Sitting in a local Starbucks you get the feeling the country has lost its way. The nerdowell skate boarder enters and wewars his trusty, outlandish, useless lime green sneakers. Wife beater t-shirt and ball cap so off center your own point of reference is lost. He drops the board to the floor of the shope with a crash so as to give some start to those who are lost in their insanely expensive brew. Oh well, at least he has a purpose in life. Consume oxygen and the other previous resources the rest of us are vying for. It is after all his universe and he is the center of it.
In the meantime a parade of pet groomers come in to spenmd their last two hours of wages and tips on a vente cold drink with enough calories to keep them until morning. But everyone is grinning and saying thank you because the behemouth that is Starbucks is now using a new gimmick to get people to come back. A $2 off coupon that must be used within a time frame that can only be calculated with an abacuss and slide rule. Sometime before 2 PM but not after 2 PM if the drink was purchased prior to the death of Lincoln at the CFord Theater.
And now two of the more upstanding deizens of Albuquerque are taking advantage of the shade at Starbucks while they consume their faux health drinks from Kiva juice. My word we are lost.
And me? I am sitting wasting electricity nursing my own overly expensive coffee drink when porta potties free.
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