you will have so much more overhead costs. What you are doing for some chosen holidays is just fine.

Happy New Year, Marìa! I had a wonderful party with my closest friends and stayed over to sleep at their house. .they invited me later to go to one of their daughter`s house for a New Year grttogether, but all I wanter was a nap, so they brought me home. I am just waaking up and starting with mylotting. I`m so glad you had a good day as costumers go. Maybe you can save part of that to go sometime to visit your son.

hi there, first of all, let me greet you a happy new year. with regard to your topic discussion, good to hear that you can still have your nap though your cafe was opened for 24 hours. at least you can still catch up your sleeping while getting your earnings. well, i just hoped i can also have a shop in the future that i can man and supervise.

it is good to hear that your business is going great.you will get more customers during festival time because people are free.hoping 2013 will be prosperous for you.happy new year

Wow that's impressive Maria-don't you ever stop?!!Glad to hear that your business is doing well.All the very best to you for 2013.

Hi! That is good for you. I wish you the best this new year. ;-) Have a nice day!

The great business really suggests a wonderful start of the new year.You are a great business girl,but take care of yourself.Happy new year.

I am glad you have had lots of customers, even if it was just for food and drink. You have a few more hours to go until you close, I hope lots of people want to join you. Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Happy new year too. That was great. They say, customers are many if the business are open on new years eve and in Christmas, but in ordinary days is not the same as holidays.

It must be really interesting to have a cafe. I bet you get to observe different behaviors of customers. It's uber diligent of you to work on New Year. Most of the establishments here are closed because of their New Year celebration. It would have been nice if all business owners are like you

That is a lot of hours to be open for business. I am sure you were exhausted after all that time. I would guess that on New Years eve more people were out partying then on christmas. I hope you had a great time and enjoyed yourself. And I am very happy for you now that you had that procedure and feel much better. Happy New Year Maria.

I always like it when you talk about running your business, and wish you well for the New Year, too :) Tim Hortons franchises are *the* place to go around the holidays over here; a friend of mine gets a huge bonus just in tips when working there.

Hi maria. Well now that I imagine it might actually feel great to have a place where people come and chat over a cup of coffee. In fact I think you get to feel the real festive mood as many people go to cafe on holidays specially during festivals. And as I always say that I admire you for the hard work you do. Anyways have a nice day ... -=SuperShames=-