It's *probably* an urban myth. It's one of those a friend of a friend of mine stories.

Here it goes. A candidate has his second interview with a company. He likes the way the job sounds, the company loves him. At the end of the interview, they agree that an offer will be made and negotiations will begin.

Then, on his way out, the candidate sees the coffee pot on a counter with a basket beside it. On the basket, a little cardboard sign says, "Coffee club 50 cents per cup."

When the recruiter calls, the candidate says he is no longer interested.

"If they nickel and dime their employees for the price of a cup of coffee," he says, "they are going to look to sqeeze me for all they can get on the contract, on projects and on bonuses. That's not the kind of culture I want to work with."

I've never encountered anything like this myself, but it got me wondering, how would my top candidates respond to a coffee club? Does the guy, be he real or an urban legend, have a point? What do you think?