There are times when the coffee line gets backed up a bit and once you order your drink the wait begins. The shuffle over by the "receive" counter builds up and the patrons shuffle around to find a place. There are many things to watch while you pick your wait spot. 1. Stand in a place that your butt does not join a couple trying to enjoy their morning coffee and converse, most of us are just the right height that are cheeks meet theirs if we get too close. 2. Don't stand in front of the sugar bar, this is where people put all the additions, grab napkins and straws. You will constantly have to move out of your spot. The whole game reminds me of those puzzle where you move the tiles around and eventually you will create the right picture.
3. This one gets it's own paragraph! Don't stand right at the bar especially if your drink is not next. It really is not very hard to figure out if your drink is next or not. One easy way is that everyone that was in front of you is usually going to receive their drink first, duh. Another way is that when you finish your transaction you can look over towards the bar area and see people watching the barista and with no drink in their hand. If you're a #3, get away from the bar, nothing worse then trying to squeeze by you to get my drink and my sleeve. I don't want you breathing on my coffee. When I do say "excuse me", you move 1 inch. I'm am a skinny dude but I need more than an inch to get by your "un-skinny" ass.
Cheers!
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Amen! The bar huggers are the people that I can't stand! They are usually the person in the biggest hurry, thinks the world revolves around them and are the most likely to give you a dirty look when squeezing by them to get your drink. I have become quite the snot to the bar huggers...I will excuse myself in a snotty tone and bump them if necessary. Most of them tend to be of the middle school/high school crowd. They will NOT move, so a little jolt of the real world does them well! As for the adult variety of the bar huggers, they just need to get a clue and deserve no kindness from me!
You people and your damn coffee! You think the whole world will come to an end if you don't have your expensive, over-rated coffee! Don't any of you have a coffee pot at home? Is it just a yuppy thing or what? I do not understand all of the bull shit with these coffee places. What a waste of time, energy and blog space. Having a nice cup of coffee at home and reading the paper is certainly a lot more enjoyable, not as upscale, but less stressful. Besides, I like the bonding time with my children a lot better than worrying where my ass is or what line to not stand in. Here's to Yuban and Mr. Coffee!
Well, I for one, do NOT drink coffee, I drink a hot chocolate! NOBODY makes it like Starbucks! As for spending time with my kids, my hubby and I do that plenty! We do a morning starbucks run on the weekend as just the two of us time! It's equally important to have 'just the two of us time' without kids in tow. Our kids are also of the teen crowd, so the bonding time has already been established. I suppose though that blog reading would get in ones way of bonding time with the kids? It's all about what's important to you. Your life certainly can not revolve around your children 100%, so to imply that those of us who take time to go to the local coffee bar is a waste of time, engery and blog space (rather then bonding with our kids), maybe reading & commenting on blogs is a waste of time, engery and blog space ...time that can be better served bonding with your kids! =)
So much hostility towards a cup of jo. There are a lot of assumptions going on.
It really goes beyond Starbucks or coffee, which was just a good springboard. What it comes down is oblivious people and/or snot nosed punks that think the world revolves around them. Thinking about others, not being so selfish and having a clue to the environment that surrounds you.
As for my kids, one of my kids lives on his own and meets me at Starbucks for conversation at times, my Daughter works at the Starbucks I frequent on the weekend and usually see her there, and my youngest son could care less as his priority for the day is to go play with friends. My youngest son and I are the early risers and by the time the Starbucks trip happens, we have spent the first 3 hours together. How many people can say that? This is my situation and all situations are different but since you replied to my blog......
As for expensive, that is in the eyes of the beholder. I drink one 12 ounce cup and don't spend half my morning drinking a whole pot. I can bet there are plenty of Folgers users out there that spend more than I do in a day on coffee. There are many other vices that many share that I don't participate in so to me the cost is justified and really that's who I'm accountable to.
I do appreciate the other view though, that is what makes blogging fun and exercises the mind. Here's to Starbucks and Baristas! :)
Hostile comments. Good thing she doesn't drink coffee! I guess you are right though, it is personal choice. I apologize for my conclusions before thought.
Snooty people trying to prove they are not snooty. What a laugh.
Well, I have stock in Starbucks so you people keep visiting and buying your coffee. I will run to the bank on your addition.
See how easy this is. You do what you want with your money and I do what I want to with mine.
It's funny how this blog entry ended up being a judgmental direction towards "snooty" people by "jealous" people that like bad coffee I guess?
Either way, if you read through the entry it is how people don't pay attention to what is around them. Some day their bubble will pop and they will need those people that once looked invisible.
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