asv108's Journal: ROTD: I hate Starbucks Dwellars

Our office for the LionShare Project is right next to the local Starbucks. Here in State College, PA, there is only one Starbucks, compared to say Portland, where you can see one in any given direction, less than 2 blocks away.

I usually go in there about three times a week. Its a really small location, that was constructed from an old bagel shop. The coffee is decent, but there are a lot better places to grab coffee in State College, but this is the closest place to the office.

Every time, no matter what time of the day I happen to walk in there, 3/4 of the people sitting down are the same people. Why the hell would you want to sit in a fucking Starbucks all day? There many other coffee places that have just as good/better coffee and free Internet. I can't understand why anyone would go to Starbucks and pay for wifi in cramped location, rather than going to a larger local place, with free access, and better coffee. What the hell is wrong with people? Starbucks was trendy ten years ago, its now the coffee equivalent of Wal-Mart and McDonalds.

I dunno...but maybe..

[bofh31337]

it's because it's close for them.

No explanation.

[blueforce]

Non-alcoholic, caffeine-addicted, coffee-bar flies?

(what's the rule on using 3 compound words to form a 4 word sentence :)

Try picking one of them up

[Neop2Lemus]

Then, when you're in the conversation, let the 'why?' question slip.

Lines like "Been here often?" and "I've seen you before!" may actually be appropriate here.

Why?

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Why do you care?