Rant: Is it really so hard to provide fresh 1/2 & 1/2 to paying customers?

I go to this little coffee shop on the occasional morning near me - it's a single proprietor-run establishment with really good coffee. I like mine with 1/2 & 1/2 to mitigate the bitterness and to add flavor.

But recently, every single quart of 1/2 & 1/2 they put out for customers to add their own CURDLES when added to the coffee. Add 1/2 & 1/2, stir, and curds float to the top.

The first time this happened, I put on my "I'm not an expert, but is that supposed to happen?" face; they replaced it with a fresh one, but same thing happened to a newly opened quart! They finally found one that was okay.

But it was sickening enough that I declined to go back for a couple weeks.

Now today I go there, and yep, same thing happened. I finally gave up, took the coffee and when I got out of eyesight, threw the coffee in the garbage. And I won't be back.

You would think after the first time, they'd do an investigation and change suppliers.

Oh, well.