To me, your story seems very fabricated. Because to pay small bills with Bitcoin, you have to use the Lightning Network. In this respect, it seems to me that your story is a fabricated story. If you are really paying bills, then I think that the time was very good at that time. Many people dream of paying their food bills with Bitcoin. For example, the way we transfer money online or the way we pay for something online, every Bitcoiner's dream is that we can pay bills with Bitcoin and do everything. If there is ever a chance, I will try to pay my bills with Bitcoin.
He mentioned that the owner is his friend. Hence, he may be showing to his friend the use case of btc as payme t method. The fees are high but you will always find a way how to reduce such fees especially if you both have local exchange accounts that you can tramsfer the payment to another person.