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What is so great about Starbucks?

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It's coming tomorrow. Run! Run away as fast as you can, while there's still time.

 

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On 7/31/2023 at 8:13 AM, heidih said:

OK so back to "what is great". I had a wonderful experience last week. Sister took me to DMV. No appointment available until late August so took a chance. Line - horrifyng - stand outside in heat. She drove to another one 5 miles away. Much better situation. After she asked if I wanted to grab a coffee at StarBucks. Umm no it is very hot andI am stressed. But I'll take an iced tea. We sat outside in a shady spot. Only one other person on other side of patio. Surrounded by greenery, catching the breeze from the Pacific Coast highway sipping a wonderfully tart iced Passion tea (unsweetened). I can still feel the contentment. It can have its place.ee agreed there was no other pace that woud have given us this. I woud patronize an indepedently owned place but - not really around.

I forgot all about this peculiar thread.  For all I know I contributed something to it in a past life, but reading through the whole thing would be as bad as Starbucks coffee. Not a fan. However I went back a page just for a refresh and I do miss heidih. She's right: Starbucks is better than being in the DMV.

 

However, I do have a recent Starbucks story. Last April we were driving back to Atlanta from Edisto Island. It was hot. I needed a bathroom and an icy drink. Signs pointed to a Starbucks off the highway. The facilities were closed but there was a drive-up window. There was a person in the window. When I asked for an espresso frappuccino she said, "Sorry, I can't make that right now. Our ice machine is broken."  To my addled brain that just seemed pathetic. We drove across a parking lot and noticed a sign for a Waffle House. I've never been to a Waffle House. Now that I'm vacationing so often in the Carolinas and Atlanta I realize they come with the territory. There's even a "Waffle House Museum" near Atlanta.We never go because, well, it's more fun making jokes about it.  I have no idea what their coffee is like, but the bathroom was very nice.

 

So, next time I'm in a jam on a steamy highway I might just try Waffle House. It may be better than Starbucks, but no way more rejuvenating than that iced tea and the pacific coast breeze on the patio. RIP, Heidi.

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