Of course it does, luckily I'm one of the few willing to admit such things. Actually LiteCoinGuy pretty much made your point irrelevant.
bitcoin is good for you:
-if you dont like banks
-if you dont like fiat money
-if you dont like debt
-if you want control over your money
-if you like tech
-if you are a geek
-if you want to be a part of a movement
Basically one of the fundamental ideas of Bitcoin was to enable you to get out of the current system (money and state separation). Aside from paying bills (utilities, power, water, etc.) it is pretty much possible.
If you are really into Bitcoin, you would not be caring about any limitations and would be patient. Besides, you do not have to use it for small things such as coffee, pizza, etc. now. You can pretty much buy anything online using Bitcoin in 2015.
Another thing is that, you could talk to the manager/owner of the place that you like and suggest them to start accepting Bitcoin. The place has nothing to lose if they use Bitpay.
Uh, no it doesn't. My point was that your way of defining greedy doesn't make sense. It has nothing to do with what LCG is saying.
That said, to imply that any of those reasons above is more "noble" or "righteous" or in any other way "better" than hoping to invest in bitcoin for a financial gain is completely silly. So what if we want a financial gain? What is wrong with that?
There are many people in the world who are not well off financially. They need all the money they can get, to LIVE. They can't afford luxury items like a new laptop every 6 months (or even every 3 years). There is very little they can afford after food, shelter and clothing. So what can they buy with bitcoins? Basically nothing.
Is it wrong then, for these people to want to improve their financial situation by making a bet on bitcoin increasing its price?
Also, we live in the real world, not a theoretical one. Bitcoin will NOT WORK at $3, because by that time very few people will accept it.
Anyway, there is absolutely nothing wrong with speculating about bitcoin. Without speculators, bitcoin will die, period. The number of true believers of bitcoin as a currency AND hates fiat/banks etc is not that many.