There is a Starbucks with a drive thru right across the street from my shop. Now, I certainly understand being a regular at a coffee shop or bar and having the staff recognize your face and remembering your favorite drink when you stop by. But this morning I pull up to the drive thru about 30 minutes earlier than normal and after placing my order I hear the speaker say, “Brian, is that you? You are here early today.”
Voice recognition. The first step to a coffee intervention?
I received a letter from our local tri shop thanking me for being among their top 10% of customers (I suppose in terms of dollars spent).
Mrs. Sphere was not amused. She conducted her own little intervention.
There is a LBS here that sends those letters out around this time of year. They have a ‘special’ after hours closed door sale for their ‘best’ customers in Dec. It is a lot of fun to go to - I always end up seeing people that I haven’t seen since a summer race or ride and we have a chance to chat and catch up until the next time we see eachother (invariably summer).
LOL!
We have a starbucks in our student union. there is ALWAYS a huge line.
Bunch of us go to a BW3’s on sunday afternoons to watch the late afternoon NFL games. The server/bartender always sees me walk in and has my Bass Ale sitting on my table about the time I sit down.
dont worry! When i worked at “the bucks” we had lots customers that came in multiple times a day. i knew what temperature to steam their drinks at (165 instead of the standard 160).
just dont be one of the wierd ones!! we had names for the customers like “pastry lady” who asked us to change the public bus schedule to make it easier for her to get there. “fake boobs”, “date square guy”,“high maitenance lady” and “wierd pervert” who asked me to drizzle my phone number on his drink with chocolate sauce. can never forget this guy “wow, nice pants, do you work out?”
Uh oh, you’re going to get it now…the anti-starbucks police are going to be after your ass!!!
at the local coffee shop, all the workers can write my name correctly with the cedille under the c…if this is an indication of coffee addiction…
“date square guy”
Please elaborate.
dont worry! When i worked at “the bucks” we had lots customers that came in multiple times a day. i knew what temperature to steam their drinks at (165 instead of the standard 160).
just dont be one of the wierd ones!! we had names for the customers like “pastry lady” who asked us to change the public bus schedule to make it easier for her to get there. “fake boobs”, “date square guy”,“high maitenance lady” and “wierd pervert” who asked me to drizzle my phone number on his drink with chocolate sauce. can never forget this guy “wow, nice pants, do you work out?”
Somewhere out there…there has to be a “Denizens of Starbucks” chat going on.
You want to know more about date square guy? He used to come in everyday and get a date square. Til he started to gain weight, then just date squares on fridays and stat holidays.
It sounded more interesting when I didn’t realized date square was a food.
Reminds me of this poster I had in University
“I don’t have a drinking problem. I drink, fall down, no problem.” 
Like clockwork six years in a row Monday to Friday at 6:15 a.m. Saturdays 8:00 a.m. not including Sundays or Christmas. Triple Tall Americano and a Maple Oat Nut Scone (no glaze). Gained about 30 pounds in what I like to call my OCD days. Had the same order of sushi every day for lunch too.
My wife had a “frock shop” a few blocks from my office, Starbucks was in the foyer, she would occasionally join me there for a quick jolt of caffeine. The “barista” greeted my friendly sunny wife by name. She had been there half a dozen times. After several hundred visits all I got, besides coffee and a scone, was a blank stare.
I credit the Triple Tall Americano (my steaming black cup of enthusiasm) with keeping me in that business two years longer than I should have.
Devil Brew.
Maple Oat Nut Scone<<
That thing has like 450 calories!! Cut them out after I found that out.
Just got back from the Buckies…grande non-fat latter.
clm
My boyfriend is a “2 inches of ice at the bottom” guy. He doesn’t use creamer - just the ice to cool down the coffee. Sometimes he gets to the counter of the local Starbuck’s to his work, and they see him— and put it on the counter
Lauren
you have good selection in men
same - little ice, no room for cream or sugar ($1.82 for venti)
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“you have good selection in men”
Sssh… his ego is big enough. Good thing he reads his own tri boards or he’d hear you 
:auren
You open your mail in front of your wife? You crazy fool!