For the record, Starbucks is essential. I know there are a lot of Starbucks haters, but for those of us who like their coffee, and depend on their coffee in our daily lives, or like, while we drive across country to see family, it’s essential. Finding one store closed, and another store closed when we needed coffee, was not a good thing. It’s time to open America back up again, including all the Starbucks stores.
Day 2: Outside of the loss of the restrooms in a particular Starbucks in Garland, TX, this is the biggest effect we have yet to see. Two nights ago, the managers were given instructions to remove all the seating so that people could not congregate in the store. Needless to say, sales have dropped.
After driving 45 minutes to meet someone at this particular Starbucks, I was greeted with this most unwelcome sign.
Instead of going out to eat, we go out to shop, since we eat much better at home than we do at the local restaurants. Our Saturday morning dates are becoming a tradition, a stop at Starbucks for coffee, shopping at Trader Joe’s for the essentials (chocolate and wine), and gas in the Murano in preparation for Sunday’s worship. We like traditions.
We recently celebrated Heidi’s birthday, and in lieu of going out to dinner, since she is on a restricted diet, I bought her flowers. It was quite the surprise for her, because I brought the red roses to her while she was as work at Starbuck’s. She didn’t know that I loaded up on dozens of flowers until she came home and found all these arrangements around the apartment. It was a great joy to surprise her with flowers in every room of the house, except the laundry room (we really only have a laundry hall, and it’s not a house, but a one bedroom apartment).
