Coffee houses - you know, Starbucks and co.
They're nearly as bad as Subway
I go to bits. Am not comfortable in coffee houses. Never have been, never will.
To say I am always massively overwhelmed is an understatement.
I get to this till and surrounded by a million weird cakes and biscuits. Looking at the price boards, theres drinks I haven't even heard of. Shots? Shots???? Whats that all about. caffé mocha? cappuccino? Whats the difference? con panna?, americano? and god knows what else.
The mrs orders cold coffee - cold coffee? wtf, it has ice in for crying out loud. I went mad and tasted it once - needed a meat and potato pasty to get rid of the taste. So none of that new iffy Americanised stuff. "Better keep it simple" I think. I scour the list...
Lattes? - They're a bit girly aren't they? The inevitable fit girl behind the till or in the corner will think am a woofter. Either that, or the lad behind will pass me his number with the drink. One of the lads from here ordered a latte once, think it was ToffeeDan or Reidy - the lad behind the bar wouldn't leave us alone after that - chicoazul ended up giving him a cigar.
Tea? - simpletons drink. Who orders tea in a coffee house? Will be massively judged as a belter.
So I usually just go for orange juice - thats in a fridge away from the til - but even then I feel a bit of a belter. I mean, theres a supercigs next door, I could have got orange from there for a 10th of the price.
Anyone else have coffee house paranoia?
They're nearly as bad as Subway
I go to bits. Am not comfortable in coffee houses. Never have been, never will.
To say I am always massively overwhelmed is an understatement.
I get to this till and surrounded by a million weird cakes and biscuits. Looking at the price boards, theres drinks I haven't even heard of. Shots? Shots???? Whats that all about. caffé mocha? cappuccino? Whats the difference? con panna?, americano? and god knows what else.
The mrs orders cold coffee - cold coffee? wtf, it has ice in for crying out loud. I went mad and tasted it once - needed a meat and potato pasty to get rid of the taste. So none of that new iffy Americanised stuff. "Better keep it simple" I think. I scour the list...
Lattes? - They're a bit girly aren't they? The inevitable fit girl behind the till or in the corner will think am a woofter. Either that, or the lad behind will pass me his number with the drink. One of the lads from here ordered a latte once, think it was ToffeeDan or Reidy - the lad behind the bar wouldn't leave us alone after that - chicoazul ended up giving him a cigar.
Tea? - simpletons drink. Who orders tea in a coffee house? Will be massively judged as a belter.
So I usually just go for orange juice - thats in a fridge away from the til - but even then I feel a bit of a belter. I mean, theres a supercigs next door, I could have got orange from there for a 10th of the price.
Anyone else have coffee house paranoia?
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