Attempt at chic-cafe-breakfast-snob-work

[elusivek]

So, after Tuesday (my day off taking the dog to the vet's for teeth scaling), I sort of acquired the taste of having my laptop and working on it over breakfast in a cafe.

So I attempted doing that this morning.

I knew there was this cafe that opens at 8.00am near my place, the owner is a friendly Australian guy and they serve all-day breakfast anyway, so I figured, I'll go there today!

To find out that, they've changed their operating hours. Meh. So I had to head over to... Starbucks.

I don't dislike Starbucks. I love their Green Tea Latte. I hate the clientele.

So I was working resutely on the minutes from the Animal Welfare thingie (from last night) and then hoardes of "new rich novoricos" kids meander in, grabe three tables on my left, and another group of the same grab two tables on my front.

And they chatter and make discussions and oh gods just shut up.

Starbucks is just too mainstream and for the younger crowd.

Did I just say that? Did I just admit I'm in the older crowd? OMG.

Anyway, I have the meeting minutes issued, I prepared the next meeting agenda, I made a couple follow up calls, my work is done, the experience has me back into my introverted self. I want to go home. I'm going to hide at home. Now.

Comments

[sight.livejournal.com]

Oh man. It's so annoying when you're trying to work on stuff and then people coming in and sit next to you and can't stop yammering at the top of their lungs. Booo!

[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Lol! This makes me laugh cause I realized the same recently. Our next door neighbors' kid and his friends like to get drunk and noisy late at night outside the front of the house (or they did...before I called the cops on them. Twice.) It's funny to be all "Get off my lawn!!" But it's undeniable...I'm definitely becoming the old killjoy, haha! xD

[chiiruchan.livejournal.com]

The only reason I go to Starbucks is the green tea frappuchino... which I almost got the other night. They were closed right as we got there. @_@ I haven't had one for over a year now.

[rekkless.livejournal.com]

I'm a starbucks addict but I don't really ever get to sit inside and enjoy my drinks because it's always packed, but not with the younger crowd, my local starbucks is packed with seniors. They come in, in the morning, find a spot and never leave.

[seizetheday.livejournal.com]

I'm not a coffee drinker so I have only been in Starbucks a few times, I can understand exactly what you're talking about. I have seen people like that in most of the ones that I have actually stepped foot in.

[notte0.livejournal.com]

it's annoying, isn't it. But I felt particularly annoyed, maybe I was in my intolerable moods....

[notte0.livejournal.com]

that's a pity, as i think the charm of Starbucks is actually their shop in itself (more proof that I don't appreciate coffee... I like the smell of coffee, but not so much a fan of the drink).
What are your favourite drinks at Starbucks?

[notte0.livejournal.com]

I kind of try to avoid cold drinks, but I'd assume the green tea frappe would be as good as the green tea latte :D

I also read somewhere that it's got the highest calorie content in all starbucks drinks, so I try to avoid having too much green tea latte....

[notte0.livejournal.com]

LOL we are getting there, that's for sure XD

[notte0.livejournal.com]

I've now temporarily sworn off Starbucks, or I should go there really EARLY so the younger crown aren't even up yet....

[rekkless.livejournal.com]

I don't like coffee either, but I love a good iced coffee.. I usually get a caramel iced coffee or a vanilla iced coffee but I'm obsessed with the black tea lemonade now.

[seizetheday.livejournal.com]

Are you going to add me back? You haven't yet.

[notte0.livejournal.com]

oh my I thought i did apparently I didn't, I'm so sorry!

[seizetheday.livejournal.com]

no worries!

[chiiruchan.livejournal.com]

O_O OH WOW! Good thing I don't drink a lot of those.