Switching allegiances

[Racing roadkill]

I've decided I've had enough of a certain chain of coffee shop, so I've started only using independent places, and if anyone insists on going to a 'chain', then I've decided to go to another particular one. Only now has it dawned on me, that the one I was using was actually a bit cack. It's the same with bikes. I only ever bought a select couple of manufacturers bikes, only since I've tried another, have I realised how far the ones I've been loyal to have slipped. I guess this shows that some places / manufacturers have become complacent about how far historic loyalty can be stretched.

 

[Crandoggler]

First world problems, hey.

 

[MichaelW2]

Most "brands" are all built in the same few Taiwanese factories to a similar standard. Brand=sticker.

 

[vickster]

Brand=marketing

Starbucks and Costa coffee = cack

 

[Moon bunny]

Just remember, quite a few "independent coffee shops" are in fact stealth Starbucks or Costas. Some are even owned by Tesco.

 

[Drago]

No tourist ever came to the UK for the coffee.

 

[Chris S]

I didn't realize how bad Austin/Rovers were until I bought a Nissan. I could have enjoyed hassle-free motoring 10 years earlier.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I've decided I've had enough of a certain chain of coffee shop, so I've started only using independent places, and if anyone insists on going to a 'chain', then I've decided to go to another particular one. Only now has it dawned on me, that the one I was using was actually a bit cack.

Okaaayy, we really do inhabit completely different worlds, don't we??

 

[Fnaar]

All coffee shops are actually owned by "The Man". And he lives in Hendon.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I love the way coffee shops think its like going to a pub...yer right..

 

[Drago]

Darts, flirting with some over ripe tart at the bar, fights with the 18 year olds who think they're hard, and rushing home at last orders in order to get safely locked up in bed beofre the Werewolves start prowling. No way on Earth is Costalot Coffee anything like the lounge bar at the Outsider and Pitchfork.

 

[Milkfloat]

Darts, flirting with some over ripe tart at the bar, fights with the 18 year olds who think they're hard, and rushing home at last orders in order to get safely locked up in bed beofre the Werewolves start prowling. No way on Earth is Costalot Coffee anything like the lounge bar at the Outsider and Pitchfork.

And that is the reason I don't drink coffee.

 

[vickster]

I love the way coffee shops think its like going to a pub...yer right..

I'd rather go to a coffee shop...

 

[JMAG]

Lol, Costalot and Megabucks?

I'm not a big coffee drinker, but we have a nice coffee machine at work that does a quite decent fresh ground coffee. I usually feed it supermarket coffee beans, but I did splash out an extra £1.50 on a bag of Colombian coffee beans once.

 

[Fnaar]

In all honesty, I can't say that I "use" a coffee shop as a regular thing. I might buy one about 3 times a year... that's about it. However, I am a caffeine fiend, but drink it mostly at home or at work.