Has anyone else noticed that despite the dropping temperature (although I will say we are having a beautiful, temperate October), coffee shops are keeping their air conditioners on? That it is freeeeeezing in Starbucks and any other coffee shop you go into?
I am in a coffee shop as I post this and it is the coldest day this week. In the 40's barely getting into the low 50's (if that's possible with the wind chill factor) and the door is wide open AND the air conditioner is on!!!
So, just like restaurants trying to turn their tables to get new customers in the door for another meal, coffee shops don't want their coffee visitors to linger. Especially those on a computer. I never noticed this since I never hung out in coffee shops. I am sure this is not a new phenomenon.
Unfortunately, this is a beast of the coffee shops' own making. They are the ones who said "Hey, we have free wi-fi! Come buy coffee here! Bring your computer, too!" What did they think we were going to do, open our computers, look at them for two minutes and leave?
It really irks me when someone offers something, but they really don't mean it. I think this particularly bothers me because I hate to be cold.
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