Today was ‘oil change’ day and so away I went to my new ‘favourite’ mechanic. My appointment was around 9 am and I planned to wait for it to be done. I thought that it would be nice to relax and read a magazine for a change while enjoying a cup of coffee. Luckily, two doors down from my mechanic was a Starbucks so I decided to give it a try. First I should explain that I rarely go to coffee shops and if I do, it is generally when I am travelling and Tim Horton’s seems to handle all my needs at a reasonable price and no complaints – Starbucks is foreign territory for me. But off I went to experience the local Starbucks and what it had to offer.
The store was small, but nice and bright; table and chairs inside and even one or two outside. I wasn’t sure what I wanted so thought I would check out the menu. A small plain coffee started at about $1.75+ – some specialty coffees $4.15+tax. Now… I do like coffee……but please … if you had a couple of cups, you would be paying close to $10.00 – in fact… I paid $4.99 for a large can of coffee at the grocery store this afternoon which could make a few dozen cups! The fact that people think it is ‘normal’ to pay over $3.00 for a cup of coffee and have several such cups each and every day is rather ‘telling’.
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