Yes, this is a poor man's photograph of the Starbucks on Monroe near Chatham Road. I don't have the time or the energy to go down and take an actual photograph, but I still feel the pressure to post this story with some sort of visual.
To get to my point. I hate this Starbucks. When I first heard it was coming, I thought, "Okay, cool. I'm not a huge Starbucks fan, but this is pretty close to where I live and sometimes it's nice to have a drive-thru coffee place nearby. Since it's opened, I've been there 4 times. And 4 times I've left unsuccessfully without coffee. I can't get through the drive-thru lane because it's so backed up, and I refuse to wait in a line from the street. You can't change your mind and grab a parking space because the 4 parking spaces in this Micro Machines parking lot, are always taken.
It was a really bad idea to put a Starbucks at that location. Maybe the demographics will support a Starbucks there, but the geography won't. The lot is not big enough for the traffic that needs to go in and out of that place. It doesn't help that so many people in the drive-thru order drinks that take 6 staff members 9 hours to construct on a Henry Ford-inspired assembly line; something that inevitably has 4 pounds of caramel and whipped cream in it. I'm surprised there hasn't been some sort of incident there, what with caffeine-deprived pressure cooker cooped up in that pressure cooker of a parking lot. It's only a matter of time.
I've completely given up on it. I'll never go buy a cup of coffee at this location.
4 comments:
What was that about Starbucks?
I’m still laughing at the “poor man’s photograph” concept.
Well done John, well done. This needs public debate.
Two words:
French press.
OMIGOD ... John ... I feel your pain.
I wanted to get Mr. ThirtyWhat a Starbucks card to put in his Christmas stocking. Since I couldn't drive yet, Mom offered to take me out Christmas shopping. I said "Starbucks" ... I, unfortunately, did not specify which one.
She was able to get one of those micro-parking spots ... but the problem is that once you're in one ... you CANNOT get out.
Part of the problem was people being rude not letting us out ... but, to be fair, the biggest problem was that the lot is just TOO SMALL.
Thank God I don't drink coffee ... and Pepsi/Coke Freezes are just about everywhere ...
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