my gosh
these days
how many know of him?
and how many fewer give a rip about that old dinosaur?
my gosh,
how far we have fallen.
how we as parents/mentors failed,
at large, not hit or miss.
shame shame
Juan
On a road trip one of the people I was with wanted to go to Starbucks. I’d never of the place. She said it’s a coffee shop. Well, I’m up for coffee.
We get inside, wait in line. I get to the counter and hold out my now empty mug. The guy looks at me like he’s retarded. He doesn’t know what to do. To help him along I say, Just fill it with coffee. That sparked him, coffee is a word he’s heard before.
He points to the paper cups and asks, What size? WTF. I already have a mug, sez I. Just fill it up. He launches into his routine; what size, what flavors, whipped?, hot or cold.
The whole time I’m saying just fill this here mug. Black coffee only. Like I’m speaking an unknown language. To shuffle him into action, the gal with me utters their word for large then black, nothing else.
I get the paper cup. In front of him I pour the contents into my mug, leaving the paper cup on the counter. Was that so hard? It was nasty and bitter anyway.
While I don’t drink coffee – it’s poisonous to me – I understand that they only sell high-priced burnt coffee. Am I misinformed??
You are spot on. I stopped at the one in the area shortly after it opened must be 30 years or so ago. I’d read so much of what I now understand was hype, I figured “it’s gotta be good”. My first clue should have been when I ordered a large with milk. The server looked at me and said, you mean a Venti and some other gobbledegook. I looked at him and repeated “a large coffee with milk”. After I got what I ordered, I walked out and took a sip of the vilest cup of coffee I’d ever had. It was worse than any navy coffee I’d ever had. I poured it out on the ground right in front of the entrance to Starbucks. Never went back.
I’m lucky to have never been in the place. Even when we’re on vacation, my wife, who is the real coffee drinker, prefers Dunkin’ or KK coffee. She would rather get it from McDonalds than Starbucks. She drinks hers black with about 15 grains of sugar. I like mine with a healthy dose of sugar and half & half or milk … but not frapped.
Micky D’s coffee used to be very good, although I haven’t had any in the last 6-7 years or so.
Dunkin’s coffee is almost as bad as Starfucks. When Dunkin’s got sold to an investor group, they changed the entire business model of how coffee is brewed at the franchises, resulting in a brew that in no way resembles the great coffee of yesteryear. You used to be able to smell a Dunkin’s from a couple hundred yards away. No more. Sad.
drank a lot of black coffee in the army . now a days I like a little sugar and milk in it
yeah. so what? back in the army days. they took a 15-20 gallon pot and filled it with water. then added a 4or 5 pound can of coffee to it. boiled until black and then let you have it. yeah. field coffee at its best. so yeah. now a days I like a little sugar and milk in it. you can keep that overpriced burnt shit to yourself .
and you right about McDonalds coffee, it is worlds better than starbucks shit.
and Perkins has better coffee than most other joints I tried .
Denny’s is burnt as well and they always need to clean the damn pot too.
coffee in Europe was good for the most part (1970’s) as they didn’t burn the shit out of it. pricey though. once thru Starbucks was enough for me. Never again !
my gosh
these days
how many know of him?
and how many fewer give a rip about that old dinosaur?
my gosh,
how far we have fallen.
how we as parents/mentors failed,
at large, not hit or miss.
shame shame
Juan
On a road trip one of the people I was with wanted to go to Starbucks. I’d never of the place. She said it’s a coffee shop. Well, I’m up for coffee.
We get inside, wait in line. I get to the counter and hold out my now empty mug. The guy looks at me like he’s retarded. He doesn’t know what to do. To help him along I say, Just fill it with coffee. That sparked him, coffee is a word he’s heard before.
He points to the paper cups and asks, What size? WTF. I already have a mug, sez I. Just fill it up. He launches into his routine; what size, what flavors, whipped?, hot or cold.
The whole time I’m saying just fill this here mug. Black coffee only. Like I’m speaking an unknown language. To shuffle him into action, the gal with me utters their word for large then black, nothing else.
I get the paper cup. In front of him I pour the contents into my mug, leaving the paper cup on the counter. Was that so hard? It was nasty and bitter anyway.
While I don’t drink coffee – it’s poisonous to me – I understand that they only sell high-priced burnt coffee. Am I misinformed??
You are spot on. I stopped at the one in the area shortly after it opened must be 30 years or so ago. I’d read so much of what I now understand was hype, I figured “it’s gotta be good”. My first clue should have been when I ordered a large with milk. The server looked at me and said, you mean a Venti and some other gobbledegook. I looked at him and repeated “a large coffee with milk”. After I got what I ordered, I walked out and took a sip of the vilest cup of coffee I’d ever had. It was worse than any navy coffee I’d ever had. I poured it out on the ground right in front of the entrance to Starbucks. Never went back.
I’m lucky to have never been in the place. Even when we’re on vacation, my wife, who is the real coffee drinker, prefers Dunkin’ or KK coffee. She would rather get it from McDonalds than Starbucks. She drinks hers black with about 15 grains of sugar. I like mine with a healthy dose of sugar and half & half or milk … but not frapped.
Micky D’s coffee used to be very good, although I haven’t had any in the last 6-7 years or so.
Dunkin’s coffee is almost as bad as Starfucks. When Dunkin’s got sold to an investor group, they changed the entire business model of how coffee is brewed at the franchises, resulting in a brew that in no way resembles the great coffee of yesteryear. You used to be able to smell a Dunkin’s from a couple hundred yards away. No more. Sad.
drank a lot of black coffee in the army . now a days I like a little sugar and milk in it
yeah. so what? back in the army days. they took a 15-20 gallon pot and filled it with water. then added a 4or 5 pound can of coffee to it. boiled until black and then let you have it. yeah. field coffee at its best. so yeah. now a days I like a little sugar and milk in it. you can keep that overpriced burnt shit to yourself .
and you right about McDonalds coffee, it is worlds better than starbucks shit.
and Perkins has better coffee than most other joints I tried .
Denny’s is burnt as well and they always need to clean the damn pot too.
coffee in Europe was good for the most part (1970’s) as they didn’t burn the shit out of it. pricey though. once thru Starbucks was enough for me. Never again !